Unit 5 Quiz Flashcards
A consideration to keep in mind with the alone condition is:
All the above:
a. Due to attention being withheld and the possibility of faulty stimulus control, high frequency of a target behavior in this condition may suggest an attention function rather than an automatic function. b. It may not be necessary to test this condition if an automatic function is not hypothesized. c. One must make sure that the proper materials for gathering data are available, given that the client is to be alone (for example, one-way mirror, video camera, et cetera).
A psychologist is trying to determine why Paul frequently hits his younger brother. The psychologist forms a hypothesis that teasing by his brother and attention from his mother influence Paul’s hitting behavior. The psychologist then arranges conditions in which these environmental variables are either present or absent to determine their effect on Paul’s hitting behavior. Which functional assessment method is the psychologist using?
Functional analysis
Conducting a functional assessment will provide information concerning:
All the above:
a. Dimensions of the behavior.
b. Antecedent events.
c. Consequences of the behavior.
Direct observation and indirect methods of functional assessment are used to:
A and C:
Develop a hypothesis about antecedents and consequences of a behavior.
Gather information on the three-term contingency.
Directly observing the problem behavior and recording the antecedents and consequences as they occur is which functional assessment method?
Direct observation
Functional analyses are used to:
Identify the function of an individual’s behavior
If a child engages in a problem behavior in a store (such as a tantrum), and the parent gives the child candy, the child is more likely to engage in problem behavior in the store. This is an example of:
Social positive reinforcement
If a person strums his guitar a certain way and it makes a great sound, the person is more likely to strum the guitar that way again. This is an example of:
Automatic positive reinforcement
If one assumes attention is maintaining a behavior as hypothesized after gathering indirect information and ABC data, one should then conduct a FA that includes at least the two following conditions:
Attention and control/play
Manipulating antecedents and consequences to demonstrate their influence on the problem behavior is which functional assessment method?
Experimental (functional analysis)
The identification of antecedent events that evoke a behavior and reinforcing consequences that maintain a behavior is referred to as:
Functional assessment
The process of identifying the antecedents and consequences of a problem behavior is called:
Functional assessment
The use of experimental methods in conducting a functional assessment involves the manipulation of:
B and C
Consequences and antecedents
To test the automatic reinforcement hypothesis in a functional analysis, one should make sure to include this condition:
Alone
Using behavioral interviews or questionnaires to gather information of the antecedents and consequences of the problem behavior is which functional assessment method?
Indirect
What should be the first step when using behavior modification procedures to decrease a behavior?
Conducting a functional assessment
When a problem behavior is reinforced by attention, this is an example of:
Social positive reinforcement
When observing a functional analysis being conducted, a client is provided access to an iPad each time he breaks a pencil. The FA condition most likely being implemented here is:
Tangible
When observing a functional analysis being conducted, one observes a client in a room with his most highly preferred items, attention is being delivered frequently, and no demands are being placed. The FA condition most likely being tested in this scenario is:
Control/play
When observing a functional analysis being conducted, the RBT allows the client to escape his homework each time Carlos breaks a pencil, by taking away his homework and telling him, “Never mind, you do not have to do this homework.” What functional analysis condition is most likely being implemented in this described scenario:
Escape
When observing a functional analysis being conducted, the RBT is delivering attention in the form of verbal attention (such as, “Carlos, why are you throwing these books?” or “Please stop breaking these pencils.”) contingent on Carlos engaging in the target behavior of property destruction. What functional analysis condition is most likely being implemented in this described scenario:
Attention
Which functional assessment method demonstrates a functional relationship?
Experimental
Which functional assessment method(s) demonstrates a functional relationship?
Functional analysis
Which is not a functional assessment method?
Functional relationship methods
Which of the following is not a method used in conducting a functional assessment?
Systematic assessment
Which of the following is recorded when using direct observation methods to conduct a functional assessment?
All the above:
Behavior, consequences, antecedents
Which of the following is referred to as a descriptive assessment, due to the fact that antecedents and consequences are described rather than manipulated?
A and B:
Indirect methods, direct observation
Which of the following is true concerning the use of experimental methods in conducting a functional assessment?
A functional relationship can be demonstrated
