SPCE 611 ACTUAL TEST PAPER COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION
●● Observers record occurrences of the targeted problem behaviors and
selected environmental events in the natural routine during a period of
time.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording
Answer: ABC continuous recording
●● Data are collected only when behaviors of interest are observed.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording
Answer: ABC narrative recording
,●● Uses precise measures and in some cases the correlations may reflect
causal relations.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording
Answer: ABC continuous recording
●● Recording is open ended.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording
Answer: ABC narrative recording
●● Data are collected for several days and then analyzed for patterns
across time periods.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
,ABC narrative recording
Answer: scatterplots
●● Asks informants to estimate the extent to which behavior occurs
under specified conditions.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording
Answer: behavior rating scales
●● Analog conditions are used in a functional analysis because
Answer: they allow the practitioner to better control the environmental
variables that may be related to the problem behavior
●● Once an FBA has been completed, what strategic approach(es) to
intervention may be based upon it (select all that apply)?
teaching reinforcement and punishment strategies
teaching alternative behaviors
altering antecedent variables
altering consequent variables
, Answer: teaching alternative behaviors, altering antecedent variables,
altering consequent variables
●● Conducting a descriptive functional behavior assessment may
involve (select all that apply)
- performing on-going assessment of a problem behavior by
interviewing the individuals who most commonly see the problem
behavior occurring.
- providing a narrative description of the problem behavior in the
environment in which it occurs.
- implementing a scatterplot.
- continuous recording of the problem behavior in relation to naturally
occurring events.
Answer: providing a narrative description of the problem behavior in the
environment in which it occurs, implementing a scatterplot, continuous
recording of the problem behavior in relation to naturally occurring
events
●● a default technology is
Answer: the term used to refer to the interventions that individuals may
resort to using that are increasingly intrusive, coercive, and punishment-
based.
●● Two overarching classes of conditions that maintain problem
behavior are
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION
●● Observers record occurrences of the targeted problem behaviors and
selected environmental events in the natural routine during a period of
time.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording
Answer: ABC continuous recording
●● Data are collected only when behaviors of interest are observed.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording
Answer: ABC narrative recording
,●● Uses precise measures and in some cases the correlations may reflect
causal relations.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording
Answer: ABC continuous recording
●● Recording is open ended.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording
Answer: ABC narrative recording
●● Data are collected for several days and then analyzed for patterns
across time periods.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
,ABC narrative recording
Answer: scatterplots
●● Asks informants to estimate the extent to which behavior occurs
under specified conditions.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording
Answer: behavior rating scales
●● Analog conditions are used in a functional analysis because
Answer: they allow the practitioner to better control the environmental
variables that may be related to the problem behavior
●● Once an FBA has been completed, what strategic approach(es) to
intervention may be based upon it (select all that apply)?
teaching reinforcement and punishment strategies
teaching alternative behaviors
altering antecedent variables
altering consequent variables
, Answer: teaching alternative behaviors, altering antecedent variables,
altering consequent variables
●● Conducting a descriptive functional behavior assessment may
involve (select all that apply)
- performing on-going assessment of a problem behavior by
interviewing the individuals who most commonly see the problem
behavior occurring.
- providing a narrative description of the problem behavior in the
environment in which it occurs.
- implementing a scatterplot.
- continuous recording of the problem behavior in relation to naturally
occurring events.
Answer: providing a narrative description of the problem behavior in the
environment in which it occurs, implementing a scatterplot, continuous
recording of the problem behavior in relation to naturally occurring
events
●● a default technology is
Answer: the term used to refer to the interventions that individuals may
resort to using that are increasingly intrusive, coercive, and punishment-
based.
●● Two overarching classes of conditions that maintain problem
behavior are
