BEHV 5612 Module 10 Exam Questions And
Correct Answers
What were some of the drawbacks of traditional analogue functional assessments,
according to Durand and Crimmins (1988)? - Answer Extensive staff training is required.
Analogue assessments take a lot of time.
The Motivation Assessment Scale (MAS) was created to assess the influence of what
type of consequences on self-injurious behavior? (Durand & Crimmons, 1988) - Answer
tangibles
sensory
social attention
escape
How were participants for Durand and Crimmons's (1988) study identified and selected?
- Answer Their teachers reported them as exhibiting self-injurious behavior.
How was interrater reliability assessed in Study 1 of Durand and Crimmons (1988)? -
Answer Teachers and assistant teachers answered the same questions about the
self-injurious behaviors.
What were the interrater and test-retest reliability results for the MAS? (Durand &
Crimmons, 1988) - Answer Teachers were able to agree with themselves on the
maintaining variables for self-injurious behavior at one month's follow up.
Teachers were able to agree on the maintaining variables for self-injurious behavior.
In Durand and Crimmons (1988), how many participants from each subgroup of
maintaining consequences were selected to participate in the validation study? -
Answer 2
, Durand and Crimmons (1988) hypothesized that if self-injurious behavior was
maintained by sensory consequences that it would occur most frequently during which
condition? - Answer unstructured
What were the results of Durand and Crimmons's (1988) validation study? (Durand &
Crimmons, 1988) - Answer The MAS was predictive of maintaining consequences for
self-injurious behavior.
A follow-up questionnaire administered to teachers indicated: (Durand & Crimmons,
1988) - Answer Teachers could not accurately rank maintaining variables of
self-injurious behavior when given descriptions of common subtypes.
What were the implications of Durand and Crimmons's (1988) study? - Answer The MAS
may be particularly helpful in identifying reinforcing stimuli.
The classification of problem behavior based on function can be useful for treatment.
Generally, what is the purpose of the Questions about Behavioral Function (QABF)?
(Matson et al., 2012) - Answer to try to identify the variables maintaining challenging
behaviors
What was the rationale for developing the QABF? (Matson et al., 2012) - Answer to find a
quicker way to determine the function of challenging behaviors
Results of a comparison of experimental functional analysis (EFA) results to QABF
results found that the two were: (Matson et al., 2012) - Answer similar
In Dawson et al. (1998), what was the most commonly determined maintaining variable
for aggression? (Matson et al., 2012) - Answer attention
In Matson et al. (2005), what was the most common maintaining variable for food
stealing? (Matson et al., 2012) - Answer escape
Correct Answers
What were some of the drawbacks of traditional analogue functional assessments,
according to Durand and Crimmins (1988)? - Answer Extensive staff training is required.
Analogue assessments take a lot of time.
The Motivation Assessment Scale (MAS) was created to assess the influence of what
type of consequences on self-injurious behavior? (Durand & Crimmons, 1988) - Answer
tangibles
sensory
social attention
escape
How were participants for Durand and Crimmons's (1988) study identified and selected?
- Answer Their teachers reported them as exhibiting self-injurious behavior.
How was interrater reliability assessed in Study 1 of Durand and Crimmons (1988)? -
Answer Teachers and assistant teachers answered the same questions about the
self-injurious behaviors.
What were the interrater and test-retest reliability results for the MAS? (Durand &
Crimmons, 1988) - Answer Teachers were able to agree with themselves on the
maintaining variables for self-injurious behavior at one month's follow up.
Teachers were able to agree on the maintaining variables for self-injurious behavior.
In Durand and Crimmons (1988), how many participants from each subgroup of
maintaining consequences were selected to participate in the validation study? -
Answer 2
, Durand and Crimmons (1988) hypothesized that if self-injurious behavior was
maintained by sensory consequences that it would occur most frequently during which
condition? - Answer unstructured
What were the results of Durand and Crimmons's (1988) validation study? (Durand &
Crimmons, 1988) - Answer The MAS was predictive of maintaining consequences for
self-injurious behavior.
A follow-up questionnaire administered to teachers indicated: (Durand & Crimmons,
1988) - Answer Teachers could not accurately rank maintaining variables of
self-injurious behavior when given descriptions of common subtypes.
What were the implications of Durand and Crimmons's (1988) study? - Answer The MAS
may be particularly helpful in identifying reinforcing stimuli.
The classification of problem behavior based on function can be useful for treatment.
Generally, what is the purpose of the Questions about Behavioral Function (QABF)?
(Matson et al., 2012) - Answer to try to identify the variables maintaining challenging
behaviors
What was the rationale for developing the QABF? (Matson et al., 2012) - Answer to find a
quicker way to determine the function of challenging behaviors
Results of a comparison of experimental functional analysis (EFA) results to QABF
results found that the two were: (Matson et al., 2012) - Answer similar
In Dawson et al. (1998), what was the most commonly determined maintaining variable
for aggression? (Matson et al., 2012) - Answer attention
In Matson et al. (2005), what was the most common maintaining variable for food
stealing? (Matson et al., 2012) - Answer escape
