BEHV 5612 - Cum Exam 1 Questions And
Correct Answers
What does ABA improve? - Answer socially significant behaviors that have immediate
and long lasting effects
What is ABA concerned with? - Answer producing predictable and replicable
improvements in behavior
What are the four phases of systematic instruction? - Answer 1. assessment 2. planning
3. implementation 4. evaluation
What does comprehensive behavioral assessment do? - Answer informs planning,
provides guidance for implementation and assists with evaluation
What does a behavioral assessment include? - Answer indirect and direct procedures to
identify and define target behavior
What is the principal goal of a behavioral assessment? - Answer identify environmental
variables that are related to increases or decreases in target behavior; discovers
function of the behavior it serves
What are the phases of a behavioral asssessment? - Answer 1. screening 2. defining and
quantifying problems/establishing outcome criteria 3. pinpointing target behavior 4.
monitoring progress 5. following up
Target behavior - Answer specific behavior selected for change
What do indirect assessments involve? - Answer recollections, reconstructions,
, subjective ordinal scale ratings of events
What is an example of an indirect assessment? - Answer interviews, checklists, rating
scales - can be open or close ended
What does a behavior checklist provide? - Answer description of specific behaviors and
the conditions under which each behavior occurs
What does a direct assessment provide? - Answer provides measurable and validated
information about learner behavior
What is an example of direct assessment? - Answer tests (criterion-referenced,
curriculum-based), direct observation
What is a criterion-referenced-assessment? - Answer measures skill performance
across recognized and commonly accepted developmental milestones
What is a curriculum-based assessment? - Answer data obtained bear uniquely on the
daily or weekly tasks performed in response to planned lessons
What are direct observations useful for? - Answer determining target behavior to assess
What is anecdotal (ABC) observation? - Answer records descriptive, temporally
sequenced account of all behaviors of interest and the antecedent conditions and
consequences for those behaviors as events occur
What is an ecological assessment? - Answer alot of information is gathered about a
person and various environments in which the person lives and works
What is reactivity? - Answer effects that an assessment has on the behavior being
assessed
Correct Answers
What does ABA improve? - Answer socially significant behaviors that have immediate
and long lasting effects
What is ABA concerned with? - Answer producing predictable and replicable
improvements in behavior
What are the four phases of systematic instruction? - Answer 1. assessment 2. planning
3. implementation 4. evaluation
What does comprehensive behavioral assessment do? - Answer informs planning,
provides guidance for implementation and assists with evaluation
What does a behavioral assessment include? - Answer indirect and direct procedures to
identify and define target behavior
What is the principal goal of a behavioral assessment? - Answer identify environmental
variables that are related to increases or decreases in target behavior; discovers
function of the behavior it serves
What are the phases of a behavioral asssessment? - Answer 1. screening 2. defining and
quantifying problems/establishing outcome criteria 3. pinpointing target behavior 4.
monitoring progress 5. following up
Target behavior - Answer specific behavior selected for change
What do indirect assessments involve? - Answer recollections, reconstructions,
, subjective ordinal scale ratings of events
What is an example of an indirect assessment? - Answer interviews, checklists, rating
scales - can be open or close ended
What does a behavior checklist provide? - Answer description of specific behaviors and
the conditions under which each behavior occurs
What does a direct assessment provide? - Answer provides measurable and validated
information about learner behavior
What is an example of direct assessment? - Answer tests (criterion-referenced,
curriculum-based), direct observation
What is a criterion-referenced-assessment? - Answer measures skill performance
across recognized and commonly accepted developmental milestones
What is a curriculum-based assessment? - Answer data obtained bear uniquely on the
daily or weekly tasks performed in response to planned lessons
What are direct observations useful for? - Answer determining target behavior to assess
What is anecdotal (ABC) observation? - Answer records descriptive, temporally
sequenced account of all behaviors of interest and the antecedent conditions and
consequences for those behaviors as events occur
What is an ecological assessment? - Answer alot of information is gathered about a
person and various environments in which the person lives and works
What is reactivity? - Answer effects that an assessment has on the behavior being
assessed
