Ch 13 - Functional Assessment

Question 1

What is the primary characteristic of behavioral interventions?

Answer 1

They are functional

Question 2

What are behaviors influenced by?

Answer 2

Antecedents
Consequences
Competing behaviors

Question 3

What are the general classes of antecedents assessed in a functional assessment?

Answer 3

When, where, what and who are present (what is the situation(s)) when the behavior occurs.

Question 4

What is examined for the consequence of a behavior in a functional assessment?

Answer 4

What does the individual get or get out of following the behavior?

Question 5

What are the categories of reinforcements for problem behaviors?

Answer 5

Social positive reinforcement
Social negative reinforcement
Automatic positive reinforcement
Automatic negative reinforcement

Question 6

What are the functions tested during a functional analysis?

Answer 6

Attention function
Escape function
Tangible function
Automatic (sensory) function

Question 7

What is an attention function for a problem bahavior?

Answer 7

When behavior is maintained by an increase of social interaction

Question 8

What is an escape function of a problem behavior?

Answer 8

When behavior is maintained by negative reinforcement due to removal, reduction, prevention, or postponement of an aversive stimulus

Question 9

What is a tangible function of a problem behavior?

Answer 9

When behavior is maintained by positive reinforcement due to access to preferred stimuli or events

Question 10

What is an automatic or sensory function of a problem behavior?

Answer 10

When behavior is maintained by stimulation that is automatically produced, ie independent of other people.

Question 11

What are 3 forms of indirect functional assessment?

Answer 11

Behavioral interview
Questionnaires
Rating scales

Question 12

What are 3 forms of direct observation assessment?

Answer 12

Descriptive A-B-C recording
Checklist recording of ABCs
Interval recording of ABCs

Question 13

What is a functional analysis?

Answer 13

Manipulation of antecedents and consequences to better understand and influence a behavior

Question 14

What are the 2 types of functional analysis?

Answer 14

Exploratory
Hypothesis testing

Question 15

What are the questions trying to be answered in a functional assessment?

Answer 15

What is the problem behavior?
What are the antecedents for the problem behavior?
What are the consequences of the problem behavior?
And what are alternatives behaviors?

Question 16

What questions should be asked about the antecedents to a problem behavior?

Answer 16

When, where, and with whom does the problem behavior occur?
Are there emotional or behavioral predictors of the problem behavior?

Question 17

What questions should be asked about the consequences of a problem behavior?

Answer 17

What happens when the problem behavior occurs?

Question 18

What questions should be asked of alternative behaviors?

Answer 18

What do you want the individual to do instead of the problem?
Would this desirable behavior displace the problem?

Question 19

What steps occur in the test condition for a functional analysis?

Answer 19

Present EO
Deliver reinforcer for problem behavior

Question 20

What steps occur in the control condition for a functional analysis?

Answer 20

Present AO
Don’t deliver reinforcer if problem behavior occurs

Question 21

How do you interpret the data for an exploratory functional analysis?

Answer 21

Separation in the data (elevated data) in one test condition – indicates function

Question 22

How should you set up FA test and control conditions to differentiate between different functions of the behavior

Answer 22

Use separate test and control conditions for each potential function.

Question 23

How do you interpret the data from a hypothesis testing FA?

Answer 23

Separation in the data between the test and control conditions indicates a relationship between condition and behavior