RBT Certification Exam Definitions

RBT Certification Exam Definitions Graphing Data - Answer ️️ -client's name, program information, therapist initials Probe Data - Answer ️️ -doing one trial to make sure a child can do something (i.e. spell his or her name) - record yes or no Reinforcement - Answer ️️ -presentation of a reinforcing stimulus or a removal of an aversive stimulus (contingent on the occurrence of a behavior) resulting in an increased or maintained rate of the behavior in the future Intermittent Reinforcement - Answer ️️ -periodic reinforcement; subject does not know when reinforcement will occur for a specific behavior. Most powerful schedule of reinforcement - Answer ️️ -Intermittent Reinforcement Punishment - Answer ️️ -presentation of an aversive stimulus or removal of a positive reinforcer as a consequence for behavior that reduces the future rate of behavior Rate - Answer ️️ -a measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against some other quantity or measure Positive Reinforcement - Answer ️️ -the presentation of a stimulus contingent on the occurrence of a behavior that results in an increase in the rate of that behavior over time Negative Reinforcement - Answer ️️ -the increase in rate or future probability of a behavior that occurs when there is a removal of a reinforcing stimulus contingent on a response. Negative Punishment - Answer ️️ -the decrease in rate or future probability of a behavior that occurs when there is a removal of a reinforcing stimulus contingent on a response Extinction - Answer ️️ -the process by which a behavior reverts to pre-reinforcement levels; the permanent removal of the reinforcing stimulus Behavior - Answer ️️ -an act that can be clearly defined and observed. Examples include: laughing, crying, jumping, smiling etc. Dead man test - Answer ️️ -"if a dead man can do it, it ain't behavior, and if a dead man can't do it, then it is behavior" Operant conditioning - Answer ️️ -conditioning in which the desired behavior or increasingly closer approximations to it are followed by a rewarding or r