Module 1- EABA Class UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
applied behavior analysis (ABA) - CORRECT ANSWER - The science in which tactics
derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior and
experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement in behavior.
experimental analysis of behavior (EAB) - CORRECT ANSWER - A natural science
approach to the study of behavior as a subject matter in its own right founded by B. F. Skinner;
methodological features include rate of response as a basic dependent variable, repeated or
continuous measurement of clearly defined response classes, within-subject experimental
comparisons instead of group design, visual analysis of graphed data instead of statistical
inference, and an emphasis on describing functional relations between behavior and controlling
variables in the environment over formal theory testing.
Mentalism - CORRECT ANSWER - An approach to explaining behavior that assumes that
a mental, or "inner," dimension exists that differs from a behavioral dimension and that
phenomena in this dimension either directly cause or at least mediate some forms of behavior, if
not all.
conditioned punisher - CORRECT ANSWER - A previously neutral stimulus change that
functions as a punisher because of prior pairing with one or more other punishers. (Sometimes
called secondary or learned punisher;)
conditioned reinforcer - CORRECT ANSWER - A stimulus change that functions as a
reinforcer because of prior pairing with one or more other reinforcers. (Sometimes called
secondary or learned reinforcer.)
conditioned stimulus (CS) - CORRECT ANSWER - The stimulus component of a
conditioned reflex; a formerly neutral stimulus change that elicits respondent behavior only after
it has been paired with an unconditioned stimulus (US) or another CS.
, negative punishment - CORRECT ANSWER - A response behavior followed immediately
by the removal of a stimulus (or a decrease in the intensity of the stimulus) that results in similar
responses occurring less often.
negative reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER - A contingency in which the occurrence
of a response is followed immediately by the termination, reduction, postponement, or avoidance
of a stimulus, and which leads to an increase in the future occurrence of similar responses.
neutral stimulus (NS) - CORRECT ANSWER - A stimulus change that does not elicit
respondent behavior. (Compare to conditioned stimulus [CS] and unconditioned stimulus [US].)
operant behavior - CORRECT ANSWER - Behavior that is selected, maintained, and
brought under stimulus control as a function of its consequences; each person's repertoire of
operant behavior is a product of his history of interactions with the environment (ontogeny).
positive punishment - CORRECT ANSWER - A response followed immediately by the
presentation of a stimulus that decreases the future frequency of the behavior.
positive reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER - A response followed immediately by the
presentation of a stimulus change that results in similar responses occurring more often.
punishment - CORRECT ANSWER - A basic principle of behavior describing a response-
consequence functional relation in which a response is followed immediately by a stimulus
change that decreases future occurrences of that type of behavior.(
Reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER - A basic principle of behavior describing a
response-consequence functional relation in which a response is followed immediately by a
stimulus change that results in similar responses occurring more often.
respondent behavior - CORRECT ANSWER - The response component of a reflex;
behavior that is elicited, or induced, by antecedent stimuli.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
applied behavior analysis (ABA) - CORRECT ANSWER - The science in which tactics
derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior and
experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement in behavior.
experimental analysis of behavior (EAB) - CORRECT ANSWER - A natural science
approach to the study of behavior as a subject matter in its own right founded by B. F. Skinner;
methodological features include rate of response as a basic dependent variable, repeated or
continuous measurement of clearly defined response classes, within-subject experimental
comparisons instead of group design, visual analysis of graphed data instead of statistical
inference, and an emphasis on describing functional relations between behavior and controlling
variables in the environment over formal theory testing.
Mentalism - CORRECT ANSWER - An approach to explaining behavior that assumes that
a mental, or "inner," dimension exists that differs from a behavioral dimension and that
phenomena in this dimension either directly cause or at least mediate some forms of behavior, if
not all.
conditioned punisher - CORRECT ANSWER - A previously neutral stimulus change that
functions as a punisher because of prior pairing with one or more other punishers. (Sometimes
called secondary or learned punisher;)
conditioned reinforcer - CORRECT ANSWER - A stimulus change that functions as a
reinforcer because of prior pairing with one or more other reinforcers. (Sometimes called
secondary or learned reinforcer.)
conditioned stimulus (CS) - CORRECT ANSWER - The stimulus component of a
conditioned reflex; a formerly neutral stimulus change that elicits respondent behavior only after
it has been paired with an unconditioned stimulus (US) or another CS.
, negative punishment - CORRECT ANSWER - A response behavior followed immediately
by the removal of a stimulus (or a decrease in the intensity of the stimulus) that results in similar
responses occurring less often.
negative reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER - A contingency in which the occurrence
of a response is followed immediately by the termination, reduction, postponement, or avoidance
of a stimulus, and which leads to an increase in the future occurrence of similar responses.
neutral stimulus (NS) - CORRECT ANSWER - A stimulus change that does not elicit
respondent behavior. (Compare to conditioned stimulus [CS] and unconditioned stimulus [US].)
operant behavior - CORRECT ANSWER - Behavior that is selected, maintained, and
brought under stimulus control as a function of its consequences; each person's repertoire of
operant behavior is a product of his history of interactions with the environment (ontogeny).
positive punishment - CORRECT ANSWER - A response followed immediately by the
presentation of a stimulus that decreases the future frequency of the behavior.
positive reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER - A response followed immediately by the
presentation of a stimulus change that results in similar responses occurring more often.
punishment - CORRECT ANSWER - A basic principle of behavior describing a response-
consequence functional relation in which a response is followed immediately by a stimulus
change that decreases future occurrences of that type of behavior.(
Reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER - A basic principle of behavior describing a
response-consequence functional relation in which a response is followed immediately by a
stimulus change that results in similar responses occurring more often.
respondent behavior - CORRECT ANSWER - The response component of a reflex;
behavior that is elicited, or induced, by antecedent stimuli.
