RBT Competency Assessment Study Cards

comprehensive flashcards covering the RBT Competency Assessment based on continuous measurement, DTT, verbal operants, and behavioral procedures.

What is defined as the record of every single occurrence of a behavior?

continuous measurement

What is the term for the number of times a target behavior occurs?

frequency

What is the term for the total amount of time a target behavior occurs?

duration

How is rate defined in continuous measurement?

of times a behavior occurred during a certain time period

What measurement records the reaction time from the SD to the response?

latency

What is a tangible product or environmental outcome, such as a worksheet, called?

permanent product

In which measurement method is an occurrence recorded only if the behavior occurs during the ENTIRE interval?

whole interval recording

What is partial interval recording?

record the occurrence if the target behavior occurs during ANY part of the interval

What measurement records an occurrence if the response is occurring at the moment the interval ends?

momentary time sampling

What type of preference assessment allows a child to choose freely from many items without demand while recording engagement time?

free operant

What occurs during a multiple stimulus with replacement assessment?

3 or more items are in an array and when an item is chosen, it is still available in the next assessment

What is the difference in multiple stimulus without replacement?

3 or more items are in an array and when an item is chosen, it is NOT available in the next assessment

In ABC data, what do the three letters stand for?

antecedent, behavior, consequence

What is behavior momentum?

The use of a series of high-probability requests to increase compliance with low-probability requests

What is the 80/20 rule in DTT?

80% of session should be easy or mastered skills and 20% acquisition targets/new skills

Which chaining method starts with the first step and prompts the rest of the chain?

forward chaining

Which chaining method starts with the last step and prompts the preceding steps?

backward chaining

What process involves reinforcing gradual changes in behavior so it begins to look like the target behavior?

shaping

What is stimulus control transfer?

Process in which prompts are removed in order to bring the behavior under stimulus control of a new stimulus or the natural discriminative stimulus

What is the verbal operant for a request?

mand

What is a tact?

labeling something

Which verbal operant involves saying something in response to what someone else has said, such as filling in a blank?

intraverbal

Which prompting strategy is used for teaching new skills and starts with the most invasive prompt?

most-to-least prompting

In the crisis code system, what does Code Black indicate?

severe behavior

What is DRI?

differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior

What is defined as a temporary increase in the rate of a behavior following the implementation of extinction?

extinction burst

RBT session notes should use the acronym MOO, which stands for what?

measurable, observable, and objective

What percentage of behavior analytic hours must be supervised?

5%

What are the four functions of behavior?

escape, attention, tangibles, sensory

What type of motivating operation increases the effectiveness of a stimulus and is often associated with deprivation?

establishing operations