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Prepare for the Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) Exam with this Study Guide PDF 2026/2027. Covers applied behavior analysis (ABA) principles, measurement and data collection, skill acquisition, behavior reduction, reinforcement procedures, documentation, ethics, professional conduct, client safety, collaboration, and exam-style practice questions. Ideal for aspiring behavior technicians preparing for RBT certification, competency assessments, professional training, and ABA coursework.

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Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) The application of the principles of behavior to socially significant issues in
order to produce meaningful and measurable change.


Behavior theory Explains what people do and why they do it by using what can be seen and
heard.


Behavior Everything that a living organism does.




Deprivation state The person cannot have something that they want whenever they want it.


Three-Term Contingency (ABC) Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence

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Discriminative stimuli Cues that influence operant behavior by indicating the probable
consequences (reinforcement or nonreinforcement) of a response.


Two reasons for behavior Escape and gain


Motivating operations MO An environmental variable that (a) alters (increases or decreases) the
reinforcing or punishing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event; and
(b) alters (increases or decreases) the current frequency of all behavior that
has been reinforced or punished by that stimulus, object, or event.


IDD Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities


Replacement behaviors Replace less desirable behaviors.


Functional Communication Training (FCT) Addressed challenging behaviors by teaching the individual to replace those
behaviors with communication.


Verbal behavior training Addresses critical communication skills according to the various purposes of
language. These are following directions, request, mands, tacts, and social
aspects of language intraverbals.


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task analysis Is completed and steps are identified, each is taught and reinforced.


Pivotal skills Skills that individuals possess that make it possible or easier for them to learn
other skills.


Joint attention When two individuals share focus on the same stimulus at one time.


Behavioral shaping Used to increase desirable behaviors one small step at a time. When the
current levels of functioning an individual possesses are considered, certain
behavioral goals may be too difficult to obtain. It is hard to go from point A to
point Z without going through everything in between.




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Differential reinforcement Used to decrease behavior along with increasing certain behavior provided
reinforcement for the appropriate behavior. Example would be talking normal
instead of yelling.


Continuous (CRF) reinforcer follows every response.


Fixed Ratio (FR) A schedule of reinforcement requiring a fixed number of responses for
reinforcement.


Fixed Interval (FI) Reinforcement for behavior after a fixed amount of time has passed.


Variable Ratio (VR) Reinforcement after the behaviors displayed an average number of times.




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