January staff meeting quiz 2

Andrew’s favorite subject in school is science. Typically, he is shy during whole-group lessons, however during science group, Andrew dominates the class discussion. Andrew’s classmates are becoming impatient with their inability to contribute to the lesson. What procedure would be appropriate for targeting Andrew’s behavior of dominating the science class discussion?

• DRO

• DRH

• DRA

• DRL

A second-grade teacher wants help reducing a student’s behavior of yelling out answers during circle time. The behavior analyst implements a procedure to provide immediate reinforcement for the student when he raises his hand, and without reinforcement when he yells out answers. What procedure did John implement with the student?

• DRL

• DRI

• DRO

• DRA

Chris engages in elopement behavior when he is in non-preferred rooms such as the sensory room or imaginary play. The program coordinator came up with an idea to reinforce Chris for every minute that he stays in the room without eloping. If Chris is in the room for the entire one-minute trial, he gets bubbles and praise. If Chris leaves the room, he does not get bubbles and praise for that trial. Which procedure did the PC implement?

• DRA

• DRI

• DRO

• DRH

Bridget engages in frequent biting of herself, objects, and her therapist when denied access to her favorite activities and reinforcers. The behavior analyst implemented a procedure to provide Bridget with a chewy anytime she attempts to bite and to use throughout her therapy day. Which procedure did the BCBA use?

• DRI

• DRA

• DRO

• DRL

How many times should a therapist prompt an echoic demand before accepting an approximation and moving on to another target?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 3

Common SD’s for this verbal operant are: “do this”, “copy me”, and “Do what I do”

• Echoic

• Motor imitation

• Tact

• Listener Response

When a patient grabs their PECS book and uses a sentence strip to ask for a jolly rancher, this is an example of what verbal operant?

• Mand

• Tact

• Listener Response

• Echoic

What is not a type of matching?

• Object to object

• Picture to object

• Vocalization to vocalization

• Text to object

Therapist says, “Say, Yes,” and the patient responds, “Yes.” This is an example of what verbal operant?

• Tact

• Echoic

• Listener response

• VP-MTS

“Show me clapping” is a SD for motor imitation

• True

• False