Week 2 SAFMEDS

Question 1

Indirect and direct procedures such as interviews, checklists, and tests to identify and define the specific target behavior

Answer 1

Behavioral Assessment

Question 2

The degree to which a person’s repertoire maximizes short- and long-term reinforcers for that individual and for others, and minimizes short- and long-term punishers

Answer 2

Habilitation

Question 3

The specific behavior selected for change

Answer 3

Target Behavior

Question 4

A target behavior should be selected only when it can be determined that the behavior is likely to produce reinforcement in the person’s natural environment

Answer 4

Relevance of Behavior Rule

Question 5

When a learner performs a new behavior that sets the occasion to access reinforcers that otherwise would not have been available

Answer 5

Behavioral Cusp

Question 6

A behavior that, once learned, produces corresponding modifications of covariations in other adaptive untrained behaviors

Answer 6

Pivotal Behavior

Question 7

Designates responses as members of the targeted response class solely by their common effect on the environment

Answer 7

Function-Based Definition

Question 8

Identifies instances of the target behavior by the shape or form of the behavior

Answer 8

Topography-Based Definition