PEARSON RBT FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
● rate - count of a behavior per unit of time
ex: per hour
● advantage of rate measurement - allows us to directly compare
behavior when the observation period might vary in length
● latency - time until a response occurs following the
direction/instruction
● permanent product - durable product of a behavior that remains after
the offset of the behavior
● functional analysis - -demonstrates causality: that is to say, A causes B
-identifies the type of reinforcement maintaining a behavior
● free operant preference assessment - Client freely engages with items
in a set area, and duration of engagement is measured to judge relative
preference
-these rooms are typically seeded with high preference items
, ● social skills assesment - Focuses on the development of skills required
to participate in the community, make friends, and interact with others
● curriculum based assesment - arranges skills in a logical order or
sequence, building off previously taught skills
● reinforcer assessment - Identifies reinforcers, and sometimes
determines a "break-point" where the response effort overcomes the
value of the consequence
● developmental assessment - Arranges skills in the order in which they
are typically learned, sometimes using statistical analyses or "phases of
development"
-how old the individual is vs how old they are in terms of their skills
● pivotal response training - targets critical areas that improve many
different individual responses, emphasizes child's choice, takes place in
the natural environment, emphasizes heavily the family's involvement,
and multiple cues are used to evoke behavior
● discriminative stimulus - -signals that reinforcement is available
-correlates with a change in the availability of a reinforcer
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
● rate - count of a behavior per unit of time
ex: per hour
● advantage of rate measurement - allows us to directly compare
behavior when the observation period might vary in length
● latency - time until a response occurs following the
direction/instruction
● permanent product - durable product of a behavior that remains after
the offset of the behavior
● functional analysis - -demonstrates causality: that is to say, A causes B
-identifies the type of reinforcement maintaining a behavior
● free operant preference assessment - Client freely engages with items
in a set area, and duration of engagement is measured to judge relative
preference
-these rooms are typically seeded with high preference items
, ● social skills assesment - Focuses on the development of skills required
to participate in the community, make friends, and interact with others
● curriculum based assesment - arranges skills in a logical order or
sequence, building off previously taught skills
● reinforcer assessment - Identifies reinforcers, and sometimes
determines a "break-point" where the response effort overcomes the
value of the consequence
● developmental assessment - Arranges skills in the order in which they
are typically learned, sometimes using statistical analyses or "phases of
development"
-how old the individual is vs how old they are in terms of their skills
● pivotal response training - targets critical areas that improve many
different individual responses, emphasizes child's choice, takes place in
the natural environment, emphasizes heavily the family's involvement,
and multiple cues are used to evoke behavior
● discriminative stimulus - -signals that reinforcement is available
-correlates with a change in the availability of a reinforcer
