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◉ Louise is teaching Julien to identify colors. She has 3 colored bears
on the table. She says, "Touch blue." Which is the BEST example of a
prompt:
A. She moves the blue bear closer to Julien, and he selects the green
bear.
B. She briefly glances at the blue bear, and Julien selects the blue bear.
C. She places a black slash from a marker on the blue bear before
delivering the Sd.
D. Julien touches the yellow bear, and she hand-over-hand has him touch
the blue bear.. Answer: B. She briefly glances at the blue bear, and Julien
selects the blue bear.
◉ George 7yr old child has a behavior of stuffing his school toilet with
tissue paper.Her teacher decided to lock the toilet.The procedure was:-
a)extinction of behavior maintained by social positive reinforcement.
b)MO alteration by increasing response effort
C) Punishment
, d) extinction of behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement..
Answer:
◉ A prompt is:
A) an antecedent stimulus
B) a consequence as in a "No-No Prompt" procedure
C) might not always evoke correct responding
D) should always maintain its stimulus control. Answer: A) an
antecedent stimulus
◉ George, a BCBA recently accepted a case involving a young child
diagnosed with autism who bangs his head and has limited
communication skills. Upon meeting the child's parents for the first time,
George asked them about potential reinforcers (favorite toys, foods,
activities, etc), what times of day he seems to engage in head banging,
why the child does this and what happens before/ after head banging.
a. The questions George asked are acceptable
b. The questions George asked are somewhat acceptable
c. The questions George asked are not acceptable
d. George should not have asked any questions, he should've conducted
an FA first. Answer: b. The questions George asked are somewhat
acceptable
EXAM STUDY GUIDE FULL SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Louise is teaching Julien to identify colors. She has 3 colored bears
on the table. She says, "Touch blue." Which is the BEST example of a
prompt:
A. She moves the blue bear closer to Julien, and he selects the green
bear.
B. She briefly glances at the blue bear, and Julien selects the blue bear.
C. She places a black slash from a marker on the blue bear before
delivering the Sd.
D. Julien touches the yellow bear, and she hand-over-hand has him touch
the blue bear.. Answer: B. She briefly glances at the blue bear, and Julien
selects the blue bear.
◉ George 7yr old child has a behavior of stuffing his school toilet with
tissue paper.Her teacher decided to lock the toilet.The procedure was:-
a)extinction of behavior maintained by social positive reinforcement.
b)MO alteration by increasing response effort
C) Punishment
, d) extinction of behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement..
Answer:
◉ A prompt is:
A) an antecedent stimulus
B) a consequence as in a "No-No Prompt" procedure
C) might not always evoke correct responding
D) should always maintain its stimulus control. Answer: A) an
antecedent stimulus
◉ George, a BCBA recently accepted a case involving a young child
diagnosed with autism who bangs his head and has limited
communication skills. Upon meeting the child's parents for the first time,
George asked them about potential reinforcers (favorite toys, foods,
activities, etc), what times of day he seems to engage in head banging,
why the child does this and what happens before/ after head banging.
a. The questions George asked are acceptable
b. The questions George asked are somewhat acceptable
c. The questions George asked are not acceptable
d. George should not have asked any questions, he should've conducted
an FA first. Answer: b. The questions George asked are somewhat
acceptable
