SPCE 611 FINAL QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Recording procedure used to record the extent to which a target behavior occurs more
often at a particular time than others.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording - Answers - scatterplots
Observers record occurrences of the targeted problem behaviors and selected
environmental events in the natural routine during a period of time.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording - Answers - ABC continuous recording
Data are collected only when behaviors of interest are observed.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording - Answers - ABC narrative recording
Uses precise measures and in some cases the correlations may reflect causal relations.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording - Answers - ABC continuous recording
Recording is open ended.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording - Answers - ABC narrative recording
Data are collected for several days and then analyzed for patterns across time periods.
ABC continuous recording
, Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording - Answers - scatterplots
Asks informants to estimate the extent to which behavior occurs under specified
conditions.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording - Answers - behavior rating scales
Analog conditions are used in a functional analysis because - Answers - they allow the
practitioner to better control the environmental variables that may be related to the
problem behavior
Once an FBA has been completed, what strategic approach(es) to intervention may be
based upon it (select all that apply)?
teaching reinforcement and punishment strategies
teaching alternative behaviors
altering antecedent variables
altering consequent variables - Answers - teaching alternative behaviors, altering
antecedent variables, altering consequent variables
Conducting a descriptive functional behavior assessment may involve (select all that
apply)
- performing on-going assessment of a problem behavior by interviewing the individuals
who most commonly see the problem behavior occurring.
- providing a narrative description of the problem behavior in the environment in which it
occurs.
- implementing a scatterplot.
- continuous recording of the problem behavior in relation to naturally occurring events. -
Answers - providing a narrative description of the problem behavior in the environment
in which it occurs, implementing a scatterplot, continuous recording of the problem
behavior in relation to naturally occurring events
a default technology is - Answers - the term used to refer to the interventions that
individuals may resort to using that are increasingly intrusive, coercive, and punishment-
based.
Two overarching classes of conditions that maintain problem behavior are - Answers -
socially mediated and automatic reinforcement
appropriate functional alternatives to problem behavior - Answers - produce the same
reinforcer for the individual
ANSWERS
Recording procedure used to record the extent to which a target behavior occurs more
often at a particular time than others.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording - Answers - scatterplots
Observers record occurrences of the targeted problem behaviors and selected
environmental events in the natural routine during a period of time.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording - Answers - ABC continuous recording
Data are collected only when behaviors of interest are observed.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording - Answers - ABC narrative recording
Uses precise measures and in some cases the correlations may reflect causal relations.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording - Answers - ABC continuous recording
Recording is open ended.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording - Answers - ABC narrative recording
Data are collected for several days and then analyzed for patterns across time periods.
ABC continuous recording
, Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording - Answers - scatterplots
Asks informants to estimate the extent to which behavior occurs under specified
conditions.
ABC continuous recording
Behavior rating scales
Scatterplots
Behavioral interviews
ABC narrative recording - Answers - behavior rating scales
Analog conditions are used in a functional analysis because - Answers - they allow the
practitioner to better control the environmental variables that may be related to the
problem behavior
Once an FBA has been completed, what strategic approach(es) to intervention may be
based upon it (select all that apply)?
teaching reinforcement and punishment strategies
teaching alternative behaviors
altering antecedent variables
altering consequent variables - Answers - teaching alternative behaviors, altering
antecedent variables, altering consequent variables
Conducting a descriptive functional behavior assessment may involve (select all that
apply)
- performing on-going assessment of a problem behavior by interviewing the individuals
who most commonly see the problem behavior occurring.
- providing a narrative description of the problem behavior in the environment in which it
occurs.
- implementing a scatterplot.
- continuous recording of the problem behavior in relation to naturally occurring events. -
Answers - providing a narrative description of the problem behavior in the environment
in which it occurs, implementing a scatterplot, continuous recording of the problem
behavior in relation to naturally occurring events
a default technology is - Answers - the term used to refer to the interventions that
individuals may resort to using that are increasingly intrusive, coercive, and punishment-
based.
Two overarching classes of conditions that maintain problem behavior are - Answers -
socially mediated and automatic reinforcement
appropriate functional alternatives to problem behavior - Answers - produce the same
reinforcer for the individual
