ABA Final Exam ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

ABA Final Exam ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1-1. Developmental theories verify and prove that inappropriate and maladaptive behavior can be
explained by a failure to reach or pass a particular stage - CORRECT ANSWER False



1-2. Certain genetic characteristics may increase the probability of certain behavioral characteristics -
CORRECT ANSWER True



1-3. According to the psychoanalytic theory, most people fixate at a certain stage thus becoming
overeaters, smokers, verbally abusive and/or anal-retentive. - CORRECT ANSWER True



1-4. Gestalt psychology's emphasizes humans imposing structure on their environment and seeing
relationships rather than individual objects or events as separate entities - CORRECT ANSWER
True



1-5. John Watson first distinguished operant from respondent conditioning. - CORRECT ANSWER
False



2-1. "Humanists" often perceive any systematic effort to change behavior as coercive and inhumane -
CORRECT ANSWER True



2-2. Behavioral approaches are less difficult to implement than most other procedures. - CORRECT
ANSWER False



2-3. The term "behavior modification" refers ONLY to procedures derived from the experimental
analysis of human behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER True



2-4. Research has shown that when positive reinforcement is used, intrinsic motivation is decreased. -
CORRECT ANSWER False



2-5. Behavior analysis has the power to remove the ability of the individual to choose alternative
responses. - CORRECT ANSWER False

,3-1. Behavioral objectives improve communication among professionals. - CORRECT ANSWER
True



3-2. A statement of conditions lists antecedent stimuli, including instructions, materials, and setting -
CORRECT ANSWER True



3-3. A measure of response accuracy (e.g., 8 out of 10 correct) represents the acquisition level of
response competence. - CORRECT ANSWER True



3-4. A statement of the conditions under which the target behavior is to be performed is not part of a
traditional behavioral objective. - CORRECT ANSWER False



3-5. Criterion statements set minimum performance standards for a behavioral objective. - CORRECT
ANSWER True



4-1. The method of data collection that provides the most accurate record of how long a behavior
occurs is duration recording. - CORRECT ANSWER True



4-2. The period between the presentation of a discriminative stimulus and the initiation of a response
is called the latency period. - CORRECT ANSWER True



4-3. Of the observational data recording systems, the one which results in the most accurate
representation of the occurrence of the behavior is interval recording. - CORRECT ANSWER
False



4-4. A teacher and a paraprofessional observed a student in class using a new computer program
simulation. Using 20 second intervals they recorded the data which appears below. These data are in
sufficient agreement for a behavior change program to begin.

(T) X X X O X X O O X O

(P) X O X O X O O O X X - CORRECT ANSWER False



4-5. Mr. Jackson targeted Rob's out-of-seat behavior for a behavior change program. He counted 20
occurrences during a reading period. To verify his data, he asked his student teacher to record at the

, same time. The student teacher recorded 18 occurrences. These data are in sufficient agreement for a
behavior change program to begin. - CORRECT ANSWER True



5-6. The ordinate scale always begins at "0" - CORRECT ANSWER True



5-7. The beginning point of the ordinate scale may be drawn directly on the x-axis - CORRECT
ANSWER False



5-8. No more than five different data paths should be plotted on a single graph. - CORRECT
ANSWER False



5-9. A continuity break in a data path is used when there is a break in the expected sequence of
intervention. - CORRECT ANSWER False



5-10. On a graph, data points are not connected across conditions. - CORRECT ANSWER
True



6-18. The amount of time Terrell remains on task has consistently decreased over the last three days.
At this point, it would be appropriate for his teacher to initiate and intervention to increase his time on
task. - CORRECT ANSWER True



6-19. The basic AB design does not provide for the replication within an experiment that establishes a
functional relation between the independent and dependent variables. - CORRECT ANSWER
True



6-20. Using an AB design, a teacher can make a confident assumption of the existence of a functional
relation. - CORRECT ANSWER False



6-21. Miss Hoffman wants to gradually decrease her caffeine intake from an average of 8 cups of
coffee or soda per day to no more than one serving per day. An appropriate research design for Miss
Hoffman to use would be the changing criterion design. - CORRECT ANSWER True



6-22. With the changing criterion design, a functional relation is demonstrated if the individual's
performance level occasionally matches the continually changing criterion for performance. -
CORRECT ANSWER False