RELIAS INCREASING BEHAVIOR QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2024 - 2025
How does Functional Communication Training (FCT) address problem behavior? ANS - By addressing
communication skills needed to replace the problem behavior
What makes reinforcement more effective? ANS - Deprivation state, immediacy, adequate size, &
contingency
Intermittent schedules of reinforcement are necessary to ANS - Maintain behavior & get reinforcement
on a more naturally occurring schedule.
Replacement behaviors are ANS - Acceptable behaviors to teach in place of undesirable behavior
How can consistency & routine help to increase the display of a desired behavior? ANS - Predictability
that goes alone with consistency & routine helps learners focus on what is important
What is a replacement behavior that might be functionally equivalent to the undesirable behavior of
screaming a demand? ANS - Verbalizing what is wanted
Why are individuals taught to use replacement behaviors in place of problem behavior? ANS - Because
just suppressing a problem behavior does not provide a way to get an individual's needs met
What is Discriminative Stimulus (SD)? ANS - Saying 'Match Blue" & receiving a blue card
What is an antecedent variable that could play a role in the display of a behavior? ANS - Being in a quiet
environment
What is a consequence that is likely to result in the increase of a behavior? ANS - Reinforcement
What is true about concept of Motivating Operations (MO)? ANS - Reinforcers work better when they
are in effect
AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2024 - 2025
How does Functional Communication Training (FCT) address problem behavior? ANS - By addressing
communication skills needed to replace the problem behavior
What makes reinforcement more effective? ANS - Deprivation state, immediacy, adequate size, &
contingency
Intermittent schedules of reinforcement are necessary to ANS - Maintain behavior & get reinforcement
on a more naturally occurring schedule.
Replacement behaviors are ANS - Acceptable behaviors to teach in place of undesirable behavior
How can consistency & routine help to increase the display of a desired behavior? ANS - Predictability
that goes alone with consistency & routine helps learners focus on what is important
What is a replacement behavior that might be functionally equivalent to the undesirable behavior of
screaming a demand? ANS - Verbalizing what is wanted
Why are individuals taught to use replacement behaviors in place of problem behavior? ANS - Because
just suppressing a problem behavior does not provide a way to get an individual's needs met
What is Discriminative Stimulus (SD)? ANS - Saying 'Match Blue" & receiving a blue card
What is an antecedent variable that could play a role in the display of a behavior? ANS - Being in a quiet
environment
What is a consequence that is likely to result in the increase of a behavior? ANS - Reinforcement
What is true about concept of Motivating Operations (MO)? ANS - Reinforcers work better when they
are in effect
