What conclusions are drawn from the literature review in this article? - Answer- A
competent professional should be proficient as a provider and a consultant who can
enable others.
Some therapists who serve as consultants show little or no success teaching parents.
What are steps the researchers took to validate the time out protocol used in this study?
_________of trained profressionals
Use ________ cited in the literature
Coduct interviews with ________ - Answer- Direct observation
task analyses
experts
Appropriate requests, child compliance, and enriched time-in are measured with a
continuous 20-second _________ scoring system. - Answer- partial-interval
Consultation and management skills were measured using a ____________ - Answer-
task analysis
What were the components of the training in this study? - Answer- describe,
demonstrate, role-play, feedback
The design used in this study was ____________ - Answer- multiple baseline
What is one conclusion supported by the results of this study? - Answer- Training
students in behavior management skills improved their behavior management skills.
According to the parents in this study, which students were the best trainers? - Answer-
students proficient in behavior management and consultation
The authors of this paper suggest what about their findings? - Answer- students may
require explicit training in consulting skills
practical experience may be insufficient
the necessary consulting skills were acquired in role-play situations
practical experience may be inefficient
For Applied Behavior Analysts to demonstrate functional relationships between target
behavior and environmental manipulations, which of the following must be true? -
Answer- Target behavior must be measured accurately.
, Environmental manipulations (IV's) must be accurate.
What did Arkoosh et al. discover about treatment integrity in their 2007 study? - Answer-
High treatment integrity was correlated with better outcomes.
Low treatment integrity was correlated with poorer outcomes.
Which of the following interventions are likely to produce the best outcomes? - Answer-
an intervention that has high integrity initially, but has less treatment integrity towards
the end
With respect to errors of commission, which of the following is true? - Answer- 50%
commission errors can be just as detrimental as 100% errors.
Given the effects of intermittent reinforcement, which of the following outcomes are
likely when treatment integrity results in intermittent reinforcement? - Answer- a long-
term strengthening of problem behavior
along-term strengthening of appropriate behavior
In St. Peter Pipkin, Vollmer, and Sloman (2010), what happened when the amount of
errors of omission were varied? - Answer- no change was observed in the levels of
problem behavior
Based on the findings reported about errors of omission and errors of commission,
which scenario would be most likely to strengthen long-term problem behavior? -
Answer- Sometimes a therapist accidentally delivers reinforcers when problem
behaviors occur.
Professor Xavier conducts a study testing a particular intervention's effectiveness in
increasing exercise. Which of the following scenarios allows us to be the most confident
in his results? - Answer- The amount of exercise each participant engages in is
measured with low precision. The intervention is implemented with 95% accuracy. Most
participants see an increase in hours exercised.
The responsibilities of a supervisor include which of the following? - Answer- taking
action in ways that are acceptable to staff
taking action to improve inadequate staff performance
taking action to support and maintain quality performance
It is important for supervisors to promote staff enjoyment at their work. Which of the
following are reasons to promote staff enjoyment? - Answer- When staff are unhappy,
they reduce their work effort.