ABA 605 final exam Questions with Answers (100% Correct
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In the article on Treatment Acceptability, Miltenberger (1990) quoted Kazdin and Wolf who
"suggested that the term social validity refer to the": —Answer: Social significance of the target
behavior and the appropriateness or the acceptability of the treatment procedure
Acceptability refers to the judgments about the treatment procedures by: —Answer:
Nonprofessionals, lay persons, and other potential consumers of treatments
Analogue research is conducted by having researchers present the raters with a written case
description and then the rater completes and acceptability rating scale (often a Likert scale) to
rate the treatment as it applied to the problem behavior. Although this type of research takes
less time it may lack: —Answer: Ecological validity
Several factors may influence acceptability among rates. The Miltenberger article stated that the
following variables may influence treatment acceptability: —Answer: Setting an individual
works in, behavioral v. developmental orientation of staff, income and race of parents, age of
rater--child or parent
Reimers and Wacker (1988) demonstrated that the variables of effectiveness and compliance
with a procedure are associated with: —Answer: Treatment acceptability/social validity of the
procedure
A discrete trial arrangement contains which of the following elements? —Answer: SD,
response/prompt, reinforcement/correction and a pause
In this unit, you learned about three types of DTI arrangements. These are: —Answer: Massed,
spaced, and distributed
A behavioral tactic known as DTI utilizes: —Answer: Carefully planned number of repetitions
of trials, carefully structured sequences of trials, and systematically planned antecedents and
consequences
Seeing a cracker, signing or requesting "cracker" (mand), and getting a cracker is a discrete trial
arrangement in the natural setting. —Answer: True
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, In ABA, who is recognized for conducting a study of 38 children with autism (with 19 in
treatement and 19 not in treatment) and concluding after two years that 47% of the children
from the treatment group achieved normal intellectual and educational functioning? —Answer:
O. Ivar Lovaas
Positive reinforcement is a: —Answer: Principle of behavior, requirement for all programs, and
a tactic or method for behavior
The way reinforcement is carried out is: —Answer: More important than the amount and
thought to be more important that the stimuli itself
Reinforcement result in: —Answer: An increase in future frequency of behaviors that
immediately precede it
The three aspects that influence the effectiveness of reinforcement are: —Answer: Immediacy,
stimulus conditions, and motivating operations
The following are examples of unconditioned reinforcers: —Answer: Food, water, warmth
The Premack principle, also known as Grandma's rule, involves a first this and then that
sequence. Which of the following best describes the typical application of this tactic: —Answer:
less preferred/more challenging first they highly preferred/less challenging task
The article presented in this unit, written by Homme et al., (1963) exemplifies: —Answer: a
preliminary, unsystematic application of the Premack hypothesis
Aubrey Daniels is featured in teh video clip of this unit. Inspired by the work of B.F. Skinner
and other behavioral scientists, Daniels began to consider how the Premack principle could be
applied in the workplace. He discussed the Premack principle as a means to : —Answer:
Increase ones personal productivity and satisfaction at work
Premack's principle states: if behavior B is of higher probability than behavior A, then behavior
A can be made more probable by making behavior B contingent upon it. —Answer: True
The low-probability behavior, of the 3 year olds, in Homme et al., 1963 study was: —Answer:
Sitting in chairs when instructed to
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Answers)
In the article on Treatment Acceptability, Miltenberger (1990) quoted Kazdin and Wolf who
"suggested that the term social validity refer to the": —Answer: Social significance of the target
behavior and the appropriateness or the acceptability of the treatment procedure
Acceptability refers to the judgments about the treatment procedures by: —Answer:
Nonprofessionals, lay persons, and other potential consumers of treatments
Analogue research is conducted by having researchers present the raters with a written case
description and then the rater completes and acceptability rating scale (often a Likert scale) to
rate the treatment as it applied to the problem behavior. Although this type of research takes
less time it may lack: —Answer: Ecological validity
Several factors may influence acceptability among rates. The Miltenberger article stated that the
following variables may influence treatment acceptability: —Answer: Setting an individual
works in, behavioral v. developmental orientation of staff, income and race of parents, age of
rater--child or parent
Reimers and Wacker (1988) demonstrated that the variables of effectiveness and compliance
with a procedure are associated with: —Answer: Treatment acceptability/social validity of the
procedure
A discrete trial arrangement contains which of the following elements? —Answer: SD,
response/prompt, reinforcement/correction and a pause
In this unit, you learned about three types of DTI arrangements. These are: —Answer: Massed,
spaced, and distributed
A behavioral tactic known as DTI utilizes: —Answer: Carefully planned number of repetitions
of trials, carefully structured sequences of trials, and systematically planned antecedents and
consequences
Seeing a cracker, signing or requesting "cracker" (mand), and getting a cracker is a discrete trial
arrangement in the natural setting. —Answer: True
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, In ABA, who is recognized for conducting a study of 38 children with autism (with 19 in
treatement and 19 not in treatment) and concluding after two years that 47% of the children
from the treatment group achieved normal intellectual and educational functioning? —Answer:
O. Ivar Lovaas
Positive reinforcement is a: —Answer: Principle of behavior, requirement for all programs, and
a tactic or method for behavior
The way reinforcement is carried out is: —Answer: More important than the amount and
thought to be more important that the stimuli itself
Reinforcement result in: —Answer: An increase in future frequency of behaviors that
immediately precede it
The three aspects that influence the effectiveness of reinforcement are: —Answer: Immediacy,
stimulus conditions, and motivating operations
The following are examples of unconditioned reinforcers: —Answer: Food, water, warmth
The Premack principle, also known as Grandma's rule, involves a first this and then that
sequence. Which of the following best describes the typical application of this tactic: —Answer:
less preferred/more challenging first they highly preferred/less challenging task
The article presented in this unit, written by Homme et al., (1963) exemplifies: —Answer: a
preliminary, unsystematic application of the Premack hypothesis
Aubrey Daniels is featured in teh video clip of this unit. Inspired by the work of B.F. Skinner
and other behavioral scientists, Daniels began to consider how the Premack principle could be
applied in the workplace. He discussed the Premack principle as a means to : —Answer:
Increase ones personal productivity and satisfaction at work
Premack's principle states: if behavior B is of higher probability than behavior A, then behavior
A can be made more probable by making behavior B contingent upon it. —Answer: True
The low-probability behavior, of the 3 year olds, in Homme et al., 1963 study was: —Answer:
Sitting in chairs when instructed to
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