WGU D001 Behavioral Support Strategies for K-12 Learners with Mild to Moderate Exceptionalities Exam 2023/2024

AB design - ANSWER-A single subject research design that contains one baseline (A) and one treatment (B). ABAB design (reversal design) - ANSWER-An extension of the AB design in which the independent variable is withdrawn and then reapplied. This reversal design can demonstrate a functional relation between dependent and independent variables. abscissa - ANSWER-The horizontal or x axis of a graph. The time dimension (sessions) is represented along the abscissa. accountability - ANSWER-In education, the assessment of students' progress on a regular basis and the publication of this assessment, as well as goals, objectives, and procedures, to parents, school administrators, and other parties with a right to the information. acquisition - ANSWER-The basic level of student response competence. It implies the student's ability to perform a newly learned response to some criterion of accuracy. alternating treatments design - ANSWER-A single-subject experimental design that allows comparison of the effectiveness of two or more treatments. It differs from other single-subject designs in that treatments (sometimes including baseline) are alternated randomly rather than presented sequentially (also known as multiple schedule design, multi-element baseline design, alternating conditions design). antecedent stimulus - ANSWER-A stimulus that precedes a behavior. This stimulus may or may not serve as discriminative for a specific behavior. applied behavior analysis - ANSWER-Systematic application of behavioral principles to change socially significant behavior to a meaningful degree. Research tools enable users of these principles to verify a functional relation between a behavior and an intervention. aversive stimulus - ANSWER-A stimulus that decreases the rate or probability of a behavior when presented as a consequence; as such, it is a type of punisher. Alternatively, an aversive stimulus may increase the rate or probability of a behavior when removed as a consequence; as such, it is a negative reinforcer.