CBCC-KA STUDY GUIDE EXAM
ABAB reversal design - Answers - A single case design in which baseline and
intervention conditions are repeated with the same person
Alternating treatments design - Answers - a single case design in which two or more
interventions alternate systematically
Antecedents - Answers - environmental events that occur before a behavior
Applied behavior analysis - Answers - the attempt to solve behavior problems by
providing antecedents and/or consequences that change behavior
Aversion therapy - Answers - a form of sensitization training in which a stimulus that
arouses an inappropriate positive response is paired with an aversive stimulus. Used
especially in the treatment of drug abuse and criminal sexual behavior such as
pedophilia.
Behavior analysis - Answers - The science of behavior change; the study of the
functional relations between behavior and environmental events.
Behavior chain - Answers - A sequence of related behaviors, each of which provides the
cue for the next, and the last of which produces a reinforcer.
Behavior trapping - Answers - The procedure of bringing a target behavior under the
influence of its natural reinforcers by exposing it to those reinforcers.
Behavioral assessment - Answers - The attempt to (1) define the target behavior; (2)
identify functional relations between the target behavior and its antecedents and
consequences; and (3) identify an effective intervention for changing the target
behavior.
Behavioral contrast - Answers - The tendency for changes in behavior outside the
training environment to be the opposite of the changes produced in the training
environment. (Compare stimulus generalization.)
Behavioral repertoire - Answers - All the things an individual is capable of doing at any
given moment.
Backup reinforcer - Answers - A reinforcer that may be received in exchange for a token.
(See token economy.)
Backward chaining - Answers - A chaining procedure that begins with the last element in
the chain and progresses to the first element.
, Baseline - Answers - A period during which the target behavior is recorded, but no
attempt is made to modify it.
Behavior - Answers - Anything a person does that can be observed.
Bootleg reinforcement - Answers - Reinforcement that is not part of, and tends to
undermine, an intervention.
Chaining - Answers - The reinforcement of successive elements of a behavior chain.
Consequences - Answers - Environmental events that occur after a behavior.
(Consequences that are not produced by the behavior are called adventitious.)
Contingency Contract - Answers - An agreement between two or more parties about
what each is to do for the other.
Continuous recording - Answers - Recording each and every occurrence of a behavior
during a prescribed period.
Contrived reinforcers - Answers - Reinforcers that have been arranged by someone for
the purpose of modifying a behavior.
Counterconditioning - Answers - The use of Pavlovian conditioning to undo the adverse
effects of earlier conditioning.
Covert behavior - Answers - Behavior that can be observed only by the person
performing it.
Covert sensitization - Answers - A variation of aversion therapy in which the paired
events are imagined.
Cumulative frequency graph - Answers - A graph in which each data point indicates the
total number of times the behavior has occurred up to that point.
Daniels' dictum - Answers - The principle that solving behavior problems with behavior
analysis is more difficult than it appears. Daniels is known for telling people, "If you think
this stuff is easy, you're doing it wrong."
Desensitization training - Answers - Any form of counterconditioning that reduces an
inappropriate negative response to an event. (Compare sensitization training.)
Differential reinforcement - Answers - Any procedure that combines extinction and
reinforcement to change the frequency of a target behavior.
ABAB reversal design - Answers - A single case design in which baseline and
intervention conditions are repeated with the same person
Alternating treatments design - Answers - a single case design in which two or more
interventions alternate systematically
Antecedents - Answers - environmental events that occur before a behavior
Applied behavior analysis - Answers - the attempt to solve behavior problems by
providing antecedents and/or consequences that change behavior
Aversion therapy - Answers - a form of sensitization training in which a stimulus that
arouses an inappropriate positive response is paired with an aversive stimulus. Used
especially in the treatment of drug abuse and criminal sexual behavior such as
pedophilia.
Behavior analysis - Answers - The science of behavior change; the study of the
functional relations between behavior and environmental events.
Behavior chain - Answers - A sequence of related behaviors, each of which provides the
cue for the next, and the last of which produces a reinforcer.
Behavior trapping - Answers - The procedure of bringing a target behavior under the
influence of its natural reinforcers by exposing it to those reinforcers.
Behavioral assessment - Answers - The attempt to (1) define the target behavior; (2)
identify functional relations between the target behavior and its antecedents and
consequences; and (3) identify an effective intervention for changing the target
behavior.
Behavioral contrast - Answers - The tendency for changes in behavior outside the
training environment to be the opposite of the changes produced in the training
environment. (Compare stimulus generalization.)
Behavioral repertoire - Answers - All the things an individual is capable of doing at any
given moment.
Backup reinforcer - Answers - A reinforcer that may be received in exchange for a token.
(See token economy.)
Backward chaining - Answers - A chaining procedure that begins with the last element in
the chain and progresses to the first element.
, Baseline - Answers - A period during which the target behavior is recorded, but no
attempt is made to modify it.
Behavior - Answers - Anything a person does that can be observed.
Bootleg reinforcement - Answers - Reinforcement that is not part of, and tends to
undermine, an intervention.
Chaining - Answers - The reinforcement of successive elements of a behavior chain.
Consequences - Answers - Environmental events that occur after a behavior.
(Consequences that are not produced by the behavior are called adventitious.)
Contingency Contract - Answers - An agreement between two or more parties about
what each is to do for the other.
Continuous recording - Answers - Recording each and every occurrence of a behavior
during a prescribed period.
Contrived reinforcers - Answers - Reinforcers that have been arranged by someone for
the purpose of modifying a behavior.
Counterconditioning - Answers - The use of Pavlovian conditioning to undo the adverse
effects of earlier conditioning.
Covert behavior - Answers - Behavior that can be observed only by the person
performing it.
Covert sensitization - Answers - A variation of aversion therapy in which the paired
events are imagined.
Cumulative frequency graph - Answers - A graph in which each data point indicates the
total number of times the behavior has occurred up to that point.
Daniels' dictum - Answers - The principle that solving behavior problems with behavior
analysis is more difficult than it appears. Daniels is known for telling people, "If you think
this stuff is easy, you're doing it wrong."
Desensitization training - Answers - Any form of counterconditioning that reduces an
inappropriate negative response to an event. (Compare sensitization training.)
Differential reinforcement - Answers - Any procedure that combines extinction and
reinforcement to change the frequency of a target behavior.
