ABA SAFMEDS questions with correct answers

A-B-A DESIGN Answer Withdrawal design; considerations: end on baseline A-B-A-B DESIGN Answer Reversal design; an experiment reintroducing the intervention enables the replication of treatment effects, which strengthens the demonstration of experimental control. Considerations: end on intervention phase ABOLISHING OPERATION Answer A motivating operation that TEMPORARILY decreases the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus thereby having an ABATIVE EFFECT on behavior ACCURACY Answer The extent to which observed values, the data produced by measuring an event, match the true state, or true values, of the event as it exists in nature ALTERNATING TREATMENT DESIGN Answer the rapid alternation of two or more distinct treatments while their effects on the target behavior are measured ANECDOTAL OBSERVATION Answer 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 ANTECDENT Answer An environmental condition or stimulus change existing or occurring prior to a behavior of interest. AUTOMATIC REINFORCEMENT Answer Reinforcement that occurs independent of the social mediation of others (e.g., scratching an insect bite relieves the itch). AUTOMATICITY OF REINFORCEMENT An