CBCC-KA EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
ABAB reversal design - Correct Answers -A single case design in which baseline and
intervention conditions are repeated with the same person
Alternating treatments design - Correct Answers -a single case design in which two or
more interventions alternate systematically
Antecedents - Correct Answers -environmental events that occur before a behavior
Applied behavior analysis - Correct Answers -the attempt to solve behavior problems by
providing antecedents and/or consequences that change behavior
Aversion therapy - Correct 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.
Backup reinforcer - Correct Answers -A reinforcer that may be received in exchange for
a token. (See token economy.)
Backward chaining - Correct Answers -A chaining procedure that begins with the last
element in the chain and progresses to the first element.
Baseline - Correct Answers -A period during which the target behavior is recorded, but
no attempt is made to modify it.
Behavior - Correct Answers -Anything a person does that can be observed.
Behavior analysis - Correct Answers -The science of behavior change; the study of the
functional relations between behavior and environmental events.
Behavior chain - Correct 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 - Correct Answers -The procedure of bringing a target behavior under
the influence of its natural reinforcers by exposing it to those reinforcers.
, Behavioral assessment - Correct 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 - Correct 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 - Correct Answers -All the things an individual is capable of doing
at any given moment.
Bootleg reinforcement - Correct Answers -Reinforcement that is not part of, and tends to
undermine, an intervention.
Chaining - Correct Answers -The reinforcement of successive elements of a behavior
chain.
Consequences - Correct Answers -Environmental events that occur after a behavior.
(Consequences that are not produced by the behavior are called adventitious.)
Contingency Contract - Correct Answers -An agreement between two or more parties
about what each is to do for the other.
Continuous recording - Correct Answers -Recording each and every occurrence of a
behavior during a prescribed period.
Contrived reinforcers - Correct Answers -Reinforcers that have been arranged by
someone for the purpose of modifying a behavior.
Counterconditioning - Correct Answers -The use of Pavlovian conditioning to undo the
adverse effects of earlier conditioning.
Covert behavior - Correct Answers -Behavior that can be observed only by the person
performing it.
Covert sensitization - Correct Answers -A variation of aversion therapy in which the
paired events are imagined.
Cumulative frequency graph - Correct Answers -A graph in which each data point
indicates the total number of times the behavior has occurred up to that point.
Daniels' dictum - Correct 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."
CORRECT ANSWERS
ABAB reversal design - Correct Answers -A single case design in which baseline and
intervention conditions are repeated with the same person
Alternating treatments design - Correct Answers -a single case design in which two or
more interventions alternate systematically
Antecedents - Correct Answers -environmental events that occur before a behavior
Applied behavior analysis - Correct Answers -the attempt to solve behavior problems by
providing antecedents and/or consequences that change behavior
Aversion therapy - Correct 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.
Backup reinforcer - Correct Answers -A reinforcer that may be received in exchange for
a token. (See token economy.)
Backward chaining - Correct Answers -A chaining procedure that begins with the last
element in the chain and progresses to the first element.
Baseline - Correct Answers -A period during which the target behavior is recorded, but
no attempt is made to modify it.
Behavior - Correct Answers -Anything a person does that can be observed.
Behavior analysis - Correct Answers -The science of behavior change; the study of the
functional relations between behavior and environmental events.
Behavior chain - Correct 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 - Correct Answers -The procedure of bringing a target behavior under
the influence of its natural reinforcers by exposing it to those reinforcers.
, Behavioral assessment - Correct 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 - Correct 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 - Correct Answers -All the things an individual is capable of doing
at any given moment.
Bootleg reinforcement - Correct Answers -Reinforcement that is not part of, and tends to
undermine, an intervention.
Chaining - Correct Answers -The reinforcement of successive elements of a behavior
chain.
Consequences - Correct Answers -Environmental events that occur after a behavior.
(Consequences that are not produced by the behavior are called adventitious.)
Contingency Contract - Correct Answers -An agreement between two or more parties
about what each is to do for the other.
Continuous recording - Correct Answers -Recording each and every occurrence of a
behavior during a prescribed period.
Contrived reinforcers - Correct Answers -Reinforcers that have been arranged by
someone for the purpose of modifying a behavior.
Counterconditioning - Correct Answers -The use of Pavlovian conditioning to undo the
adverse effects of earlier conditioning.
Covert behavior - Correct Answers -Behavior that can be observed only by the person
performing it.
Covert sensitization - Correct Answers -A variation of aversion therapy in which the
paired events are imagined.
Cumulative frequency graph - Correct Answers -A graph in which each data point
indicates the total number of times the behavior has occurred up to that point.
Daniels' dictum - Correct 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."
