RBT Exam Prep

Multiple Exemplar Training

Using many different stimuli to teach a skill to promote generalization.

Phase Change Line

demonstrates a change in conditions on a graph

Solid Vertical Line

Represents a phase change line on a graph

3-Step Discrimination Training Procedure

teach in isolation, add distracters, mix in mastered items

Generalization

Can occur through different settings, SDs and stimuli

Functions of behavior

Access to tangibles, access to attention, escape/avoidance, automatic

Conditioned Reinforcer

anything that is paired with a primary reinforcer

Unconditioned Reinforcer

things such as food and shelter that are inherently reinforcing

Forward Chaining

teaching a behavioral skill beginning with the first step

Backward Chaining

teaching a behavioral skill beginning with the last step

Duration

The amount of time/length that a behavior occurs for

Frequency/Rate

The number of times a behavior/ response occurs per unit of time

Latency

The length of time between an initial instruction and a learner's response

Stimulus Control

A situation in which the frequency, latency, duration, or amplitude of a behavior is altered by the presence or absence of an antecedent stimuli.

DRA

A procedure in which a behavior that serves as a desirable alternative for a challenging behavior is reinforced while the challenging behavior is extinguished.

DRI

a procedure in which a behavior that serves as a desirable alternative for a challenging behavior, and which is incompatible with that challenging behavior, is reinforced while the challenging behavior is extinguished.

DRO

is a procedure for decreasing challenging behavior in which reinforcement is contingent on the absence of the problem behavior during or at specific times.

Extinction

A procedure in which a behavior that was previously reinforced is no longer reinforced and the rate of behavior decreases

Extinction Burst

An temporary increase in behavior that occurs at the beginning of an extinction procedure

Abolishing Operation

is a motivating operation that decreases the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus object, or event; makes you want something less

Establishing Operation

is a motivating operation that establishes the effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event as a reinforce; Makes you want something more

Task Analysis

Breaking a complex skill into smaller, teachable units

Automatic Reinforcement

Not a socially mediated reinforcement

Partial Interval

A interval recording procedure in which an observer notes whether or not a behavior occurred at all during an interval

Whole Interval

An interval recording procedure in which an observer notes whether or not a behavior occurs during the entire duration of an interval

Momentary Time Sampling

An interval recording procedure in which an observer notes whether or not a behavior occurs at the end of an interval (when the timer goes off)

Interresponse Time

Amount of time that elapses between two consecutive instances of a response class

Trials to Criterion

Measure of the number of response opportunities needed to achieve a predetermined level of performance

Topography

The physical form or shape of a behavior

Magnitude

The force or intensity with which a response is emitted

Time Sampling

Whole interval recording, partial interval recording, momentary time sampling (occurring at end of sample)

Continuous measurement

Recording data on all instances of specified behavior, such as through frequency and duration

Discontinuous measurement

Recording data on some instances of behavior, such as through whole-interval, partial-interval and momentary time sampling.