EDF6225 Foundations of ABA Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
Three condition qualifications under which reinforcement will occur - ANS The timing
between the end of of given response and the onset of the stimulus change
The role of motivation
The relationship between stimulus conditions present when the reaponse was emitted
4 term contingency of positive reinforcement - ANS Establishing operations (EO)
Discriminative stimulus (SD)
Response
Reinforcing stimulus
Verbal Analog Conditioning - ANS Being told something is important which increases its
value. I.e. stars in a token board
Automatic Reinforcement - ANS Reinforcement occurring independent of another person
delivering it
Generalized Conditioned Reinforcers - ANS A conditioned reinforcer that has been paired
with many conditioned and unconditioned reinforcers; does not depend on a specific EO to be
effective
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, E.g. tokens, money, points
Premack Principle - ANS A principle that states that making the opportunity to engage in a
high-probability behavior contingent on the occurrence of a low-frequency behavior will
function as reinforcement for the low-frequency behavior; first, then
Motivating Operation (MO) - ANS Alters the effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event
as a reinforcer and alters the current frequency of all behavior that has been reinforced by the
stimulus, object, or event
Categorize Reinforcers by: - ANS Edible
Tangible
Social
Activity
Types of Preference Assessments - ANS asking
free operant (contrived- analyst adds stimuli to the natural environment) or (naturalistic-
environment has not changed)
trial based (I.e.paired stimulus, multiple stimulus)
Temporal Extent - ANS extent of the behavior (duration); elapsed time between the onset
and termination of an event
Repeatability - ANS Countability; we can count the behavior because responses repeat
through time; frequency
Temporal locus - ANS Every behavior occurs in time with relation to other behaviors, and the
location of response based on time can be measured; rate, IRT, latency.
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Questions and Answers
Three condition qualifications under which reinforcement will occur - ANS The timing
between the end of of given response and the onset of the stimulus change
The role of motivation
The relationship between stimulus conditions present when the reaponse was emitted
4 term contingency of positive reinforcement - ANS Establishing operations (EO)
Discriminative stimulus (SD)
Response
Reinforcing stimulus
Verbal Analog Conditioning - ANS Being told something is important which increases its
value. I.e. stars in a token board
Automatic Reinforcement - ANS Reinforcement occurring independent of another person
delivering it
Generalized Conditioned Reinforcers - ANS A conditioned reinforcer that has been paired
with many conditioned and unconditioned reinforcers; does not depend on a specific EO to be
effective
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, E.g. tokens, money, points
Premack Principle - ANS A principle that states that making the opportunity to engage in a
high-probability behavior contingent on the occurrence of a low-frequency behavior will
function as reinforcement for the low-frequency behavior; first, then
Motivating Operation (MO) - ANS Alters the effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event
as a reinforcer and alters the current frequency of all behavior that has been reinforced by the
stimulus, object, or event
Categorize Reinforcers by: - ANS Edible
Tangible
Social
Activity
Types of Preference Assessments - ANS asking
free operant (contrived- analyst adds stimuli to the natural environment) or (naturalistic-
environment has not changed)
trial based (I.e.paired stimulus, multiple stimulus)
Temporal Extent - ANS extent of the behavior (duration); elapsed time between the onset
and termination of an event
Repeatability - ANS Countability; we can count the behavior because responses repeat
through time; frequency
Temporal locus - ANS Every behavior occurs in time with relation to other behaviors, and the
location of response based on time can be measured; rate, IRT, latency.
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