Scientific Understanding in Behavior Analysis

Front

The time it takes for Mark to respond after receiving a text is considered a type of _______?

Back

Temporal locus

Front

Punishment can be either socially mediated or automatic. Which of the following is the best example of automatic punishment? a) You typically order the salmon roll from your local sushi place, but they are out of salmon. You order tuna instead b) Your little brothers are constantly fighting. Now, when they fight you take away their Xbox. They no longer fight when you are around c) You buy a brand new sweatshirt from a popular online store. When it arrives, you wear it for a day, but it is too tight and itchy. You no longer wear the sweatshirt. d) It usually takes you 45 minutes to get to work. Today, you try a new route and turn down a different street. You get to work 20 minutes faster, and now always take that route.

Back

You buy a brand new sweatshirt from a popular online store. When it arrives, you wear it for a day, but it is too tight and itchy. You no longer wear the sweatshirt.

Front

You are hired to consult for a kindergarten class at a private academy with 25 students and one teacher. The teacher wants to record on-task behavior during a 30 minute work interval. The behavior analyst recommends measuring duration for each student. A month later, the teacher complains that the intervention is unrealistic. What change should the behavior analyst make?

Back

Switch the measurement to time sampling.

Front

What is Greta missing in her system regarding RBT training and performance monitoring?

Back

A consequence following RBT monitoring.

Front

This demonstrates _______? Options: a) Response generalization, b) Stimulus generalization, c) Maintenance, d) Overgeneralization

Back

Response generalization

Front

After weeks of reinforcement, your client satiated on the stimulus used as a reinforcer. If you want to increase the value of the satiated stimulus to the greatest extent, what would most likely be the best intervention?

Back

Stop using the stimulus as a reinforcer temporarily.

Front

Glenda, a BCBA, is designing an intervention for use in her client’s home. The client will flop to the floor for attention. This behavior occurs at home and at school. Glenda plans to use an extinction procedure at home. Before implementing the intervention, Glenda should do which of the following? Options: a) Prepare the staff at the client’s school for possible extinction bursts, b) Train the client’s parents on the ethical use of punishment, c) Conduct a functional analysis on flopping at school, d) Inform the staff at the client’s school that flopping may increase in school

Back

Inform the staff at the client’s school that flopping may increase in school.

Front

What type of intervention involves giving Bonnie two cookies after dinner if she does not eat a cookie before dinner?

Back

Differential reinforcement of other behaviors

Front

Whenever Ron teaches shapes to his clients he makes sure to use different voice volumes, teach in different locations, change the gestures he uses, and change the language he uses. What best represents this generalization strategy?

Back

Train loosely

Front

Jimmy engages in severe attention seeking behavior while his dad is on the phone. His dad expresses to you that it happens several times per hour, and it has started to impact his performance at work. You recommend a NCR procedure to manipulate the MO for attention. Which of the following best describes the steps you should take to implement the NCR intervention?

Back

Take data on Jimmy’s attention-seeking behavior and determine how often it happens per hour. Provide NCR just before the behavior typically occurs.