EDU 39845

Type

Quiz

Book Title

Positive Behavioral Supports for the Classroom 3rd Edition

ISBN 13

978-0133803259

July 27, 2017

Here are three of the four assumptions of Applied Behavior Analysis: (1) A person's

past learning and biological make-up affect current behavior. (2) All voluntary behavior,

both appropriate behavior and inappropriate behavior, is governed by the same

principles. (3) Behavior is related to the environment in which it occurs. Which of the

following completes the four assumptions?

a. Punishment is the most important technique in ABA.

b. Behavior serves a purpose.

c. Some behaviors cannot be changed.

d. Biologically-based behaviors cannot be changed.

Research has shown that increasing correct academic responses can produce positive

effects on classroom behaviors.

a. true

b. false

Mr. Marks teaches his students to shoot free throws by teaching them how to stand

correctly. When they can do that, he teaches them how to hold the ball to prepare for the

shot. When they can do those two steps, he teaches them how to shoot the ball. Mr.

Marks is using which instructional technique?

a. total task presentation

b. forward chaining

c. backward chaining

d. prompted instruction

Which of the following student groups are most affected by the traditional discipline

policies?

a. minority students

b. male students

c. low income students

d. all of the above

What is a potential problem with both anecdotal reports and the ABC descriptive

analysis?

a. The information is not sufficiently clear for functional assessment purposes.

b. Someone other than the teacher or paraprofessional should do the observation.

c. It takes too much time to complete them.

d. All of the above

Under a psychodynamic approach the aim is to help the individual gain insight into

internalized feelings and emotions, usually related to issues stemming from early life

experiences.

a. true

b. false

Mr. Todd taught Abby to put a checkmark on her card each time she remembered to

raise her hand before speaking. Abby was using

a. self-monitoring

b. self-evaluation

c. self-instruction

d. goal setting

To avoid post-reinforcement pause, teachers should

a. avoid using reinforcement.

b. use continuous schedules of reinforcement.

c. use negative reinforcement only.

d. use variable schedules of reinforcement.

Mary is in 1st grade. She currently lives in a foster home. She had been removed from

her parents because of severe abuse. Her teacher called her foster mother because Mary

never asks for help in class. This behavior was causing her to fall behind in her work.

Which of the following could explain Mary's behavior?

a. does not like school

b. acquisition deficits in social skills

c. speech problems

d. none of the above

Micah comes to school and seems to cause trouble all during the day. However, some of

his teachers say that he does very well in their classes. What type of social skills

assessment should be used to gather information.

a. observations

b. self reports

c. standardized tests

d. all of the above

Ms. Feldman uses direct teach to teach her students math skills. This means Ms.

Feldman uses which of the following steps in her lessons?

a. Gain students' attention and review previously learned material.

b. Have students conduct experiments to discover math computation formulas.

c. Present information in small steps.

d. a and c only

Colin smiled when he got his history test back. Any grade higher than a "C" made him

feel great. The success Colin felt is what type of reinforcement?

a. primary reinforcement

b. secondary reinforcement

c. intrinsic reinforcement

d. all of the above

When Ms. Smith develops procedures for her classroom, she breaks each procedure

down into its

a. relationship to classroom rules.

b. effect on classroom behavior.

c. component parts.

d. all of the above.

Sally is in the 4th grade. She does not have any friends. She stays to herself during

recess, and she seldom talks during large or small group work in the classroom. Which

of the following should be the ultimate goal of her social skills instruction?

a. specific social skills instruction

b. social competence

c. requiring her to talk to peers

d. a & c

In choosing behaviors to reinforce in a differential reinforcement of alternative

behaviors system, the alternative behavior should:

a. serve the same function as the inappropriate behavior.

b. be just as easy to perform as the inappropriate behavior.

c. result in reinforcement that is just as frequent, and intense as the reinforcement that

currently exists for the inappropriate behavior.

d. all of the above

Unconditioned, or unlearned aversive stimuli, might include anything that causes pain.

a. true

b. false

Sunshine School has a school store. Students may not use money to buy items in the

store. They use Spirit Bucks that they earn by following school and classroom rules and

procedures. What type of reinforcement system does the Sunshine School use?

a. primary reinforcers

b. token economy

c. differential reinforcement

d. all of the above

Role play is an excellent way to teach rules and procedures to

a. students of all ages.

b. pre-k students.

c. elementary age students.

d secondary age students.

The SW-PBIS team is responsible for many duties. The team is most productive when

they have which of the following elements?

a. Structured meetings, including an agenda for each meeting.

b. Meeting times that are flexible, meeting only as needed.

c. Loosely defined roles for each team member.

d. all of the above

The hypotheses formulated from an FBA serve as a template for developing an

intervention plan.

a. true

b. false

Every time Mr. Green rings a small bell at his desk, his students look at him. This is

called what type of stimulus control?

a. s - delta

b. incomplete

c. complete

d. none of the above

Reactive measures save instructional time for teachers and administrators.

a. true

b. false

New teachers are well advised to write detailed lesson plans, even scripts, that include

how they will explain skills or concepts, examples they will use for modeling, questions

they will ask to assess student learning, expected student responses, and how they will

correct student errors.

a. true

b. false

When a student in Ms. Smith's class tantrums, it seems that it takes forever for the

tantrum to end. What type of data would result in the information about this behavior?

a. interval

b. event

c. duration

d. time sampling

Brad is in the 10th grade. He is shy around girls. Many of the other boys and some of

the girls tease him about being shy. He will ignore the girls, but he will often fight the

boys when he is teased. Which of the following best explains why sometimes he can

ignore teasing, but not other times?

a. acquisition deficits

b. performance deficits

c. fluency deficits

d. all of the above

Self-reinforcement is not recommended for use with students with disabilities.

a. true

b. false

Which of the following practice activities have been shown to be effective for students

with disabilities?

a. Peer tutoring and computer assisted instruction

c. Homework and cooperative learning

d. Learning centers and instructional games

e. none of the above

Which of the following teacher behaviors may interfere with productive relationships

with families?

a. early contact with parents

b. contacting parents only when there is a problem

c. acting authoritative with parents

d. b and c

Mr. Brent examined the graph of data for a replacement behavior and noted that the line

had moved up for 7 consecutive data periods, but today the graphs took a sharp move

downward, away from the goal. What should Mr. Brent do now?

a. continue to monitor the progress of the plan; if the downward movement continues,

the intervention may need to be modified.

b. stop the plan.

c. give up.

d. none of the above

Which of the following terms refers to the time that teachers schedule for instructional

activities?

a. available time

b. engaged time

c. allocated time

d. academic learning time

Most teachers and other caregivers continually use ___________ variations of FBA to

make decisions about challenging behavior.

a. formal

b. informal

c. occasional

d. none of the above

Acquisition deficits are those skills the student has never learned to use, use correctly,

or use in appropriate contexts.

a. true

b. false