PEARSON RBT EXAM Updated Question and
Answer (2026/2027) | Verified Practice
Material | A+ Verified
• instructional control . CORRECT ANSWER: the likelihood your instructions elicit a
correct response from your client. you are building a history of reinforcing
compliance
• positive reinforcement . CORRECT ANSWER: the contingent presentation of a
stimulus immediately following a response that increases the likelihood of the
response in the future
• negative reinforcement . CORRECT ANSWER: the removal, termination, or
postponement of a stimulus, which increases the likelihood of the response in the
future
• primary/unconditioned reinforcers . CORRECT ANSWER: items or activities that
are naturally reinforcing. no learning takes place for these to be reinforcing
• secondary/conditioned reinforcers . CORRECT ANSWER: items or activities that
acquire reinforcing properties when paired with primary reinforcers. learning
takes place to make these reinforcing.
• positive punishment . CORRECT ANSWER: a consequence that follows a
behavior and decreases the rate of that behavior
• negative punishment . CORRECT ANSWER: the act of withdrawing an event
contingent on a behavior that decreases the rate of that behavior
, • principles of reinforcement . CORRECT ANSWER: deprivation/satiation,
immediacy, size, contingency
• deprivation . CORRECT ANSWER: the reinforcer will be more effective because
the client has been deprived of it. establishing operations
• immediacy . CORRECT ANSWER: a reinforcer must be delivered immediately
following a behavior to make sure you are actually reinforcing that behavior.
• size . CORRECT ANSWER: the amount of reinforcement given must be
worthwhile, or appropriate for the activity
• contingency . CORRECT ANSWER: the reinforcer should only be delivered when
a desired behavior occurs
• continuous reinforcement . CORRECT ANSWER: the target behavior occurs and
is reinforced after every occurrence
• intermittent reinforcement . CORRECT ANSWER: the target behavior occurs, and
reinforcers follow some of the occurrences
• ratio . CORRECT ANSWER: the rate of responding/amount of responses
• interval . CORRECT ANSWER: a set length of time
Answer (2026/2027) | Verified Practice
Material | A+ Verified
• instructional control . CORRECT ANSWER: the likelihood your instructions elicit a
correct response from your client. you are building a history of reinforcing
compliance
• positive reinforcement . CORRECT ANSWER: the contingent presentation of a
stimulus immediately following a response that increases the likelihood of the
response in the future
• negative reinforcement . CORRECT ANSWER: the removal, termination, or
postponement of a stimulus, which increases the likelihood of the response in the
future
• primary/unconditioned reinforcers . CORRECT ANSWER: items or activities that
are naturally reinforcing. no learning takes place for these to be reinforcing
• secondary/conditioned reinforcers . CORRECT ANSWER: items or activities that
acquire reinforcing properties when paired with primary reinforcers. learning
takes place to make these reinforcing.
• positive punishment . CORRECT ANSWER: a consequence that follows a
behavior and decreases the rate of that behavior
• negative punishment . CORRECT ANSWER: the act of withdrawing an event
contingent on a behavior that decreases the rate of that behavior
, • principles of reinforcement . CORRECT ANSWER: deprivation/satiation,
immediacy, size, contingency
• deprivation . CORRECT ANSWER: the reinforcer will be more effective because
the client has been deprived of it. establishing operations
• immediacy . CORRECT ANSWER: a reinforcer must be delivered immediately
following a behavior to make sure you are actually reinforcing that behavior.
• size . CORRECT ANSWER: the amount of reinforcement given must be
worthwhile, or appropriate for the activity
• contingency . CORRECT ANSWER: the reinforcer should only be delivered when
a desired behavior occurs
• continuous reinforcement . CORRECT ANSWER: the target behavior occurs and
is reinforced after every occurrence
• intermittent reinforcement . CORRECT ANSWER: the target behavior occurs, and
reinforcers follow some of the occurrences
• ratio . CORRECT ANSWER: the rate of responding/amount of responses
• interval . CORRECT ANSWER: a set length of time
