Genuine Study Guide 2025
Using _______ to prevent problem bx is considered a proactive approach - >>>>Antecedent
intervention
BIP is developed for what reason - >>>>to decrease problem behaviors and teach or increase
replacement behaviors in all settings
Pairing has occurred when... - >>>>the teacher is paired with the reinforcement
if escape behaviors are occurring frequently, it is often due to - >>>>the reinforcement schedule
being too thin
Levi screams whenever he wants his toy. What would be a good antecedent intervention? -
>>>>Functional communication training (teaching manding)
_______ the pace of instruction can decrease the likelihood of escape behaviors -
>>>>Increasing
the inter-trial interval should last... - >>>>approx. 1/2 second
cameron has tantrums and non-compliance for the function of escaping a task. What antecedent
interventions would be best to use in the BIP? - >>>>stimulus demand fading
the Wait and Transitions program are both used as antecedent interventions for... -
>>>>behaviors to gain item/activity
Joseph engages in shouting out behaviors for the function of gaining attention. What antecedent
interventions would be best to use in the BIP - >>>>Non-contingent attention
,Using ___________ to prevent behaviors is considered a proactive approach - >>>>antecedent
interventions
There are three types of behavior intervention strategies in the BIP, they are - >>>>Antecedent
interventions, replacement behaviors, and consequence interventions
Systematic desensitization/exposure therapy is most often used to treat - >>>>phobias
Errorless teaching is most appropriate to prevent - >>>>behaviors to escape/avoid something
a motor activity schedule could - >>>>reduce the motivation for self stimulatory behavior
Reinforcement is any event the ________ behavior, and ________________ that behavior -
>>>>Follows; increases
Another way to conceptualize negative in negative reinforcement and in negative punishment
is... - >>>>Removal
what precedes behavior - >>>>antecedent
When Kay talked to nancy she liked to complain about work. Nancy would listen and try to
cheer her up by talking with her. The more nancy talked with Kay the more she complained. By
talking with Kay after she complained, Nancy used what principle - >>>>Positive reinforcement
The field of ABA focuses on _________ behavior - >>>>Observable
Who was the founder of modern behaviorism - >>>>Skinner
What follows behavior - >>>>consequence
, the definition of behavior is - >>>>any observable movement of a living thing
Jane rarely used her phone. Whenever her annoying coworker approaches her and she on on the
phone her coworker walks away. Now Jane is always talking on the phone. What principle of
behavior accounts for this increase? - >>>>Negative reinforcement
Alyse didnt sing in music class often. One day her teacher saw her singing and compliemented
her voice in front of the class. Alyse stopped singing in class altogether. What principle did the
music teacher use on Alyse's singing bx? - >>>>Positive punishment
__________ schedules of reinforcement are when only some of the responses are reinforced -
>>>>intermittent
Joshua cracked jokes during the movies he watched in history class every week. When he did
this the teacher removed him from the class and had him sit in the library. Joshua stopped
cracking jokes during the movies. This is an example of... - >>>>time out
Hilary has autism and she likes to push buttons on her toys over and over. After a while, to her
parents satisfaction, the batteries wore out of the toy. Hilary stopped pushing the buttons on the
toy. what decreased this behavior - >>>>extinction
motivation operations increase the relative value of a particular reinforcer and also -
>>>>increase the likelihood of any behavior that has produced that reinforcer in the past
Jake yelled when he wanted music turned off and his parents would turn it off. One day, his
parents decided to ignore his yelling. Jake's yelling initially increased then decreased over the
next couple days as they continued to ignore. What occurred? - >>>>extinction burst
Ratio schedules are based on _______ and interval schedules are based on _______ - >>>>the
number of responses; passage of time
motivating operations variables in the environment that alter the relative value of a _______ at a
particular time - >>>>reinforcer