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Question 1

What are 6 things to consider before starting an FBA

Answer 1

Severity of the problem behavior
Frequency of problem behavior
Potential for harm to client or others
Environmental variables, setting
Time, Staffing, and monetary constraints
Alternative ways to provide effective implementation

Question 2

What does FERB stand for

Answer 2

Functionally Equivalent Replacement Behavior

Question 3

What does prioritizing socially significant goals mean

Answer 3

Selecting what goals are most important to address first (safety)

Question 4

How do you assess if making changes to a target behavior is socially valid

Answer 4

prerequisite for a useful skill
will the behavior increase the client’s access to environments where other important behaviors can be learned?
Will changing the behavior predispose others to interact with the client?
If the target behavior is reduced or eliminated what behavior will replace it?

Question 5

How do you Identify socially significant goals

Answer 5

what goals are important to the person firstly, those close to them second, society third

Question 6

things that a client wants to do better, has not yet accomplished, want to feel more confident while doing

Answer 6

skill deficit

Question 7

things that a client does well, has already mastered, feels confident doing

Answer 7

skill strengths

Question 8

A type of procedure that is used to determine what types of stimuli a person prefers

Answer 8

preference assessment

Question 9

Preference assessment
open-ended questions, choice format, and/or ranking

Answer 9

Direct Questions

Question 10

Preference assessment
Stimuli are presented one at a time and the person’s behavior(s) toward each one is recorded

Answer 10

Single Choice

Question 11

Preference Assessment
Two stimuli are presented to a person and the person’s choice is recorded. All possible combinations of pairs are presented

Answer 11

Paired choice

Question 12

Preference Assessment
Array of stimuli are presented and the person selects which one they want most. This stimulus is removed from the array and the other stimuli are rearranged and the process is repeated.

Answer 12

Multiple Stimulus without replacement

Question 13

Preference assessment
an array of stimuli are presented and the person selects which one they want most. This stimulus remains in the array and the other stimuli are replaced with new stimuli

Answer 13

Multiple stimulus with replacement

Question 14

What are the four functions of behavior

Answer 14

sensory/automatic
escape/avoidance
attention/connection
tangibles/attaining

Question 15

A function of behavior where the person engages in the behavior regardless if other people are around or not because it feels good, helps with regulation

Answer 15

Sensory/automatic

Question 16

A function of behavior where a person engages in a behavior in order to reduce pain, frustration, anxiety, or otherwise get away from an unpleasant stimulus or situation

Answer 16

escape/avoidance

Question 17

A function of behavior where a person engages in a behavior in order to interact with another person

Answer 17

Attention/Connection

Question 18

A function of behavior where a person engages in a behavior in order to gain access to an activity or something they want, need, or are interested in

Answer 18

tangibles/attaining

Question 19

What type of FBA is information gathered from sources with no direct observations

Answer 19

Indirect FBA

Question 20

What type of FBA is information gathered from direct observations in naturally occurring settings

Answer 20

Descriptive FBA

Question 21

What type of FBA is information gathered from direct observations in experimentally controlled settings

Answer 21

Functional Analysis (experimental)

Question 22

What type of condition happens in everyday life that has not been systematically arranged

Answer 22

Naturally Occurring conditions

Question 23

FA Key Features: repeated measures, multiple test conditions
Best Uses: Few constraints on assessments

Answer 23

Full FA

Question 24

FA Key Features: Abbreviated sessions (number and duration)
Best Uses: Limited assessment time

Answer 24

Brief FA

Question 25

FA Key Features: test and control for only one function Best Uses: specific function suspected

Answer 25

Single-function test

Question 26

FA Key Features: Repeated alone sessions Best Uses: Automatic reinforcement suspected

Answer 26

Alone series

Question 27

FA Key Features: FA of correlated behaviors Best Uses: High Risk behaviors

Answer 27

Precursor FA

Question 28

FA Key Features: sessions terminated after first response Best Uses: High Risk Behavior

Answer 28

Latency FA

Question 29

FA Key Features: Assessment imbedded in ongoing activities Best Uses: Limited environmental control

Answer 29

Trial-based FA

Question 30

What condition involves freely available reinforcement and is introduced in an FA because low rates of behavior are expected. (unless a function is potentially automatic)

Answer 30

Control condition/play

Question 31

What condition involves contingent attention and is introduced in a functional analysis to help determine if a behavior is maintained by attention

Answer 31

Attention Condition

Question 32

What condition involves contingent attention and is introduced in a functional analysis to help determine if a behavior is maintained by escape/avoidance

Answer 32

Escape Condition

Question 33

What condition involves contingent attention and is introduced in a functional analysis to help determine if a behavior is maintained by automatic reinforcement

Answer 33

Alone Condition

Question 34

What method of a FA does the observer record antecedents, behaviors, and concequences

Answer 34

Direct Observation

Question 35

What method of a FA involves interviews and questionnaires

Answer 35

Informant methods

Question 36

What method of a FA are the antecedents and consequences are manipulated to understand their effects

Answer 36

Functional Analysis

Question 37

The ______ ______ of a behavior will be bsed on assessment results an will include one of the functions of behavior

Answer 37

hypothesized function

Question 38

What types of information is gathered in an interview

Answer 38

the behaviors location, antecedents, consequences, time of day, etc

Question 39

What are the 3 typical test conditions in a fa

Answer 39

Contingent Attention, Contingent Escape, Alone

Question 40

What are considered the 5 categorical functions of behavior

Answer 40

social positive reinforcement tangible reinforcement automatic positive reinforcement Social Negative reinforcement Automatic Negative reinforcement

Question 41

What Functional analysis should be used for high levels of self-injurous behaviors

Answer 41

latency FA

Question 42

What is a limitation of fa

Answer 42

the assessment process may temporarily increase or strengthen problem behavior

Question 43

Understanding the environmental variable and providing correlational data is information obtained through

Answer 43

descriptive assessment

Question 44

Joe is completing a fba. The caregiver believes he knows when and where the behavior occurs, but isn't able to describe the behavior accurately. What FA procedure should be considered first

Answer 44

Narrative Recording

Question 45

What preference assessment consists of presenting an array of stimulus items, allowing the child to choose and then replacing the new item

Answer 45

MSO

Question 46

What data collection would be used during a descriptive FBA

Answer 46

ABC narrative recording

Question 47

a bcba observes a new client and writes down what he can and can't do. the goals are written based on the current abilities. What type of assessment did he use

Answer 47

strength-based assessment

Question 48

"Ms. Jones shared the student engages in aggression. she reported swearing in class was daily." this is an example of

Answer 48

Behavioral interview

Question 49

What is the order that a functional behavior assessment should be conducted

Answer 49

Indirect functional assessment, descriptive functional assessment, functional analysis

Question 50

lee wants to learn why his client exhibits physical aggression. Using descriptive measurement, how can he represent data

Answer 50

Scatterplot

Question 51

A behavior analysist is told a behavior is maintained by removal of non-preferred tasks but when she does abc continuous recording the ba doesn't observe it. what should she do next

Answer 51

narrative recording to see if contingencies are in place out of the immediate stimuli preceding and following the behavior