ABA Principles of behavior Final Exam
Questions with complete solution
2026/2027
Reinforcer (positive reinforcement) - correct answer a stimulus that increases the frequency of a
response it follows.
What are other names for "response?" - correct answer behavior, response, activity
What are other names for a reinforcer? - correct answer reinforcer, stimulus, physical change
How soon after a behavior should the reinforcer be? - correct answer less then 60 seconds, preferably 1
second.
Immediate reinforcement - correct answer 0-1 sec
Delayed reinforcement - correct answer 1-60 seconds
delayed delivery of reinforcer - correct answer after 60 seconds and probably won't reinforce response
dead-man test - correct answer if a dead-man can do it, probably isn't a behavior.
What is a behavior? - correct answer a muscle, glandular, or neuro-electrical activity such as talking,
smiling, crying, thinking, moving.
What is behavior analysis? - correct answer The study of the principles of behavior
,Who is a behavior analyst? - correct answer a person who studies or explicitly uses the principles of
behavior
four types of behavior analysts and definition of their job - correct answer 1. experimental: research
and studies principles of behavior usually in animals.
2. theoretical: uses paper and computer to understand principles and concepts of behavior analysis and
how this relates to the world.
3. applied behavior analysts: research on humans
4. service providers: uses principles to solve socially significant problems.
What is a repertoire? - correct answer a set of skills
What is the general rule of the assumed reinforcer first? - correct answer does the assumed reinforcer
increase the target behavior? use reinforcer assessment procedures.
What are helpful reinforcers? - correct answer taste of food, you eat and can survive.
What is a helpful stimulus that's not a reinforcer? - correct answer stimulation from physical exercise.
not a reinforcer for many people.
what is a harmful reinforcer? - correct answer salt or sugar
what is the reinforcement principle? - correct answer a response will occur more frequently if a
reinforcer or an increase in a reinforcer has followed it in the past, in similar settings.
,What is a reinforcement contingency? - correct answer the response-contingent presentation of
reinforcer resulting in an increased frequency of that response.
What does response-contingent mean? - correct answer caused by the response or produced by the
response
(caused by behavior)
what is delay gradient? - correct answer the effects of reinforcement and punishment contingencies
decrease as the delay between the response and the outcome increases.
Example of reinforcement contingency - correct answer before: grandfather sees no smile
behavior: grandfather makes a sensible remark
after: the grandfather sees smile from grandma.
(the smile was response contingent)
What's another word for contingency? - correct answer causual relationship.
"to be contingent" = to be caused by
ex) getting good grades is contingent on studying
What is the definition of a behavioral contingency? - correct answer The occasion for a response, the
response, and the outcome of the response.
, What is the occasion for a response? - correct answer a stimulus in the presence of which a particular
response (behavior) will produce a particular outcome.
ex) your teacher looking at you is the occasion in the presence of which raising your hand will produce
the outcome of being called on.
note: occasion and before condition are NOT the same thing.
occasion allows behavior to happen.
example of occasion - correct answer mom being with child=occasion
child doesn't have attention= before
child screams= behavior/response
gets attention= reinforcer/consequence/after
What is a noncontingent event? - correct answer an event that is not dependent on anything.
ex) a parent's love is noncontingent. (not based on child's behavior) but approval is contingent on
behavior.
"assumed reinforcement contingency" - correct answer reinforcer is assumed to increase behavior and
it is the reinforcer if behavior increases
what is the environmental-enrichment general rule? - correct answer you can increase the frequency of
entering a setting by putting more reinforcer in that setting, but you will have to make some reinforcers
contingent on productive behavior if you to increase productivity in that setting.
what is the reinforcement principle in simple terms? - correct answer the need for making reinforcers
contingent on the behavior that they want to increase.
Questions with complete solution
2026/2027
Reinforcer (positive reinforcement) - correct answer a stimulus that increases the frequency of a
response it follows.
What are other names for "response?" - correct answer behavior, response, activity
What are other names for a reinforcer? - correct answer reinforcer, stimulus, physical change
How soon after a behavior should the reinforcer be? - correct answer less then 60 seconds, preferably 1
second.
Immediate reinforcement - correct answer 0-1 sec
Delayed reinforcement - correct answer 1-60 seconds
delayed delivery of reinforcer - correct answer after 60 seconds and probably won't reinforce response
dead-man test - correct answer if a dead-man can do it, probably isn't a behavior.
What is a behavior? - correct answer a muscle, glandular, or neuro-electrical activity such as talking,
smiling, crying, thinking, moving.
What is behavior analysis? - correct answer The study of the principles of behavior
,Who is a behavior analyst? - correct answer a person who studies or explicitly uses the principles of
behavior
four types of behavior analysts and definition of their job - correct answer 1. experimental: research
and studies principles of behavior usually in animals.
2. theoretical: uses paper and computer to understand principles and concepts of behavior analysis and
how this relates to the world.
3. applied behavior analysts: research on humans
4. service providers: uses principles to solve socially significant problems.
What is a repertoire? - correct answer a set of skills
What is the general rule of the assumed reinforcer first? - correct answer does the assumed reinforcer
increase the target behavior? use reinforcer assessment procedures.
What are helpful reinforcers? - correct answer taste of food, you eat and can survive.
What is a helpful stimulus that's not a reinforcer? - correct answer stimulation from physical exercise.
not a reinforcer for many people.
what is a harmful reinforcer? - correct answer salt or sugar
what is the reinforcement principle? - correct answer a response will occur more frequently if a
reinforcer or an increase in a reinforcer has followed it in the past, in similar settings.
,What is a reinforcement contingency? - correct answer the response-contingent presentation of
reinforcer resulting in an increased frequency of that response.
What does response-contingent mean? - correct answer caused by the response or produced by the
response
(caused by behavior)
what is delay gradient? - correct answer the effects of reinforcement and punishment contingencies
decrease as the delay between the response and the outcome increases.
Example of reinforcement contingency - correct answer before: grandfather sees no smile
behavior: grandfather makes a sensible remark
after: the grandfather sees smile from grandma.
(the smile was response contingent)
What's another word for contingency? - correct answer causual relationship.
"to be contingent" = to be caused by
ex) getting good grades is contingent on studying
What is the definition of a behavioral contingency? - correct answer The occasion for a response, the
response, and the outcome of the response.
, What is the occasion for a response? - correct answer a stimulus in the presence of which a particular
response (behavior) will produce a particular outcome.
ex) your teacher looking at you is the occasion in the presence of which raising your hand will produce
the outcome of being called on.
note: occasion and before condition are NOT the same thing.
occasion allows behavior to happen.
example of occasion - correct answer mom being with child=occasion
child doesn't have attention= before
child screams= behavior/response
gets attention= reinforcer/consequence/after
What is a noncontingent event? - correct answer an event that is not dependent on anything.
ex) a parent's love is noncontingent. (not based on child's behavior) but approval is contingent on
behavior.
"assumed reinforcement contingency" - correct answer reinforcer is assumed to increase behavior and
it is the reinforcer if behavior increases
what is the environmental-enrichment general rule? - correct answer you can increase the frequency of
entering a setting by putting more reinforcer in that setting, but you will have to make some reinforcers
contingent on productive behavior if you to increase productivity in that setting.
what is the reinforcement principle in simple terms? - correct answer the need for making reinforcers
contingent on the behavior that they want to increase.
