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•A behavior analyst teaching Julian a new skill across sessions such that his initial session only requires the completion of the first step. After mastering this step, the next session would require Julian to complete the first 2 steps until mastered. This continues until Julian has mastered all the steps. which procedure is described here? oShaping oBackward chaining oForward chaining oGraduated guidance - Forward chaining •Charlie would like to increase the occurrence of appropriate manding for food. Contingent on the mand, what should Charlie do? oRemove food oDeliver praise oRemove demands oDeliver food - Deliver food •Of the following, which would likely be included only in a behavioral language assessment? oDetermine correct and incorrect use of autoclitics oDetermine variance of pitch and intonation oAssess correct use of syntax and sentence constriction oAssess morphological deficits and ability - Determine correct and incorrect use of autoclitics •Stacy is planning on using a chaining procedure but needs to figure out which steps her client has learned and which steps need to be trained. What should Stacy do to identify these responses? oTask analysis oFunctional analysis oProcedural analysis oChaining analysis - Task analysisA client is prompted to find the key that will open the door to his house. When he selects the appropriate key, the therapist provides a social praise and allows him to access the inside of the house. What training procedure is being implemented? - Listener training A student's hand raising is immediately praised by the teacher during class. As a result, the students hand raising decreases in subsequent classes. Which of the following best describes the teachers praise - A positive punisher Across 3 days, there was low IOA on data collected during a new procedure implemented with a student. For the student's behavior measured by two observers, agreement was calculated at 40%, 50% and 45% for each respective day. What could be a potential issue? - The definition of the target behavior is unclear After Carson threw dirt on a peer at recess, teacher made Carson sit on the bench for the rest of recess. Carson never threw dirt against. Which of the following best describes interaction between behavior and environment - Negative punishment After completing a preference assessment, Stella has several possible reinforcers she'd like to use w/her client/ If she wants to assess whether or not these stimuli function as reinforcers for the client by allowing the client to choose to work for either one stimulus or another, what assessment procedure can she use? - Concurrent operant reinforcer assessment (This is talking about a reinforcer assessment not a preference assessment b/c it mentions she completed a preference assessment and that she wants to assess whether stimuli function as reinforcers) After the 3rd day of collecting BL data on hand mouthing, the BCBA implemented social disapproval procedure.10 days after implementing the procedure, the instances of hand mouthing begin to increase and maintained at high levels for rest of the social disapproval treatment phase. Which of the following can BCBA say w/certainty? - Hand mouthing increased in frequency After the teacher says, "ok, class is out," a student continues to remain at his desk for 2 minutes before he gets up and packs his bag. It takes him 2 minutes to gather his books, 3 minutes to put them in his backpack, and 1 minute to walk back to his desk and take a seat. What is this student's latency of packing relative to the announcement? - 2 minutesBasma wants her student to correctly tact as many pictures as possible from a very large array of pictures. Of the following, which best describes a free-operant arrangement oBasma individually places the cards while asking student to name them, corrects error, collects data on accuracy of count oBasma places all cards face up on table at the same time, asks the student to name them, and counts tacts per minute oBasma model the correct response, waits for the student, to response, reinforce successive approximations, and collect data on numbers correct oBasma individual presents the cards while asking the student to name them, collect errors, and collect data on accuracy as percentage - Basma places all cards face up on table at the same time, asks the student to name them, and counts tacts per minute Chrissy has not yet learned consistently to look at the teacher and relevant objects during training sessions. The BCBA would like to teach her how to brush her teeth. Which of the following would NOT be an appropriate procedure to teach her this skill? oImitation training oPrompt fading oGraduated guidance oShaping - Imitation training