EEX 5612 aba quizzes (copy)

This characteristic of science reveals high probabilities in which problem behavior occurs under certain conditions, allowing practitioner to predict which interventions will be more effective.

prediction

Which of the following exemplifies the "behavioral" dimension of ABA?

sleeping during the day

sweating after working out

thinking about what to do next

(all of the above)

Heather hears a phone ring, then picks up the phone. Her husband talks with her over the phone. What is the behavior in this three-term contingency?

Heather picks up the phone

A neutral stimulus can be made into a reinforcer by:

pairing it with an unconditioned stimulus

Michael is given access to a preferred item (a basketball) to play with. After 5 minutes, he is directed to complete his reading assignment. He immediately goes to complete the assignment.

This is an example of:

None. Reinforcement is not demonstrated in this example.

Which of the following is not an appropriate way to identify potential reinforcers?

Pick a stimulus that has proven to be reinforcing for others.

Ms. Nguyen's is an elementary school teacher of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She wants to conduct a preference assessment for each of her 10 students but is limited to items in her classroom, the use of her classroom tables to conduct the assessment, and constraints of time in between lessons. She has already observed and recorded each student playing freely with the items available for access in her classroom and is using the data collected to conduct a more structured assessment that would yield multiple potential reinforcers. Which stimulus preference assessment would you recommend she conduct to meet her goals and needs?

Multiple stimulus without replacement

Tamika, a BCBA, conducted a stimulus preference assessment and identified access to the computer, listening to music, and playing video games on the Xbox as highly preferred stimuli. She delivered these potential reinforcers on a fixed schedule independent of the occurrence of the target behavior. Her delivery of the potential reinforcers is also referred to as:

Noncontingent reinforcement

Assume you have a student in class, Ben, who becomes severely aggressive whenever another student takes his toys away from him. When Ben hits them, the other children tend to return the toys they took away from him. In the future, Ben hits his peers when they try to take his toys from him. What can be said about this situation?

Ben's aggression has been positively reinforced by the children returning the toy to him.

Laura doesn't want to eat peas but her parents keep trying to get her to eat them. At dinner time, if there any peas on her plate, she will scream and shout with intense magnitude and long duration. Her parents always give in and take the peas away due to the severe screaming. In the future, Laura screaming behaviors continues whenever there are peas on her plate. This is an example of:

negative reinforcement

What information does a concurrent schedule reinforcer assessment provide?

Whether or not a stimulus functions as a reinforcer and how effective that stimulus is as a reinforcer compared to other stimuli.

Experimental control when evaluating positive reinforcement is demonstrated by comparing:

a)Response rates in the presence of a contingency

b)Response rates in the absence of a contingency

c)Fixed time reinforcement to differential reinforcement

d)Differential reinforcement of other behavior to another reinforcement schedule, such as differential reinforcement of alternate behavior

(All of the above)

Which of the following is not a side effect of punishment?

People who see punishment procedures being used later copy what they have seen.

Strong and unpleasant emotional reactions are evoked.

Escape behaviors are evoked with those people, places, and things associated with punishment.

-Correct! (These are all potential side effects.)

Which of the following demonstrates a negative punishment procedure?

A student is in art class, which she loves. She throws her paint brush at a peer. She is sent to the principal's office. In the future, she no longer throws a paint brush in art class.

All of the following increase the effectiveness of punishment EXCEPT:

Provide opportunities to avoid punishment by engaging in the appropriate behavior after the target behavior has occurred