BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN PRACTICE
TEST FULL REVISION NOTES WITH
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION AND PATIENT
SUPPORT CONCEPTS
◉ You work with a client who drops legos on the floor for hours if
left alone. The client does this even if others are playing with him,
when no demands are being placed, and when given free access to a
number of preferred toys. What is the function of the lego dropping
behavior?
Answer: Automatic Positive (sensory stimulation)
◉ What is an antecedent?
Answer: A stimulus that occurs before the behavior
◉ What is a consequence?
Answer: A stimulus that occurs after the behavior
◉ Why do we conduct assessments?
Answer: All of the above
(to discover behavioral deficits, to discover behavior excesses, to
identify environment variables)
,◉ True/False: A functional assessment is a set of procedures used to
identify the cause of a problem behavior or socially inappropriate
behavior.
Answer: True
◉ A functional analysis is...
Answer: The deliberate manipulation of variables to evoke a target
behavior to determine the function of the behavior.
◉ A Functional Behavior Assessment is...
Answer: all of the above
(a set of interviews conducted to identify the function of a behavior,
observations of the problem behavior as it is occurring in the natural
setting, and functional analysis)
◉ What does the ABC stand for in ABC recording?
Answer: Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence
◉ A reinforcer is...
Answer: A stimulus that increases or maintains the frequency of a
behavior
, ◉ A punisher is...
Answer: A stimulus that decreases the future frequency of a
behavior.
◉ Provide one example of a primary reinforcer
Answer: food, water, warmth.
◉ Provide one example of a secondary reinforcer
Answer: bell, token, praise.
◉ The manipulation if Motivating Operations is a(n)...
Answer: Antecedent intervention
◉ True/False: an Establishing Operation increases the value of a
particular reinforcer
Answer: True
◉ True/False: An Abolishing Operation decreases the value of a
particular reinforcer
Answer: True
◉ What is the main purpose of pairing yourself with reinforcement:
TEST FULL REVISION NOTES WITH
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION AND PATIENT
SUPPORT CONCEPTS
◉ You work with a client who drops legos on the floor for hours if
left alone. The client does this even if others are playing with him,
when no demands are being placed, and when given free access to a
number of preferred toys. What is the function of the lego dropping
behavior?
Answer: Automatic Positive (sensory stimulation)
◉ What is an antecedent?
Answer: A stimulus that occurs before the behavior
◉ What is a consequence?
Answer: A stimulus that occurs after the behavior
◉ Why do we conduct assessments?
Answer: All of the above
(to discover behavioral deficits, to discover behavior excesses, to
identify environment variables)
,◉ True/False: A functional assessment is a set of procedures used to
identify the cause of a problem behavior or socially inappropriate
behavior.
Answer: True
◉ A functional analysis is...
Answer: The deliberate manipulation of variables to evoke a target
behavior to determine the function of the behavior.
◉ A Functional Behavior Assessment is...
Answer: all of the above
(a set of interviews conducted to identify the function of a behavior,
observations of the problem behavior as it is occurring in the natural
setting, and functional analysis)
◉ What does the ABC stand for in ABC recording?
Answer: Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence
◉ A reinforcer is...
Answer: A stimulus that increases or maintains the frequency of a
behavior
, ◉ A punisher is...
Answer: A stimulus that decreases the future frequency of a
behavior.
◉ Provide one example of a primary reinforcer
Answer: food, water, warmth.
◉ Provide one example of a secondary reinforcer
Answer: bell, token, praise.
◉ The manipulation if Motivating Operations is a(n)...
Answer: Antecedent intervention
◉ True/False: an Establishing Operation increases the value of a
particular reinforcer
Answer: True
◉ True/False: An Abolishing Operation decreases the value of a
particular reinforcer
Answer: True
◉ What is the main purpose of pairing yourself with reinforcement:
