PSY7712 - Terminology Study Guide
Questions with Actual Detailed Answers
2026-2027 Updated.
A functional assessment method involving direct observation of the antecedents, the target
behavior, and the consequences of the behavior.
Choose one answer.
a) functionally equivalent response
b) ABA observation
c) ABC observation
d) exploratory functional analysis - Answer ABC observation
A form of direct, continuous observation in which the observer records a descriptive, temporally
sequenced account of all behavior(s) of interest and the antecedent conditions and
consequences for those behaviors as those events occur in the client's natural environment.
Choose one answer.
a) ABC recording
b) whole-interval recording
c) partial-intervention recording
d) event recording - Answer ABC recording
A stimulus or event that precedes the target behavior.
Choose one answer.
a) reinforcement
b) antecedent
c) contingency
d) behavior change tactic - Answer antecedent
The activity of living organisms, or what a person does and says.
Choose one answer.
a) reinforcement
b) behavior
c) consequence
d) stimulus - Answer behavior
,The likelihood that a given behavior will occur in a given circumstance.
Choose one answer.
a) conditional probability
b) behavior probability
c) indirect functional assessment
d) contingency probability - Answer conditional probability
A stimulus change that follows a behavior of interest.
Choose one answer.
a) consequence
b) conditioned response
c) contingency
d) antecedent - Answer consequence
Exchanging the two reinforcement contingencies for two topographically different responses.
Choose one answer.
a) indirect functional assessment
b) reinforcement contingency
c) conditional reversal
d) contingency reversal - Answer contingency reversal
Direct observation of problem behavior and the antecedent and consequent events under
naturally occurring conditions.
Choose one answer.
a) functional observation
b) descriptive functional behavior assessment
c) preference assessment
d) contingency reversal - Answer descriptive functional behavior assessment
Behavioral evaluation involving direct observation and recording of the behavior as it occurs.
Choose one answer.
a) direct assessment
b) implicit assessment
c) indirect assessment
d) complete assessment - Answer direct assessment
, Occurs when the behavior that is measured is the same as the behavior that is the focus of the
investigation.
Choose one answer.
a) indirect measurement
b) direct measurement
c) functional behavior assessment
d) discontinuous measurement - Answer direct measurement
A functional assessment method in which environmental events (antecedents and
consequences of the behavior) are manipulated to demonstrate a functional relationship
between the environmental events and the behavior.
Choose one answer.
a) direct assessment
b) functional analysis
c) contingency reversal
d) functional behavior assessment - Answer functional analysis
A functional assessment method in which environmental events (antecedents and
consequences of the behavior) are manipulated to demonstrate a functional relationship
between the environmental events and the behavior.
Choose one answer.
a) direct assessment
b) contingency reversal
c) functional analysis
d) contingency analysis - Answer functional analysis
A systemic method of assessment for obtaining information about the purposes a problem
behavior serves for a person.
Choose one answer.
a) contingency reversal
b) functional behavior assessment
c) systematic assessment
d) conditional probability - Answer functional behavior assessment
A response that results in the same reinforcing outcome as an alternative response. The
response serves the same function as the alternative response.
Questions with Actual Detailed Answers
2026-2027 Updated.
A functional assessment method involving direct observation of the antecedents, the target
behavior, and the consequences of the behavior.
Choose one answer.
a) functionally equivalent response
b) ABA observation
c) ABC observation
d) exploratory functional analysis - Answer ABC observation
A form of direct, continuous observation in which the observer records a descriptive, temporally
sequenced account of all behavior(s) of interest and the antecedent conditions and
consequences for those behaviors as those events occur in the client's natural environment.
Choose one answer.
a) ABC recording
b) whole-interval recording
c) partial-intervention recording
d) event recording - Answer ABC recording
A stimulus or event that precedes the target behavior.
Choose one answer.
a) reinforcement
b) antecedent
c) contingency
d) behavior change tactic - Answer antecedent
The activity of living organisms, or what a person does and says.
Choose one answer.
a) reinforcement
b) behavior
c) consequence
d) stimulus - Answer behavior
,The likelihood that a given behavior will occur in a given circumstance.
Choose one answer.
a) conditional probability
b) behavior probability
c) indirect functional assessment
d) contingency probability - Answer conditional probability
A stimulus change that follows a behavior of interest.
Choose one answer.
a) consequence
b) conditioned response
c) contingency
d) antecedent - Answer consequence
Exchanging the two reinforcement contingencies for two topographically different responses.
Choose one answer.
a) indirect functional assessment
b) reinforcement contingency
c) conditional reversal
d) contingency reversal - Answer contingency reversal
Direct observation of problem behavior and the antecedent and consequent events under
naturally occurring conditions.
Choose one answer.
a) functional observation
b) descriptive functional behavior assessment
c) preference assessment
d) contingency reversal - Answer descriptive functional behavior assessment
Behavioral evaluation involving direct observation and recording of the behavior as it occurs.
Choose one answer.
a) direct assessment
b) implicit assessment
c) indirect assessment
d) complete assessment - Answer direct assessment
, Occurs when the behavior that is measured is the same as the behavior that is the focus of the
investigation.
Choose one answer.
a) indirect measurement
b) direct measurement
c) functional behavior assessment
d) discontinuous measurement - Answer direct measurement
A functional assessment method in which environmental events (antecedents and
consequences of the behavior) are manipulated to demonstrate a functional relationship
between the environmental events and the behavior.
Choose one answer.
a) direct assessment
b) functional analysis
c) contingency reversal
d) functional behavior assessment - Answer functional analysis
A functional assessment method in which environmental events (antecedents and
consequences of the behavior) are manipulated to demonstrate a functional relationship
between the environmental events and the behavior.
Choose one answer.
a) direct assessment
b) contingency reversal
c) functional analysis
d) contingency analysis - Answer functional analysis
A systemic method of assessment for obtaining information about the purposes a problem
behavior serves for a person.
Choose one answer.
a) contingency reversal
b) functional behavior assessment
c) systematic assessment
d) conditional probability - Answer functional behavior assessment
A response that results in the same reinforcing outcome as an alternative response. The
response serves the same function as the alternative response.
