General ABA

My husband never sorts the dark and light laundry, I put a sign that says "SORT" in the laundry room. For the last 6 months he has successfully sorted his laundry. If this sign functions as a prompt, what would be the first step in fading this prompt?

• Remove it, its been 6 months!

• Make the sign smaller

• Change the color paper to a light blue

• Write the letters in green ink because he is colorblind

A. Positive Reinforcement aims at strengthening adaptive behaviors

B. Negative Reinforcement aims at reduction of maladaptive behaviors

• Both A and B are correct

• Only A is correct

• Only B is Correct

• Both A and B are incorrect

This technique is used for reducing or eliminating undesirable behaviors through elimination of reinforcement following the behavior

• Token Economy

• Star Chart

• Extinction

• Time out

Respondent behaviors are elicited, whereas operant behaviors are

• operated

• awesome

• evoked

• engaging

Radical behaviorism posits that verbal behavior is

• special and unique

• similar to other behavior

• superior to other behavior

• inferior to other behavior

Skinner believed that the most critical aspect of science is :

• the testing and verification of hypotheses.

• an attitude valuing empirical observation.

• the measurement of physiological responses.

• reliable formulation of hypothetical concepts.

I asked Mary to come to the table. After 10 seconds, she finally got up and came to the table. The 10 second refers to:

• Duration

• Latency

• Percent compliance

• Inter-response time

James is told that the vending machine is broken. He remains sitting even though he is hungry.

• Contingency

• Shaping

• Rule governed behavior

• Rule

You are taking partial interval data on a client engaging in self-injurious behaviors (SIB) in a 5 minute interval. How would you take this data?

• Mark it if the SIB occurred anytime within each 5-minute interval

• Mark it only if the SIB occurred for the entire 5-minute interval

• Mark it only if the behavior occurred at the end of each 5 minute interval

• Mark it only if the behavior did not occur at all during each 5-minute interval

Which of the following is an example of a stimulus control transfer procedure?

• Pairing the instructions, “Make a sandwich,” with a video model, then fading the video model until the client can make a sandwich when given the instructions only

• Offering choices of a sandwich or salad for lunch

• Giving praise for making a sandwich within a 5-minute interval

• Having the client discriminate between making a sandwich and making popcorn when giving the instructions