ABA Final Exam 2025/2026 Exam
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A behavioral excess is defined as - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a surplus of behavior
Cindy bites her nails but wants to stop. The behavior she wants to change
(biting her nails) is called the:
a. target behavior
b. negative behavior
c. controlling variable
d. independent variable - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. target behavior
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of behavior?
,a. behavior has dimensions
b. behavior is lawful
c. behavior can be observed, described, and recorded
d. behavior is always overt - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔d. behavior is always overt
Behavior modification procedures are designed to change: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔behavior
Sam gets poor grades in school because he rarely studies. Sam's lack of
studying is an example of: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a behavioral deficit
An event in the immediate environment that controls a behavior is referred
to as: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a controlling variable
Thorndike demonstrated that a behavior which produces a favorable effect
on the environment will likely be repeated. This is known as the: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔law of effect
In behavior modification, measurement of behavior is taken: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔before intervention
after intervention
, during intervention
What is the difference between overt and covert behavior? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔overt: can be measured, observed
covert: private, can't be measured/ observed
What are the four dimensions of behavior that can be observed? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔1. frequency
2. duration
3. latency
4. Intensity
In a ______________ research design, baseline and treatment sessions
occur in rapid succession - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔alternating treatment
Perry's watch beeped every 5 minutes and he recorded whether he was
slouched over (bad posture) at the time the watch beeped. This is an
example of _____________ recording - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Time Sampling
What is it called when two observers record the same behavior of the same
person during the same time period and compare the results of their
recording? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔agreement
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Questions with 100% Correct Answers |
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A behavioral excess is defined as - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a surplus of behavior
Cindy bites her nails but wants to stop. The behavior she wants to change
(biting her nails) is called the:
a. target behavior
b. negative behavior
c. controlling variable
d. independent variable - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. target behavior
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of behavior?
,a. behavior has dimensions
b. behavior is lawful
c. behavior can be observed, described, and recorded
d. behavior is always overt - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔d. behavior is always overt
Behavior modification procedures are designed to change: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔behavior
Sam gets poor grades in school because he rarely studies. Sam's lack of
studying is an example of: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a behavioral deficit
An event in the immediate environment that controls a behavior is referred
to as: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a controlling variable
Thorndike demonstrated that a behavior which produces a favorable effect
on the environment will likely be repeated. This is known as the: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔law of effect
In behavior modification, measurement of behavior is taken: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔before intervention
after intervention
, during intervention
What is the difference between overt and covert behavior? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔overt: can be measured, observed
covert: private, can't be measured/ observed
What are the four dimensions of behavior that can be observed? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔1. frequency
2. duration
3. latency
4. Intensity
In a ______________ research design, baseline and treatment sessions
occur in rapid succession - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔alternating treatment
Perry's watch beeped every 5 minutes and he recorded whether he was
slouched over (bad posture) at the time the watch beeped. This is an
example of _____________ recording - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Time Sampling
What is it called when two observers record the same behavior of the same
person during the same time period and compare the results of their
recording? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔agreement
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