BCBA Exam practice

Dependent Group Contingency - Answer- The group's reinforcer is dependent on the behavior of an individual or small group of individuals. Independent Group Contingency - Answer- All members of a group are offered a contingency, but only the individual's who meet the contingency earn the reinforcement. Interdependent Group Contingency - Answer- In order for the group to earn reinforcement, all of the individuals in a group must meet the criterion of the established contingency. Response Prompts - Answer- Act on the response itself, NOT on the antecedent stimuli (e.g. verbal, model, physical prompt). Stimulus Prompts - Answer- Act on the antecedent stimuli, NOT on the response (e.g. movement, position, redundancy). Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI) - Answer- A procedure in which behavior cannot be emitted simultaneously with the challenging behavior (e.g. the behavior being reinforced and the behavior on extinction cannot occur at the same time). Differential Reinforcement of Alternate Behavior (DRA) - Answer- A procedure in which one reinforces occurrence of behavior that provides a desirable alternative to the problem behavior; alternate and challenging behavior are not incompatible. Differential Negative Reinforcement of Incompatible/Alternate Behavior (DNRI/DNRA) - Answer- Terms used to refer to differential reinforcement procedures that specifically involve escape as the reinforcer. Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO) - Answer- A procedure in which reinforcement is contingent on the absence of the challenging behavior. Differential Reinforcement of High Rates of Responding (DRH) - Answer- A schedule of reinforcement that provides reinforcement for emitting behaviors that are at or above a pre-established rate; helps to increase behaviors that are too infrequent. Differential Reinforcement of Diminishing Rates of Responding (DRD) - Answer- A schedule of reinforcement that provides reinforcement when the number of responses in a specified time period is less than, or equal to, a prescribed limit; helps to decrease behaviors that occur too frequently, but not eliminate it entirely. Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates of Responding (DRL) - Answer- A schedule of reinforcement