- Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

dimension - correct answer A line graph shows data scaled along some ______, such as time, in a sequence. experimental control - correct answer Demonstrating convincingly a functional relation between two variables is how to show ____ ____. steady state responding - correct answer Nia eating 2 ounces of bread everyday for three weeks is an example of _______ _______ ______. dependent, independent - correct answer Changes in the _____ variable that are related to manipulations of the ___...

contingency contract - correct answers A _______________________________ is a document that specifies an agreement between two parties where a specified reinforce is delivered upon completion of the contract. task - correct answers There are three main parts of most contingency contracts: the details of the task, the description of the ____________________ , and a place to record task completion. target - correct answers In addition to the promised reinforce, contingency contracts work mos...

fixed, momentary - correct answer In a ____-_____ DRO schedule reinforcement is a delivered if the target behavior is not occurring at the end of a fixed amount of time. number, exceeding - correct answer In a DRH, reinforcement is contingent on the ____ of responses in a period of time ____ a criterion. (DRH) differential reinforcement of high rates - correct answer Nia gets access to a preferred item if her rate of hand raising is above two per period. This is a ______ _______ _______ pr...

elements, subsets - correct answer Successive approximations are behavioral _____ or _____, each of which more closely resembles the specified terminal behavior. differential reinforcement - correct answer Reinforcing only responses within a response class that meet a specific criterion and all others on extinction is ______ ______. topographies - correct answer Differential reinforcement is reinforcing selected occasions of behavior as opposed to other _____ _____. behavior chain - cor...

Roles of a Behavior Analyst - correct answer Supervise staff in the field Manage cases Assess Develop program interventions 5 steps of Performance Management - correct answer Pinpoint Measure Feedback Reinforce Evaluate This applies principles of ABA and the experimental analysis of behavior to organizations to improve individual and group performance and worker safety. - correct answer OBM Subspecialties of OBM - correct answer Behavior Systems Analysis Behavior Based Safety P...

Prior to starting an intervention, the therapist took ____________ data. - correct answer baseline The therapist draws a line between two data points on a line graph. This is a(n) ___________. ___________. - correct answer data path A naturally occuring level of the target behavior prior to intervention is a(n) ______________. - correct answer baseline A condition where the independent variable is not present. - correct answer baseline A more accurate data path has _______ data point...

Nia implements _________ _________ by varying the table decor, menu style, and background music during restaurant training. - correct answer teaching loosely Teaching loosely is increasing the variety of _______ _______ to prevent _______. - correct answer discriminative stimuli ; over selectivity Training stimuli are varied within sessions when _______ _______. - correct answer teaching loosely Teaching loosely involves randomly varying _______ _______ stimuli within and across teachin...

response generalization - correct answer A form of ________ ________ is when a target response is strengthened and other similar responses increase in frequency. reinforcement, operant - correct answer Response generalization is the spread of the effects of ____ to response outside an ____ class. maximized, minimized - correct answer When habilitation has occurred, reinforcers are _____ and punishers are _____. observer, behavior - correct answer Reactivity is when the presence of an __...

Nia implements _________ _________ by varying the table decor, menu style, and background music during restaurant training. - correct answer teaching loosely Teaching loosely is increasing the variety of _______ _______ to prevent _______. - correct answer discriminative stimuli ; over selectivity Training stimuli are varied within sessions when _______ _______. - correct answer teaching loosely Teaching loosely involves randomly varying _______ _______ stimuli within and across teachin...

Four major methods for obtaining assessment information are interviews, checklists, tests, and _____________________. - correct answers direct observation _____________________, the effects of an assessment procedure on the behavior being assess, is most likely when the person being observed is aware of the observer's presence and purpose. - correct answers Reativity _____________________ designates response class solely in terms of the effect on the environment. - correct answers functio...