Registered Behavior Technician - Part 1 Questions with correct answers

You must use expanded trials with expressive targets since . . . Correct Answer - a tangible distractor can't be used to discriminate against. Teaching with task variation involves . . . Correct Answer - random intermixing of tasks, keeping momentum moving, increases attending and interests, and faster rate of learning. Feedback / Reinforcement (SR) is . . . Correct Answer - a consequence that immediately follows the Response (R) (behavior. SD - R - SR. Let the student know whether his response was correct or incorrect. Correct with good attending = highest reinforcement, Correct with poor attending = moderate reinforcement, No response = corrective feedback and present SD w/ a prompt. A Prompt is . . . Correct Answer - Some form of assistance given by the teacher to facilitate the correct response. The different types of prompts are . . . Correct Answer - Full Physical, Partial Physical, Modeling, Verbal, Phonemic, Gesture, Positional A discrete trial has three main parts . . . Correct Answer - SD - R - SR (Discriminative Stimulus = Instruction / Response = Behavior / Feedback Reinforcement) Who conducted the pivotal studies on discrete trial that are still referenced for using DTI today? Correct Answer - Lovaas - His work is credited for being the first to demonstrate that early, intensive, behavioral intervention that could significantly improve functions in individuals with autism and related disabilities.