Competency Test

Question 1

Continuous measurement uses…

Answer 1

frequency data, duration, latency, and IRT

Question 2

Continuous Measurement is…

Answer 2

taking data on all behaviors during a session

Question 3

Frequency Data

Answer 3

count how many times the behavior occurred

Question 4

Duration

Answer 4

record how long the behavior last

Question 5

Latency

Answer 5

the time between given instruction and the behavior starting

Question 6

IRT

Answer 6

time between two responses

Question 7

How is discontinued measurement different from continuous measurement?

Answer 7

only taking data for a certain amount of time during a session compared to only data on all behaviors

Question 8

Discontinuous measurement is…

Answer 8

only taking data for a certain amount of time during a session

Question 9

Discontinuous measurement uses…

Answer 9

partial interval, whole interval, and momentary time sampling

Question 10

Partial Interval

Answer 10

if the behavior is recorded or counted at any time during the time interval

Question 11

Whole Interval

Answer 11

if the behavior occurs throughout the entire interval

Question 12

Momentary Time Sampling

Answer 12

if the behavior only occurs at the end of the interval

Question 13

Preference Assessment is…

Answer 13

what reinforcement will help motivate the client

Question 14

A-B-C Data stands for…

Answer 14

Antecedent Behavior Consequence

Question 15

A-B-C Data is…

Answer 15

collecting data on
; what happened before
; what is the behavior
; what happened right after the behavior

Question 16

Discrete Trial Teaching is…

Answer 16

using a basic process to teach a new skill or behavior and repeating it until children learn

Question 17

Naturalistic Teaching: NET

Answer 17

observing for opportunities to reinforce a client in a natural way and setting

Question 18

Chaining is…

Answer 18

breaking a task down into small steps and then teaching each step

Question 19

Different types of Chaining is…

Answer 19

forward chaining, backward chaining, and total chaining

Question 20

Forward Chaining is…

Answer 20

starting the first step in a task and letting the client do as they can

Question 21

Backward Chaining is…

Answer 21

prompting through everything in task then going back again and not doing the last step and seeing if they remember, then repeating the process backward

Question 22

Total Chaining

Answer 22

helping throughout the whole task, while letting them do what they can and intervening when help is needed

Question 23

Shaping is…

Answer 23

the use of reinforcement of the desired behavior to teach a whole behavior

Question 24

Discrimination Training is…

Answer 24

training so that the student can discriminate between different instructions or stimulus

Question 25

Stimulus Control Transfer

Answer 25

“ fading prompt “ , techniques in which prompts are discontinued once the target behavior is being displayed in the presence of the discriminative stimulus

Question 26

Prompting is...

Answer 26

instructions, gestures, demonstrations, touches, or other things that we arrange or do to increase the likelihood that children will make correct responses

Question 27

Examples of Prompting...

Answer 27

- least to most, most to least - verbal prompting - gesture prompting - physical prompting - positional prompting

Question 28

Token System is...

Answer 28

rewards that are the reinforcers that the child earns and that are then exchanged for a larger reward

Question 29

Crisis Emergency is...

Answer 29

the company or parents policy on what to do when a crisis is happening

Question 30

Differential Reinforcement (DTT) is...

Answer 30

simply reinforcing one behavior and putting other behaviors on extinction

Question 31

Differential Reinforcement of Other Behaviors (DRO)

Answer 31

When that behavior is not happening, you deliver reinforce

Question 32

Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behaviors (DRI)

Answer 32

When the second behavior happens, you reinforce that behavior

Question 33

Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behaviors (DRA)

Answer 33

Pick a target behavior and a replacement behavior . When the replacement behavior happens, reinforce that behavior

Question 34

Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates of Behaviors (DRL)

Answer 34

When the behavior occurs less than the target criteria, you reinforce that behavior

Question 35

Antecedent Interventions is...

Answer 35

Strategies that focus on structuring and modifying the environment and conditions that occur before a behavior is demonstrated so that the behavior is less likely to occur

Question 36

Extinction Burst is...

Answer 36

an expected increase in behavior at the start of extinction

Question 37

Client Dignity is...

Answer 37

Respect the client the same way you would respect yourself and your family

Question 38

Supervision Requirements are...

Answer 38

a minimum of 5% of the hours spent providing applied behavior-analytic services per month