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General ABA

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

Remove it, its been 6 months!

b)

Make the sign smaller

c)

Change the color paper to a light blue

d)

Write the letters in green ink because he is colorblind

2.

A. Positive Reinforcement aims at strengthening adaptive behaviors

B. Negative Reinforcement aims at reduction of maladaptive behaviors

a)

Both A and B are correct

b)

Only A is correct

c)

Only B is Correct

d)

Both A and B are incorrect

3.

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

a)

Token Economy

b)

Star Chart

c)

Extinction

d)

Time out

4.

Respondent behaviors are elicited, whereas operant behaviors are

a)

operated

b)

awesome

c)

evoked

d)

engaging

5.

Radical behaviorism posits that verbal behavior is

a)

special and unique

b)

similar to other behavior

c)

superior to other behavior

d)

inferior to other behavior

6.

Skinner believed that the most critical aspect of science is :

a)

the testing and verification of hypotheses.

b)

an attitude valuing empirical observation.

c)

the measurement of physiological responses.

d)

reliable formulation of hypothetical concepts.

7.

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:

a)

Duration

b)

Latency

c)

Percent compliance

d)

Inter-response time

8.

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

a)

Contingency

b)

Shaping

c)

Rule governed behavior

d)

Rule

9.

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?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

10.

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

a)

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

b)

Offering choices of a sandwich or salad for lunch

c)

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

d)

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

11.

Melissa’s spitting is maintained by escape from demands and tasks. An appropriate replacement behavior for Melissa’s spitting would be ____?

a)

Teaching Melissa to spit in a cup

b)

Teaching Melissa to say, “Can we talk?”

c)

Teaching Melessa to sit nicely

d)

Teaching Melissa to request for a break

12.

At first, Amanda was not interested in earning stickers for engaging in appropriate play activities. However, after stickers were paired with the delivery of other reinforcers such as pretzels and social praise, Amanda is now motivated to earn stickers. In this example, a sticker would be considered to be a/an _______?

a)

Unconditioned reinforcer

b)

Conditioned reinforcer

c)

Conditioned punisher

d)

Unconditioned punisher