RBT Exam Definitions
3 Demonstrations of Integrity - answer1. Be honest
2. Follow through with obligations
3. Disclose your experience in specific areas
3 General Techniques of Generalization - answer1. Vary stimulus conditions over time
2. Make conditions as natural as possible over time
3. Modify reinforcers
3 Principles of Behavior - answer1. Reinforcement
2. Punishment
3. Extinction
4 Functions of Behavior - answerSEAT
1. Sensory/self-stimulation/self-reinforcement
2. Escape/avoidance
3. Attention
4. Tangible
4-Part Contingency of Operant Learning - answer1. MO - motivating operation
2. Antecedent
3. Behavior
4. Consequence
5 Dimensions we shape - answer1. Topography
2. Frequency
3. Latency
4. Duration
5. Amplitude/intensity
7 Dimensions of ABA - answer1. Applied
2. Behavioral
3. Analytic
4. Technological
5. Conceptual systems
6. Effective
7. Generality
Anecdotal data - answerA method of descriptively recording the behavior emitted by the
learner, the response of others, and information about the environment.
,Antecedent - answerWhat occurs before the behavior that then influences behavior - an
environment or a stimulus change existing or occurring prior to a behavior of interest.
Antecedent Behavior Consequence Data - answer(ABC data) a combination of
information about what happens before, during and after a behavior. A form of
continuous measurement.
Applied Behavior Analysis - answerThe science in which tactics derived from the
principles of behavior are applied systematically to improve socially significant behavior
and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for behavior change.
Assessment Method Preference Assessment - answerPresenting objects and activities
systematically to the individual to reveal a hierarchy or ranking of preference
1. Single item/single stimulus
2. Forced choice
3. Multiple choice
- Multiple choice with replacement
- Multiple choice without replacement
Assist Training Stakeholders - answerRBT can assist with training stakeholders by
giving them instruction, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback with regard to behavioral
skills training.
Attention Function - answerA function of behavior in which the individual is reinforced by
receiving attention from others.
Automatic Reinforcement - answerThe behavior itself is reinforcing and is not
dependent on social interaction or receiving a tangible item.
Backward Chaining - answerTraining begins the link with the last behavior in the
sequence. Trainer performs all but the last step until learner masters the last two steps
and so on.
Backward chaining with leaps ahead - answerFollow the same procedure as backward
chaining but not every step in the task analysis is trained.
Baseline Data - answerData taken before an intervention takes place. Describes the
existing level of performance.
Behavior - answerAn activity of living organisms
- What an individual does (how they respond in the situation)
- It is observable and measurable
Block Trials - answerRepeatedly asking for an item for a designated number of trials,
and then moving to another item for the same number of trials.
, Caregiver Interview Preference - answerInvolves obtaining information from the
individual's parents, friends and teachers about what the individual likes/prefers.
Chaining - answerA specific sequence of discrete responses, each associated with a
particular stimulus condition.
Client Dignity - answerBe respectful and thoughtful about the client's needs and wants.
- never do or say something in front of your client that you would not if working with a
typical developing child.
Communication - answerCommunication with stakeholders as authorized.
- Follow protocol of how to communicate
- Communicate effectively with all team members.
Components of a Written Behavior Plan - answer1. identify, describe, create a goal for a
behavior in observable terms.
2. Assess antecedent/consequence that may maintain behavior.
3. Identify hypothesis of function of behavior.
4. Identify possible replacement behaviors.
5. Select and implement antecedent/consequence based interventions.
6. create crisis intervention plan.
7. Implementation, modification, generalization and maintenance procedures.
Conditioned Punisher - answerStimuli or events that function as punishers only after
being paired with unconditioned punishers. Form of positive punishment in which every
time an undesired behaviors occurs the actor loses a reinforcer.
Conditioned Reinforcers - answer(AKA secondary reinforcers) Neutral stimuli that have
been paired with unconditioned reinforcers, or other conditioned reinforcers and through
repeated pairing become reinforcers themselves.
Conditioned Response - answerA behavior that does not come naturally, but must be
learned by the individual by pairing a neural stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus.
Conditioned stimulus - answerA previously neutral stimulus that, after repeated
association with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits the response produced by the
unconditioned stimulus itself.
Consequence - answerEvents that follow behavior that may influence it including
increasing or decreasing it in the future.
- May be reinforcers or punishers.
Contingency - answerRefers to and if ______, then ________ relationship between a
behavior and a consequence.
3 Demonstrations of Integrity - answer1. Be honest
2. Follow through with obligations
3. Disclose your experience in specific areas
3 General Techniques of Generalization - answer1. Vary stimulus conditions over time
2. Make conditions as natural as possible over time
3. Modify reinforcers
3 Principles of Behavior - answer1. Reinforcement
2. Punishment
3. Extinction
4 Functions of Behavior - answerSEAT
1. Sensory/self-stimulation/self-reinforcement
2. Escape/avoidance
3. Attention
4. Tangible
4-Part Contingency of Operant Learning - answer1. MO - motivating operation
2. Antecedent
3. Behavior
4. Consequence
5 Dimensions we shape - answer1. Topography
2. Frequency
3. Latency
4. Duration
5. Amplitude/intensity
7 Dimensions of ABA - answer1. Applied
2. Behavioral
3. Analytic
4. Technological
5. Conceptual systems
6. Effective
7. Generality
Anecdotal data - answerA method of descriptively recording the behavior emitted by the
learner, the response of others, and information about the environment.
,Antecedent - answerWhat occurs before the behavior that then influences behavior - an
environment or a stimulus change existing or occurring prior to a behavior of interest.
Antecedent Behavior Consequence Data - answer(ABC data) a combination of
information about what happens before, during and after a behavior. A form of
continuous measurement.
Applied Behavior Analysis - answerThe science in which tactics derived from the
principles of behavior are applied systematically to improve socially significant behavior
and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for behavior change.
Assessment Method Preference Assessment - answerPresenting objects and activities
systematically to the individual to reveal a hierarchy or ranking of preference
1. Single item/single stimulus
2. Forced choice
3. Multiple choice
- Multiple choice with replacement
- Multiple choice without replacement
Assist Training Stakeholders - answerRBT can assist with training stakeholders by
giving them instruction, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback with regard to behavioral
skills training.
Attention Function - answerA function of behavior in which the individual is reinforced by
receiving attention from others.
Automatic Reinforcement - answerThe behavior itself is reinforcing and is not
dependent on social interaction or receiving a tangible item.
Backward Chaining - answerTraining begins the link with the last behavior in the
sequence. Trainer performs all but the last step until learner masters the last two steps
and so on.
Backward chaining with leaps ahead - answerFollow the same procedure as backward
chaining but not every step in the task analysis is trained.
Baseline Data - answerData taken before an intervention takes place. Describes the
existing level of performance.
Behavior - answerAn activity of living organisms
- What an individual does (how they respond in the situation)
- It is observable and measurable
Block Trials - answerRepeatedly asking for an item for a designated number of trials,
and then moving to another item for the same number of trials.
, Caregiver Interview Preference - answerInvolves obtaining information from the
individual's parents, friends and teachers about what the individual likes/prefers.
Chaining - answerA specific sequence of discrete responses, each associated with a
particular stimulus condition.
Client Dignity - answerBe respectful and thoughtful about the client's needs and wants.
- never do or say something in front of your client that you would not if working with a
typical developing child.
Communication - answerCommunication with stakeholders as authorized.
- Follow protocol of how to communicate
- Communicate effectively with all team members.
Components of a Written Behavior Plan - answer1. identify, describe, create a goal for a
behavior in observable terms.
2. Assess antecedent/consequence that may maintain behavior.
3. Identify hypothesis of function of behavior.
4. Identify possible replacement behaviors.
5. Select and implement antecedent/consequence based interventions.
6. create crisis intervention plan.
7. Implementation, modification, generalization and maintenance procedures.
Conditioned Punisher - answerStimuli or events that function as punishers only after
being paired with unconditioned punishers. Form of positive punishment in which every
time an undesired behaviors occurs the actor loses a reinforcer.
Conditioned Reinforcers - answer(AKA secondary reinforcers) Neutral stimuli that have
been paired with unconditioned reinforcers, or other conditioned reinforcers and through
repeated pairing become reinforcers themselves.
Conditioned Response - answerA behavior that does not come naturally, but must be
learned by the individual by pairing a neural stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus.
Conditioned stimulus - answerA previously neutral stimulus that, after repeated
association with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits the response produced by the
unconditioned stimulus itself.
Consequence - answerEvents that follow behavior that may influence it including
increasing or decreasing it in the future.
- May be reinforcers or punishers.
Contingency - answerRefers to and if ______, then ________ relationship between a
behavior and a consequence.
