RBT Practice Exam Review 2

These flashcards cover key concepts and terminology relevant to the RBT exam, focusing on behavior analysis principles and ethical practices.

Client Dignity

The respect and value for a client's individuality and rights.

Functions of Behavior

The reasons behaviors occur, typically categorized as escape, tangible, automatic, and attention.

Differential Reinforcement

Reinforcing one behavior while withholding reinforcement for another.

Extinction

The process of reducing behavior by withholding reinforcement.

Stimulus Discrimination

The ability to differentiate between different stimuli.

Baseline Data

Information collected prior to intervention to measure improvement.

Motivating Operation (MO)

A condition that alters the effectiveness of a reinforcer.

Token Economy

A system where tokens are earned for desired behaviors and can be exchanged for rewards.

Automatic Reinforcement

Reinforcement that occurs independently of social consequences.

Response Generalization

The expansion of learned behaviors to different situations.

Interresponse Time (IRT)

The time between two consecutive responses.

Antecedent

What occurs before a behavior.

Clapping as Reinforcement

A method used to positively reinforce a behavior after it occurs.

Prompting

Providing assistance or cues to guide a behavior.

Delayed Prompting

The technique of waiting a specific period of time before providing a prompt.

Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA)

A systematic process for identifying the purpose of a behavior.

Conditioned Reinforcer

A stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through experience.

Ethical Responsibility

The duty to report unethical practices or abuse.

Latent Measurement

The timeframe observed from the initiation of a prompt to the response.

Shaping

Gradually reinforcing closer approximations to a target behavior.

Continuous Measurement

Tracking every instance of a behavior without breaks.