Reinforcing on-task behavior to decrease off-task behavior is an example of:
a. Differential reinforcement of low rates of behavior
b. Noncontingent Reinforcement
c. Differential reinforcement of alternative behaviors
d. Differential reinforcement of incompatible behaviors
Which factors must be considered when attempting to determine whether a proposed
intervention is ethical?
a. community standards
b. individual freedom and responsibility of the student
c. laws
d. all of the above
Dara was self-talking through each step of her math problem. She was engaged in
________.
a. self-recording
b. self-punishment
c. self-instruction
d. self-reinforcement
The focus of the behavioral approach is:
a. observing and predicting
b. facilitating behavior change
c. recording and verifying aberrant behaviors
d. all of the above
An event is described as ________ if the rate of occurrence of a preceding behavior
decreases.
a. Negative Reinforcement
b. Positive Reinforcement
c. Shaping
d. Punishment
“Using Sufficient Exemplars” is similar to “Sequential modification” in that:
a. Change is targeted and assessed with settings, individuals, or activities in which NO
intervention has taken place.
b. Change is targeted and assessed with settings, individuals or activities in which
intervention HAS taken place.
c. The same techniques that successfully changed behavior in one setting are applied to
all settings where the target behavior is desirable.
d. None of the above
Event recording must be used with behaviors that are
a. Continuous
b. Vague
c. Discrete
d. Open-ended
When preparing students to take the responsibility for managing their own behaviors,
teachers should:
a. make no verbal comments when delivering reinforcement
b. always choose the reinforcer themselves
c. ask the student to restate contingencies
d. all of the above
Teachers often miss the function of a behavior because they are preoccupied with a
behavior’s ____________.
a. Frequency
b. Topography
c. Latency
d. Rate
When prompting is used by the teacher:
a. reinforcers are not to be used
b. the “heaviest” prompt is always used
c. reinforcement occurs as if prompts had not been used
d. the prompt is delivered following a ten second interval
For those students with maladaptive behaviors and limited adaptive behaviors in their
repertoire, the teacher may need to:
a. just ignore the maladaptive behaviors
b. eliminate the maladaptive behaviors first
c. teach adaptive behaviors as soon as possible.
d. both b and c
Which of the following is NOT a limitation of informant assessment?
a. informant’s memory
b. informant’s potential bias
c. informant’s ability to analyze behavior
d. informant’s ability to verbalize what was seen
When using time sampling the teacher notes occurrence or nonoccurrence of the
behavior:
a. any time during the interval
b. at the end of the interval
c. each time the behavior occurs within the interval
d. any of the above
All of the following refer to maintenance EXCEPT:
a. resistance to extinction
b. behavioral perspective
c. durability
d. transfer of training
The ordinate is indicated by what letter?
a. A
b. C
c. E
d. D
A traditional reversal design has:
a. two phases
b. three phases
c. four phases
d. five phases
The ABAB design is also known as the
a. Multiple Baseline Design
b. Changing Criterion Design
c. Alternating Treatment Design
d. Reversal Design
When presented with a fast food menu at Burger Barn, Brooke will place her order
within 30 seconds, 8 out of 10 trials over 3 consecutive weeks. This objective represents
the _____________ level of response competence.
a. Generalization
b. Fluency
c. Acquisition
d. Maintenance
During A-B-C descriptive analysis, data should be collected for a minimum of
a. 3 days
b. 5 days
c. 9 days
d. 10 days
This level of learning requires students to use a concept in various settings or situations.
a. generalization
b. application
c. acquisition
d. analysis
A student who is at the maintenance level of a new skill should be on a ______
schedule of reinforcement.
a. continuous
b. intermittent
c. natural reinforcement
d. none of the above
A teacher who counts the number of times a student raises her hand is using what type
of recording system?
a. Event recording
b. Interval recording
c. Latency recording
d. Time Sampling recording
A genuine scientific explanation must:
a. be inclusive of all behaviors
b. predict one behavior to the exclusion of all other behaviors
c. a and b
d. none of the above
Continuous reinforcement schedules are most useful during which phase of learning?
a. Acquisition
b. Fluency
c. Generalization
d. All of the above
Criteria for acceptable performance include statements addressing duration. Which of
the following is NOT an acceptable duration statement?
a. will complete within one hour
b. for no more than 2 weeks
c. begin within five minutes
d. will return within 15 minutes
Individuals are LEAST likely to satiate on:
a. CRF schedules
b. FR schedules
c. FI schedules
d. VR schedules
Reasons for preferring self management to control by external change agents include:
a. increased consistency
b. ability to carry out a program in any setting
c. commitment of a student to a program through involvement
d. all of the above
Excited about her classroom visitors, Ms. Phillips points to Olivia and explains that
although she has a
learning disability, she has made progress in math over the past two weeks. Which
ethical rule has Ms. Phillips broken?
a. The right to services whose overriding goal is personal welfare
b. The right to treatment by a competent behavior analyst
c. The right to the most effective treatment procedures available
d. The right to a therapeutic environment
The process of pinpointing behavior refines a broad generalization into:
a. generic, observable and measurable behavior
b. specific, observable and measurable behavior
c. schedule, specific and observable behavior
d. natural, measurable and specific behavior
When a discriminative stimulus has been presented and a response has failed to occur,
a teacher may use:
a. a prompt
b. an instruction
c. modeling
d. all of the above