Behavioral Interventions and Reinforcement

Which of the following best defines positive reinforcement?

• Removing a stimulus to decrease behavior

• Presenting a stimulus to increase behavior

• Withholding a stimulus following behavior

• Giving a consequence to punish behavior

What distinguishes negative punishment from extinction?

• Negative punishment strengthens behavior

• Extinction adds a stimulus

• Extinction = witholding reinforcement, punishment = removal of a stimulus

• Extinction strengthens behavior

Which is an example of a DRA?

• Ignoring all instances of the problem behavior

• Reinforcing a student for sitting instead of shouting

• Providing reinforcement for the absence of a behavior

• Using punishment for problem behavior

Which of these is an antecedent intervention?

• Timeout

• Ignoring attention seeking behavior

• Reinforcing task completion

• Increasing response effort for unwanted behavior

Which of the following is not a function of behavior?

• Mental States

• Attention

• Sensory

• Escape

Which of the following best defines punishment?

• Any consequence that causes pain

• A process that weakens behavior over time

• A time out procedure

• A reinforcer given after incorrect behavior

Which of these best explains a DRI procedure?

• DRI reinforcers socially appropriate bx

• DRI uses punishment in addition to reinforcement

• DRI focuses on teacher an alternative response

• DRI reinforcers behavior that cannot physically occur at the same time as unwanted bx

Which of the following can be considered a stimulus prompt?

• Modeling the action you want the person to engage in

• Placing dots on the floor where people should stand in line

• Repeating the instruction you want the person to follow

• Physically guiding a person to engage in a response

Shaping can best be described as

• Reinforcing successive approximations

• Reinforcing the behavior you want the person to engage in

• Listing out steps needed to achieve a goal

• Punishing unwanted behavior and reinforcing desired behavior

Removing an aversive stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior to occur is best described as

• Positive punishment

• Negative Punishment

• Positive reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement