BCBA (32) Questions with CORRECT Answers
Question:
Reversal/Withdrawl Design (A-B-A-B design)
Answer:
An experimental design consisting of an initial baseline phase until steady state
responding (or countertherapeutic trend) is obtained; an initial intervention
phase in which the treatment variable is implemented until the behavior has
changed and steady state responding is obtained; a return to baseline conditions
by withdrawing the independent variable to see whether responding "reverses" to
levels observed in the initial baseline phase; a second intervention phase to see
whether initial treatment effects are replicated.
Question:
alternating treatments design/concurrent schedule design/multielement design
Answer:
An experimental design in which two or more conditions (one of which may be a
notreatment control condition) are presented in rapidly aternating succession
independent of the level of responding; differences in responding between or among
conditions are attributed to the effects of the conditions.
Question:
dependent group contingency / hero procedure
Answer:
A contingency in which reinforcement for all members of a group is dependent on
the behavior of one member of the group or the behavior of a select group of
members within the larger group.
Question:
differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA)
Answer:
A procedure for decreasing problem behavior in which reinforcement is delivered
for a behavior that serves as a desirable alternative to the behavior targeted for
reduction and withheld following instances of problem behavior.
Question:
Reversal/Withdrawl Design (A-B-A-B design)
Answer:
An experimental design consisting of an initial baseline phase until steady state
responding (or countertherapeutic trend) is obtained; an initial intervention
phase in which the treatment variable is implemented until the behavior has
changed and steady state responding is obtained; a return to baseline conditions
by withdrawing the independent variable to see whether responding "reverses" to
levels observed in the initial baseline phase; a second intervention phase to see
whether initial treatment effects are replicated.
Question:
alternating treatments design/concurrent schedule design/multielement design
Answer:
An experimental design in which two or more conditions (one of which may be a
notreatment control condition) are presented in rapidly aternating succession
independent of the level of responding; differences in responding between or among
conditions are attributed to the effects of the conditions.
Question:
dependent group contingency / hero procedure
Answer:
A contingency in which reinforcement for all members of a group is dependent on
the behavior of one member of the group or the behavior of a select group of
members within the larger group.
Question:
differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA)
Answer:
A procedure for decreasing problem behavior in which reinforcement is delivered
for a behavior that serves as a desirable alternative to the behavior targeted for
reduction and withheld following instances of problem behavior.
