PSYC 7712 Week 6 Quiz Test Questions
and Answers 2026-2027 Updated.
Functional analysis. - Answer The manipulation of antecedent events to evoke a behavior and
reinforcing consequences to abate the target behavior is referred to as:
Conducting a functional behavior assessment. - Answer What should be the first step when
using behavior modification procedures to decrease a behavior?
All of these - Answer Conducting a functional behavior assessment can provide information
concerning:
Dimensions of the behavior.
Antecedent events.
Consequences of the behavior.
All of these
Systematic assessment. - Answer Which of the following is not a method used in conducting a
functional assessment?
All of these - Answer Which of the following is recorded when using direct observation
methods to conduct a functional assessment?
Behaviors.
Consequences.
Antecedents.
All of these.
Both consequences and antecedents. - Answer The use of experimental methods in
conducting a functional assessment involves the manipulation of:
Behavior.
Consequences.
Antecedents.
Both consequences and antecedents.
, Attention. - Answer When observing a functional analysis being conducted, the RBT is
delivering attention in the form of verbal attention (such as, "Carlos, why are you throwing
these books?" or "Please stop breaking these pencils.") contingent on Carlos engaging in the
target behavior of property destruction. What functional analysis condition is most likely being
implemented in this described scenario:
Demand. - Answer When observing a functional analysis being conducted, the RBT allows the
client to escape his homework each time Carlos breaks a pencil by taking away his homework
and telling him, "Never mind, you do not have to do this homework." What functional analysis
condition is most likely being implemented in this described scenario:
Control/play. - Answer When observing a functional analysis being conducted, one observes a
client in a room with his most highly preferred items, attention is being delivered frequently,
and no demands are being placed. The FA condition most likely being tested in this scenario is:
Tangible. - Answer When observing a functional analysis being conducted, a client is provided
access to an iPad each time he breaks a pencil. The FA condition most likely being implemented
here is:
Alone. - Answer To test the automatic reinforcement hypothesis in a functional analysis, one
should make sure to include this condition:
Attention and control/play. - Answer If one assumes attention is maintaining a behavior as
hypothesized after gathering indirect information and ABC data, one should then conduct a FA
that includes at least the two following conditions:
Identify the function of an individual's behavior. - Answer Functional analyses such as the
single contingency analyses are used to:
Demonstrate all behaviors are maintained by attention.
Demonstrate all self-injurious behaviors are automatically reinforced.
Identify the function of an individual's behavior.
Determine the feelings causing the behavior.
All of the above - Answer A consideration to keep in mind with the alone condition is:
Due to attention being withheld and the possibility of faulty stimulus control, high frequency of
a target behavior in this condition may suggest an attention function rather than an automatic
function.
It may not be necessary to test this condition if an automatic function is not hypothesized.
and Answers 2026-2027 Updated.
Functional analysis. - Answer The manipulation of antecedent events to evoke a behavior and
reinforcing consequences to abate the target behavior is referred to as:
Conducting a functional behavior assessment. - Answer What should be the first step when
using behavior modification procedures to decrease a behavior?
All of these - Answer Conducting a functional behavior assessment can provide information
concerning:
Dimensions of the behavior.
Antecedent events.
Consequences of the behavior.
All of these
Systematic assessment. - Answer Which of the following is not a method used in conducting a
functional assessment?
All of these - Answer Which of the following is recorded when using direct observation
methods to conduct a functional assessment?
Behaviors.
Consequences.
Antecedents.
All of these.
Both consequences and antecedents. - Answer The use of experimental methods in
conducting a functional assessment involves the manipulation of:
Behavior.
Consequences.
Antecedents.
Both consequences and antecedents.
, Attention. - Answer When observing a functional analysis being conducted, the RBT is
delivering attention in the form of verbal attention (such as, "Carlos, why are you throwing
these books?" or "Please stop breaking these pencils.") contingent on Carlos engaging in the
target behavior of property destruction. What functional analysis condition is most likely being
implemented in this described scenario:
Demand. - Answer When observing a functional analysis being conducted, the RBT allows the
client to escape his homework each time Carlos breaks a pencil by taking away his homework
and telling him, "Never mind, you do not have to do this homework." What functional analysis
condition is most likely being implemented in this described scenario:
Control/play. - Answer When observing a functional analysis being conducted, one observes a
client in a room with his most highly preferred items, attention is being delivered frequently,
and no demands are being placed. The FA condition most likely being tested in this scenario is:
Tangible. - Answer When observing a functional analysis being conducted, a client is provided
access to an iPad each time he breaks a pencil. The FA condition most likely being implemented
here is:
Alone. - Answer To test the automatic reinforcement hypothesis in a functional analysis, one
should make sure to include this condition:
Attention and control/play. - Answer If one assumes attention is maintaining a behavior as
hypothesized after gathering indirect information and ABC data, one should then conduct a FA
that includes at least the two following conditions:
Identify the function of an individual's behavior. - Answer Functional analyses such as the
single contingency analyses are used to:
Demonstrate all behaviors are maintained by attention.
Demonstrate all self-injurious behaviors are automatically reinforced.
Identify the function of an individual's behavior.
Determine the feelings causing the behavior.
All of the above - Answer A consideration to keep in mind with the alone condition is:
Due to attention being withheld and the possibility of faulty stimulus control, high frequency of
a target behavior in this condition may suggest an attention function rather than an automatic
function.
It may not be necessary to test this condition if an automatic function is not hypothesized.
