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The practice items for the Social Security Administration Direct Payment to Non- Attorney Representatives Examination are available below. These items are for practice purposes only and will not appear on the actual examination. All names used in these practice items are purely fictional and do not apply to any real claimants or any other individual. The items are multiple choice and there is only 1 correct answer for each question. The actual examination will also appear in this format. Se...

During which steps of BST is a high quality task analysis checklist helpful? a. instructions b. modelling c. rehearsal d. feedback e. all of the above - ANSWER e. all of the above T/F Feedback during training should focus on constructive feedback to increase the speed of skill acquistion - ANSWER F When we systematicaly track our trainees activities completed throughout the day, across a specified number of weeks we are conducting a: - ANSWER time study Describe what is related to this...

The shifting demographics of the U.S. population can be attributed to: A) the high immigration rate from non-European countries. B) high birthrates among nonwhite populations. C) the relative decrease in the number of young people compared with adults. D) all of these answers are correct - ANSWER D Social institutions in a society provide: A) written rules for schooling. B) addresses for letters of complaint. C) internalized rules, or norms, of behavior. D) places where individuals can ...

Which of the following is NOT a distinct role that a behavior analyst may serve in? - ANSWER All of these are potential roles. (consultant to an organization or school, employee in Human Resources of a Fortune 500 company, consultant at a construction site) A pinpoint is a definition that describes behavior or _______. - ANSWER Result Which of the following is NOT a specialty of OBM? - ANSWER Discrete Trial Instruction Which sub-specialty of OBM includes the examination of systems and pro...

Which of the following is NOT a distinct role that a behavior analyst may serve in? - ANSWER All of these are potential roles. (consultant to an organization or school, employee in Human Resources of a Fortune 500 company, consultant at a construction site) A pinpoint is a definition that describes behavior or _______. - ANSWER Result Which of the following is NOT a specialty of OBM? - ANSWER Discrete Trial Instruction Which sub-specialty of OBM includes the examination of systems and pro...

__ is more than the mere description of events as they occur. It is an attempt to discover order, to show that certain events stand in __ to other events (Skinner, 1953, p.6)." - ANSWER science, lawful relations Being scientifically skeptical means that until there is __ available, assumptions should not be made. - ANSWER evidence In order to be excellent stewards of science, as behavior analysts, we can follow a few guidelines when gathering and evaluating evidence. This includes reducin...

What are the core principles of the ethics code? 1) Seek to benefit others, 2) treat others with compassion, dignity and respect, 3) Behave with integrity, and 4) Ensure competence. Seek to benefit others (main points) Advocacy, awareness, and collaboration Treat others with compassion, dignity and respect (main points) Equity, privacy/confidentiality, and self-determination Behave with integrity (main points) honest/trustworthy Ensure competence (main points) continuously learn/seek c...

Data Path - ANSWER Represents the level and trend of behavior between successive data points Baseline - ANSWER Prior to starting an intervention, the therapist took ______ data steady state - ANSWER Nia eating 2 ounces of breads everyday for three weeks is an example of _______ ______ responding slope - ANSWER The standard celeration chart is a graph where the _______ of the line shows celeration trend - ANSWER The overall direction taken by a data path decreasing - ANSWER The directions...

Sally is observing a new client, Michael. Every time she comes in the room, he puts his head down. She is possible experiencing an effect known as: - ANSWER reactivity Margo distributed several questionnaires to her new client's teachers, asking them about particular behaviors. What assessment method is she using? - ANSWER indirect assessment Sally is observing a new client, Michael. Every time she comes in the room, he puts his head down. She is possible experiencing an effect known as: ...

Sally is observing a new client, Michael. Every time she comes in the room, he puts his head down. She is possible experiencing an effect known as: - ANSWER reactivity Margo distributed several questionnaires to her new client's teachers, asking them about particular behaviors. What assessment method is she using? - ANSWER indirect assessment Sally is observing a new client, Michael. Every time she comes in the room, he puts his head down. She is possible experiencing an effect known as: ...

Four major methods for obtaining assessment information are interviews, checklist, tests, and_______________ - ANSWER Direct observation __________________the effects of an assessment procedure on the behavior being assess, is most likely when the person being observed is aware of the observer's presence and purpose - ANSWER Reactivity A____________designates response class solely in terms of the effect on the environment - ANSWER Function based definition A definition based on what the ...

A function based defintion is based on the functional relations between responses and the __________ __________. - ANSWER envrionmental events What a behavior ______ _____ is a topography-based definition - ANSWER Look likes Servers the same purpose or produces the same consqeuences - ANSWER Functionally equivalent A condition in a traditional functional analysis in which a participant is in a room with free access to reinforcing activities (also known as the "control" condition). - ANSW...

During which steps of BST is a high quality task analysis checklist helpful? a. instructions b. modelling c. rehearsal d. feedback e. all of the above - ANSWER e. all of the above T/F Feedback during training should focus on constructive feedback to increase the speed of skill acquistion - ANSWER F When we systematicaly track our trainees activities completed throughout the day, across a specified number of weeks we are conducting a: - ANSWER time study Describe what is related to this...

In a behavior chain, each response serves as a(n)________ ________ for the response that produced it. - ANSWER conditioned reinforcer Making a sandwich is a ______ ______, with a specific sequence of discrete responses. - ANSWER behavior chain A task analysis should be _____ according to age, skill level, and prior experience of the organism. - ANSWER individualized Differential reinforcement effects include greater _____ of similar responses and decrease in unreinforced members. - ANSWER...

Every time you go to Taco Bell, you order fire sauce for your tacos and they give it to you. You live across town and go to a different Taco Bell which informs you that there is no fire sauce in stock. Eventually, you stop asking for fire sauce because your behavior has been: - ANSWER Extinguished Dwight tells a colleague that his son's nose picking behavior has been extinguished simply because he has been delivering reinforcer during periods of time where he has not picked. Is Dwight usi...

_____________is also called identity matching. This is the act of the subject matching the primary stimulus to the target stimulus. Showing a picture of a bird and the child saying "bird." - ANSWER reflexivity _____________ refers to the two-way relationship of matching. For example, show a picture of a bird and say "bird." Point to the picture of the bird, and the subject says "bird." - ANSWER symmetry _____________ occurs when the equation if A = B and if B = C, then A = C. In othe...

formal similarity - ANSWER occurs when the model's and the imitator's behavior physically resemble each other and are in the same mode model - ANSWER an antecedent stimulus with topographical similarity to the behavior the analyst wants to be imitated planned models - ANSWER prearranged demonstrations of behavior that show the learner exactly what to do, be it acquiring new skills or refining the topography of certain elements of existing skills-can be live or filmed unplanned models - ...

parsimony - ANSWER look for the simplest explanation possible what is science? - ANSWER an attempt to discover order, and to display lawful relations determinism - ANSWER The universe is a lawful and orderly place what does it mean to be scientifically skeptical? - ANSWER that assumptions should not be made until evidence is available How do you reduce observer bias? - ANSWER by ensuring interobserver agreement guidelines for gathering evidence - ANSWER - reducing observer bias - examini...

Scientifically skeptical - ANSWER Until there is evidence available, assumptions cannot be made structionalism - ANSWER relied on introspection which looks inward to describe sensations, positivism and feelings methodological - ANSWER thought of as a psychological version of logical positivism or operationism ontogeny - ANSWER is a learned behavior of a particular animal during its lifetim phylogency - ANSWER behaviors that have been passed down over the lifetime of the entire species B...

Applied - ANSWER Changing socially appropriate behaviors. Improve behaviors that matter most Behavioral - ANSWER Observable behaviors Analytic - ANSWER Experimental functional relationships, use experimental manipulation of the environment to show behavior change Conceptually Systematic - ANSWER basic principles derived from research. Effective - ANSWER produce substantial changes in behaviors that matter. doesn't need to be statistically significant effect. must make meaningful differen...