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BEHV 5612 EXAM GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What is a functional behavior assessment? - Answers✓✓a process in which interviews,
observations, and environmental manipulations are conducted to determine "why" certain
behaviors occur
What are the categories of functional behavior assessment? - Answers✓✓indirect
(questionnaires/rating scale), observational, and experimental/functional analysis
What is the functional behavior assessment designed to identify? - Answers✓✓FBA seeks to
identify the function of the problem behavior
What are the relative advantages to an indirect functional behavior assessment? - Answers✓✓it
is relatively easy to conduct, can be completed in a short amount of time, do not require
additional materials, multiple people can conduct them.
What are the relative disadvantages to indirect functional behavior assessment? -
Answers✓✓People providing the information may not remember relevant observations
accurately or may have bias that would influence them to provide inaccurate data
What are the relative advantages of an observational functional behavior assessment? -
Answers✓✓the antecedents and consequences are recorded as it happens instead of recollection
of memory
What are the relative disadvantages of an observational functional behavior assessment? -
Answers✓✓it takes more time to learn to use it effectively and it is only correlational (causal
relation cannot be confirmed)