Applied Behavior Analysis Final (Multiple Choice) Questions and Correct Answers the Latest Update

A parent sets up a program at home to find out whether tokens (conditioned reinforcers that can later be exchanged for toys, activities, etc.) delivered ti a child whenever she brushes her teeth after a meal will increase her tooth brushing. After an initial without any tokens (baseline), a week of token delivery occurs, followed again by a week without any tokens being delivered. This program represents an example of a A) alternating treatments design B) multiple-baseline design C) group design D) ABA or reversal design D) ABA or reversal design Which of the following would NOT be recommended when using reinforcement? A) make sure to deliver reinforcers immediately following the target behavior B) wait at least an hour before delivering a reinforcer for any target behavior C)choose positive reinforcers over negative reinforcers whenever possible D) monitor results to ensure that reinforcers are having their intended effects #Examify | #OnlineExams | #TestPrep | #StudyResources | #AcademicSuccess | #ExamPreparation | #QuizTime | #LearningTools | #Education | #StudentSupport Examify | Smart Grades | Latest update B) wait at least an hour before delivering a reinforcer for any target behavior A prompt is which part of the ABC's of behavior? A) Antecedent B) behavior C) consequence D) reinforcer A) antecedent I leave my vitamins next to my coffee maker so that each morning when i brew my coffee, I'll be reminded to take my vitamin as well. This is an example of A) gestural prompt B) physical prompt C) verbal prompt D) environmental prompt D) environmental prompt A parent trying to teach a young child to tie his shoes begins by demonstrating how to cross the laces and then pull them tight. The parent has just used a A) verbal prompt B) modeling prompt C) physical prompt D) environmental prompt B) modeling prompt Which of the following is NOT true of prompting? A) because prompts are powerful antecedents, reinforcement for complying with prompts is usually unnecessary #Examify | #OnlineExams | #TestPrep | #StudyResources | #AcademicSuccess | #ExamPreparation | #QuizTime | #LearningTools | #Education | #StudentSupport Examify | Smart Grades | Latest update B) Compliance with prompts should be reinforced several times before prompt fading begins C) Prompt fading is important in reducing the over reliance on prompting D) none of the above is true regarding prompting A) because prompts are powerful antecedents, reinforcement for complying with prompts is usually unnecessary When a response is not in a person's repertoire, it must be built through reinforcement for successive approximations to the response, a process called A) chaining B) shaping C) prompting D) antecedent control B) Shaping Shaping is to _____ as chaining is to _______ A) a sequence of responses; a single response B) a single response; a sequence of responses C) modeling prompts; environmental response D) positive reinforcement; negative reinforcement B) a single response; a sequence of responses Which of the following would be the BEST example of a behavior chain? A) hitting the delete key on your computer keyboard #Examify | #OnlineExams | #TestPrep | #StudyResources | #AcademicSuccess | #ExamPreparation | #QuizTime | #LearningTools | #Education | #StudentSupport Examify | Smart Grades | Latest update B) waving at a friend who walks by in the mall C) cooking a three course meal D) stepping on the brakes when a red light comes at the intersection C) Cooking a three course meal A teacher is helping students rehearse a poem by having them first say out loud the last three words of the poem, then praising accurate recitation. Then, the teacher has the students recite the last 6 words of the poem accurately, then the last 12 words, and so on. The teacher is using a A) backward chaining procedure B) Forward chaining procedure C) prompt fading procedure D) errorless discrimination procedure A) backward chaining procedure If you were to try to teach kids to say the word antidisestablishmentarianism by having them first say the first syllable ("an"), then the first two syllables ("anti"), then the first three ("antidis") and so on, you'd be using which of the following procedures. A) A faded in modeling prompt B) A forward chaining procedur