Due to a parent only implementing punishment procedure is, she finds that her son begins to avoid her. Which of the following best explains that this affect?
The parent became a conditioned aversive stimulus
- Trina Reviewed a video recording of a student three times, and took data on the students iContact using a stopwatch each time she counted 17 seconds. The client actually engaged and 23 seconds of iContact. The fact that these two numbers don’t match is because Trina’s measurements black
Reliability
Treatment integrity
Validity
Accuracy
Accuracy
Because the actual value was 23 seconds and the observed a value… All three items… Was 17 seconds, Tina’s measurements like accuracy.
When the observed value matches the actual value.
Accuracy
- Basma Wants her student to correctly tact as many pictures as possible from a very large array of pictures. Of the following, which best describes a free operant arrangement?
Basma places all of the cards face up on a table at the same time, ask the student to name them, and counts Tacts per minute
- If Alex is using a shaping procedure to teach Lauran to use the complete ASL sign to MAND for a water, what would the procedure look like?
Alex give Lauran water contingent upon a modified sign. Over time, Alex provides water as each sign attempt becomes more like the real sign for water.
OK across three days, there were no IOA on data collected during a new procedure implemented with a student. For the students behavior and measured by two observers, agreement was calculated at 40%, 50% and 45% for each respective day. What could be a potential issue?
The definition of the target behavior is unclear
The description of the teaching procedure is unclear
The student being observed is not consistently engaging in the target response
Percentages are dimensionless and shouldn’t be used in behavior analysis
A
Interobserver agreement is the agreement of data from two or more observers, of what is occurring in the environment. If target behaviors are not well defined, it is one possible reason why IOA is so low. Regarding the incorrect answer choices: if the teaching procedure description is unclear and the teacher is not implementing the procedure correctly, or if the student isn’t consistently engaging in the target response, all observers would take date on that and the date it would show agreement of the target a response occurrence if the response definition is clear
- To assess if treatment drift has occurred, which of the following is least likely to be effective
Repeatedly review the recordings of half the randomly selected treatment sessions and measures if the treatment was followed as prescribed and just a selected recordings
Develop a data collection form that describes the acceptable variations of the treatment and related environmental events, so the data can quickly be marked on the form
Arrange for two independent observers to observe at least 1/3 of the treatment sessions and measure the delivery of the treatment compared to how it was originally prescribed
Conduct a functional analysis of the treatment delivery and determine which antecedents and consequences maintain both correct and incorrect implementation of the treatment
D. Conduct a functional analysis of the treatment delivery and determine which antecedents and consequences maintain both correct and incorrect implementation of the treatment
A functional analysis is more typically use for a behavior is necessary to decelerate and would likely be a necessary in most cases. That’s why it’s the least likely to be effective.
Tommy’s mom says he eats his food quickly. He takes 12 bites of food per minute. What would be the estimated average IRT?
Five seconds.
If Tommy takes 12 bytes per minute, that would be 12 bytes per 60 seconds – this is the rate. The I RT is the inverse of the rate. Therefore if you calculate the IRT we would flip the numerator and denominator and divider. 602/12 equals five seconds
- Of the following which is the best definition of selectionism?
Responses become extinct as a result of the environment no longer selecting them
Organism select traits that help them survive and as a result change over time
Life evolves as a result of selection with respect to function
Responses are naturally selected by if I could’ve antecedent stimuli
Let us see.
- Christina put a toy in front of Judy on 15 different occasions. Judy approached the toy on 10 occasions and just walked away on three occasions. Given the opportunity, what percent of occurrence did Judy not approach the toy
33%
Percent occurrence is calculated by dividing the number of occurrences by the number of opportunities and multiplied by 100. Judy approach the toy 10 times. 10 approaches/15 opportunities equals .6666 equals .6 7×100 = 67%. That she did not approach the toy 33% of the time (5/15 = 33%)
- Which of the following areas of behavior analysis have the primary function of developing, training and implementing behavior plans?
Experimental analysis of behavior
Applied behavior analysis
Conceptual analysis of behavior
Behavioral Service delivery
Behavioral service delivery
- Of the following, which would likely be the least acceptable method for maintaining a clients behavior in a particular setting?
Recruit the manager of the local grocery store to give assistance, if necessary, to the client when the client is purchasing items in the store
Teach the parents of a child how to use intermittent reinforcement to maintain the adaptive behaviors that were targeted in the behavioral plan.
Inform the clients colleagues which of the clients behaviors are being targeted, and teach them to differentially reinforce those behaviors
Ask the group home management staff to continue differentially reinforcing the clients adaptive behaviors that were targeted by the clients behavioral program
C
- During Implementation of a plan to address Yuseff’s Skill deficits, his father moves back into the house after a brief separation with his mother. Youssef’s parents get into loud vocal arguments in front of him, which seems to disrupt Youssef’s progress. Of the following, which would be the best strategy for a behavior analyst to take?
Should take reasonable steps to facilitate transfer of responsibility to another provider if the client needs one immediately.
Should recommend that other professional assessments and services be sought for yourselves father and mother
Should formally assessed the parents interactions with each other, while strongly encouraging them to not argue in front of him
Should focus only on building his skills, and not attempt to assess the behavior of his father and mother’s
B
- A behavior analyst wants all residents of a group home to increase their cleaning behavior, but is concerned that several of the residents May sabotage a group effort. Which would be the best group contingency to use?
Independent group contingency
Dependent group contingency
Inter-dependent group contingency
A token group contingency
A
