ABAWizard Flashcards
Which of the following may be used in an errorless learning procedure?
A. Time delay
B. Response prompts
C. Stimulus fading
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
This is a verbal statement explaining a behavioral contingency
Rule
Prior to conducting imitation training the learning must have what skill?
Attending
Behavioral contrast
When a child eats cookies at the same rate regardless of the presence or absence of his grandmother until one day the grandmother punishes the child for eating cookies when she is present. This results in reduced cookie eating when grandmother is in the kitchen and increased cookie eating when grandmother is absent
Which of the following is NOT a negative side effect of punishment?
A. Behavioral contrast
B. Aggression
C. Emotional outbursts
D. Aversive control
D. Aversive control
Aversive control is a term to mean any kind of punishment or application of aversive stimulation
Rate of responding is proportional to the rate of reinforcement received from each choice alternative. This is known as:
Matching law
John is a behavior analyst under the assumption that people “think” but he can’t observe that. John doesn’t attempt to observe or change this type of behavior. John accepts that mental events occur but does not consider them when studying behavior. John’s behavior is most similar to:
A. Methodological behaviorism
B. Radical behaviorism
C. Both
D. Neither
A. Methodological behaviorism
Methodological behaviorism rejects the study of private events
What is another name for discontinuous measurement procedures?
Time sampling
Applied
Socially significant
Focus on behaviors significant to the participant and those close to the participant
Conceptually systematic
describing in the language of ABA.
Description of procedures are precisely technological and explained in terms of basic principles of behavior. This means that the practitioner in using basic behavior change principles of ABA, as opposed to other methods from other philosophies or disciplines.
To say that an intervention is conceptually systematic, says that the intervention is research- based and represents principles of applied behavior analysis. An important question to ask: “Is this intervention consistent with principals that have determined to be effective as defined in the research?”
Analytic
Being analytical means looking at the data to make data-based decisions, which means data must be collected on interventions. When looking at the data, if an intervention being used is not showing a change/ increase in the desired behavior then a change is warranted. Once the intervention is modified and data shows an increase in desired direction, then we can prove a reliable relationship between our intervention and the increase in positive behavior. This addresses the issue of believability: is the intervention being used and data showing the change be sufficient enough to prove a reliable functional relationship?
Effective
is clinically significant effects make a meaningful difference. Refers to practical results – has the intervention shown to be effective or not.
Its practical application should change the behavior it seeks to change
Technological
An intervention should be written in a way where it describes all of the components clearly and detailed enough for anyone else to replicate it. To make this possible, all of the techniques that comprise an intervention should be fully identified and described. As an example, think about your favorite Pinterest recipe for baking a cake- it’s well written, easy to understand and executable. So much so that even my husband can do it!. Applying behavioral analytic interventions to individuals is clearly more complex, however, it should follow the same rules. Let’s pretend the intervention outlined is difficult to understand or not clearly written; the chances that everyone on the treatment team are implementing treatment in the same way is low. When a behavior intervention is technological, intervention is easy to replicate and treatment integrity is high.
