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A client under your supervision B
engages in frequent rumination that
appears to have resulted in
substantial weight loss. What is the
first assessment task?
a. Systematic manipulation of some
variable
b. Records review
c. Nothing - the behavior is not
change worthy
d. Conduct an IQ test
,You find that one of your clients has C
a substantial anxiety reaction to
being in the lunchroom. You posit
that there is some kind of
respondent conditioning process
that has caused this, and you wish
to try respondent extinction. This
would involve
a. Social extinction - ignore the
child when he becomes anxious
b. Escape extinction - do not let the
child escape from the lunchroom
c. Have the child frequently enter
the lunchroom without any
"traumatic" events occurring.
d. Have the child perform a task
while in the lunchroom.
The philosophy of determinism, as B
applied to the analysis of behavior,
assumes that behavior is:
a. subject to random occurrences.
b. caused by some event or
combination of events.
c. a cause of other events.
d. determined by the will of the
person.
,You take an initial baseline on "in B
seat" behavior. You then implement
a token economy in which in seat
behavior is reinforced with tokens.
Your treatment team decides to
demonstrate the efficacy of the
token system, and recommends an
A-B-C-B reversal design. Which of
the following is an example of such
a design?
a. In the 3rd phase, stop
implementing the token system
b. In the 3rd phase, present tokens
for out of seat behavior
c. Present the tokens for in seat
behavior in another setting
d. Implement a schedule of less
frequent tokens in phase 3
You are talking with a staff member A
about a client's behavior, and that
staff tells you that the client
exhibited a tantrum the other day.
You wish to set up a program, but
you feel that you will need consent
to do it. What are the three
elements needed?
a. capacity, informed, voluntariness
b. informed, voluntariness, older
than 18 years old
c. no coercion, cost/benefits,
approval
d. informed, approval, legal age
, Describe how a DRI schedule might B
be used to decrease the frequency
of walking around and bothering
other workers at the work site.
a. Have the person earn a
reinforcer contingent on the
absence of bothering others
b. Provide a reinforcer contingent
on working diligently and quietly at
his seat
c. Move his seat away from others
and make it somewhat "isolated."
d. Reinforce appropriate asking to
visit others
You are having trouble getting C
Kenny on the van. Apparently, the
action is effortful, as he has to climb
up the stairs, which gives him
trouble. In fact, he has actually
given up even trying. Using
behavioral momentum, how can this
be treated?
a. Provide a reinforcer for getting
on the van.
b. Prompt him briskly down the hall,
and release him right before he
reaches the steps of the van. Then
fade the release point backwards.
c. Give a reinforcer for some low
effort actions then give the
direction to "get on the van."
d. Give small reinforcers for just
looking at the van, then slowly
increase the size of the reinforcer
as he begins getting up to walk
toward the van.
Answers (Verified Answers) 2026/27 | Graded A+
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Terms in this set (145)
A client under your supervision B
engages in frequent rumination that
appears to have resulted in
substantial weight loss. What is the
first assessment task?
a. Systematic manipulation of some
variable
b. Records review
c. Nothing - the behavior is not
change worthy
d. Conduct an IQ test
,You find that one of your clients has C
a substantial anxiety reaction to
being in the lunchroom. You posit
that there is some kind of
respondent conditioning process
that has caused this, and you wish
to try respondent extinction. This
would involve
a. Social extinction - ignore the
child when he becomes anxious
b. Escape extinction - do not let the
child escape from the lunchroom
c. Have the child frequently enter
the lunchroom without any
"traumatic" events occurring.
d. Have the child perform a task
while in the lunchroom.
The philosophy of determinism, as B
applied to the analysis of behavior,
assumes that behavior is:
a. subject to random occurrences.
b. caused by some event or
combination of events.
c. a cause of other events.
d. determined by the will of the
person.
,You take an initial baseline on "in B
seat" behavior. You then implement
a token economy in which in seat
behavior is reinforced with tokens.
Your treatment team decides to
demonstrate the efficacy of the
token system, and recommends an
A-B-C-B reversal design. Which of
the following is an example of such
a design?
a. In the 3rd phase, stop
implementing the token system
b. In the 3rd phase, present tokens
for out of seat behavior
c. Present the tokens for in seat
behavior in another setting
d. Implement a schedule of less
frequent tokens in phase 3
You are talking with a staff member A
about a client's behavior, and that
staff tells you that the client
exhibited a tantrum the other day.
You wish to set up a program, but
you feel that you will need consent
to do it. What are the three
elements needed?
a. capacity, informed, voluntariness
b. informed, voluntariness, older
than 18 years old
c. no coercion, cost/benefits,
approval
d. informed, approval, legal age
, Describe how a DRI schedule might B
be used to decrease the frequency
of walking around and bothering
other workers at the work site.
a. Have the person earn a
reinforcer contingent on the
absence of bothering others
b. Provide a reinforcer contingent
on working diligently and quietly at
his seat
c. Move his seat away from others
and make it somewhat "isolated."
d. Reinforce appropriate asking to
visit others
You are having trouble getting C
Kenny on the van. Apparently, the
action is effortful, as he has to climb
up the stairs, which gives him
trouble. In fact, he has actually
given up even trying. Using
behavioral momentum, how can this
be treated?
a. Provide a reinforcer for getting
on the van.
b. Prompt him briskly down the hall,
and release him right before he
reaches the steps of the van. Then
fade the release point backwards.
c. Give a reinforcer for some low
effort actions then give the
direction to "get on the van."
d. Give small reinforcers for just
looking at the van, then slowly
increase the size of the reinforcer
as he begins getting up to walk
toward the van.
