Pass the Big ABA Exam - Test 2

Question 1

4 types of non-exclusionary time-out

Answer 1

ignoring/planned ignoring
withdrawal of positive behavior
observation/contingent observation
ribbon/time-out ribbon

Question 2

3 types of nervous systems

Answer 2

1. proprioceptive
2. interoceptive
3. Exteroceptive

Question 3

3 levels of scientific understanding

Answer 3

1. description
2. prediction (correlation, covariation)
3. control (causation)

Question 4

3 types of stimulus classes

Answer 4

formal
temporal
functional

Question 5

3 types of extinction

Answer 5

positive reinforcement
automatic reinforcement
negative reinforcement

Question 6

6 philosophical assumptions of behavior

Answer 6

1. determinism
2. experimentation
3. empiricism
4. replication
5. parsimony
6. philosophical doubt

Question 7

4 ways to acquire information for assessment

Answer 7

checklist
observation/direct observation
interviews
tests

Question 8

7 dimensions of ABA

Answer 8

behavioral
technological
conceptually systematic
analytic
generality
effective

Question 9

4 functions of problem behavior

Answer 9

sensory
escape
attention
tangible

Question 10

5 types of positive punishment

Answer 10

reprimands
overcorrection
shock
exercise/contingent exercise
responsive blocking

Question 11

4 phases of intervention

Answer 11

assessment
planning
implementation
evaluation

Question 12

5 types of positive reinforcement

Answer 12

edible
activity
tangible 
social 
sensory

Question 13

3 types of trial-based methods of stimulus preference assessment

Answer 13

paired stimulus (forced choice)
multiple stimulus
single stimulus

Question 14

3 ways to measure a learner’s behavior

Answer 14

approach
contact
engagement

Question 15

3 principles of behavior

Answer 15

punishment
extinction
reinforcement

Question 16

3 parts of stimulus equivalence

Answer 16

reflexivity
symmetry
transitivity

Question 17

4 branches of behavior analysis

Answer 17

conceptual analysis of behavior
applied behavior analysis
behavior service delivery
experimental analysis of behavior

Question 18

3 characteristics of behavioral analysis

Answer 18

objective
clear
complete

Question 19

2 response cost methods

Answer 19

bonus response cost

fines

Question 20

Stimulus preference assessment

Answer 20

• ask
• free operant observations
• trial-based methods

Question 21

Reinforcer assessment

Answer 21

concurrent schedules
multiple schedules
progressive ration schedules

Question 22

1.Which of the following options describes a conditioned reflex?

Answer 22

a. after April eats food, she starts to choke on it, which results in her gagging?
b. Whenever April hears rap music, she gags.
c. when looking online at a rescue puppy website, April sees a picture of a certain puppy and rescues him
d. Whenever April calls her new puppy’s name, he runs to her

Question 23

2.The process of conducting a functional behavior assessment entails many elements to be completed in sequential order. Of those many elements, which should be done first in the sequence?

Answer 23

a. directly observe the individual in the natural environment
b. graph the baseline data
c. record data on the behaviors of concern
d. identify the behaviors of concern

Question 24

3.Roopa went to an Indian restaurant and sat down at the table. Behavior she had the change to order a drink, she started to try some of the chutneys that were already on the table. They were all very spicy for her and her mouth started to burn. When the server came to take Roopa’s order, he asked if she wanted anything to drink. She stated she would like an extra-large glass of soda. Eating the spicy chutneys evoked Roopa ordering the extra-large soda instead of not ordering a drink at all. In this scenario, what function did the chutneys serve?

Answer 24

a. an establishing operation
b. an Sd
c. a negative reinforcer
d. positive reinforcer

Question 25

4.Deirdre wants to eat the cookies her boyfriend makes so she keeps nagging him to make them. One day, he stops making them when she nags him about it. Now she doesn't nage him anymore to make cookies. What has happened to Deirdre's behavior in this scenario

Answer 25

a. nagging was placed on extinction b. nagging was positively punished c. nagging was negatively punished d. nagging spontaneous recovered

Question 26

5.Looking at Iwata's original work on functional analysis using an alternative treatments design, which of the following is true regarding the play condition?

Answer 26

a. The data from this condition is contrasted against the data from the two (2) test conditions b. the data from this condition is contrasted against the data from the three (3) test conditions. c. It is also known as the contingent control condition d. It is a condition in which we expect problem behaviors to be high because reinforcement is freely available and no demands are placed on the person.

Question 27

6.Which of the following options describes a method for studying functional relations between behavior and environmental variables. The characteristics of this method include continuous observation of the behavior of individuals, selection of behaviors that can be quickly repeated with little effect on the environment, precise description of both behavior and the independent variables in question, automated recording whenever possible, and studying behavior in controlled environments. Cumulative records of rate are commonly used in this method as well.

Answer 27

a. radical behaviorism b. the experimental analysis of behavior c. applied behavior analysis d. behavioral technology

Question 28

7.Which of the following is the best description of a behavior?

Answer 28

a. answering BCBA exam questions a certain way because BF Skinner's spirit lives within you b. seeing BF Skinner tell you the answers to the exam questions c. Thinking BF Skinner's spirit lives within you d. Telling people that BF Skinner's spirit lives with you

Question 29

8.Bugs Bunny, a famous bunny rabbit, underwent experiment as a young baby bunny in which a scary scientist bunny paired various stimuli presented to Bugs Bunny with very loud noises. One of the stimuli presented to Bugs Bunny (and paired with a very loud noise) was a baby female human being. Bugs bunny then started to cry and experienced shortness of breath when he was presented with an adult male human being. the experience of crying and shortness of breath when presented with an adult male human being best describes

Answer 29

a. habituation b. stimulus equivalence c. stimulus discrimination d. stimulus generalization

Question 30

9.In 1970s, the pepsi marketing division launched an advertising campaign to assess which people prefer: pepsi or coke. They called the pepsi challenge and it involved asking people if they preferred pepsi or coke. What is the best way to describe what the pepsi marketing division did?

Answer 30

a. reinforcer assessment b. free operant observation c. stimulus preference assessment d. concurrent schedules reinforcers assessment

Question 31

10.Which of the following options looks at not only what behavior one can visibly detect on the outside of the organism but also what behavior one can detect on the inside of the organism?

Answer 31

a. mentalism b. radical structuralism c. radical behaviorism d. methodological behaviorism

Question 32

11.The current frequency of all behavior that has resulted in me attaining food reduces after I have just eaten. What term best describes this phenomenon?

Answer 32

a. abative effect b. evocative effect c. abolishing operation d. establishing operation

Question 33

12. You have a new client who smears feces all over you. The first time he did this, you gagged right away. Then, you cleaned yourself up. After you finished cleaning yourself up, he smeared feces on you again and you gagged for the second time. Then you cleaned yourself up again. After you finished cleaning yourself up for the second time, your client smeared feces on you yet again. Interestingly enough, you did not gag the third time feces was smeared on you. This depicts which of the following?

Answer 33

a. Respondent extinction b. habituation c. operant extinction d. adaptation

Question 34

13. Which of the following is the worst example of a well-written goal?

Answer 34

a. earning good grades b. studying more hours per day c. exercising more often d. eating healthy meals more often

Question 35

14. If you have always eaten your food with a spoon and the mere sight of a spoon at dinnertime makes you hungry, this is a ___.

Answer 35

a. transitive MO b. Reflexive MO c. Surrogate MO d. Translational MO

Question 36

15.A functional behavior assessment conducted on Kim Kardashdian's target behavior indicates the function to be attention. Therefore, we stop providing attention when her target behavior occurs. What are we doing?

Answer 36

a. planned ignoring b. extinction c. negative punishment d. positive punishment

Question 37

16. What do MOs and SD not have in common?

Answer 37

a. both are antecedents b. both alter rate of behavior in the moment c. both are referred to as repertoire-altering effect when combined. d. both are part of the four (4)-term contingency

Question 38

17. Ronald just drank a lot water and this has an abative effect on all his behavior that has resulted in him attaining water (i.e. Ronald stops seeking out water to drink in the moment because he just drank a lot of it). Ronald's water ingestion also functions as reinforcement for him in the future, as he will increase the behavior that got him to this wonderful thirst-quenching feelings, which was buying a bottle of water from a street vendor. What term best describes the phenomenon of Ronald's experience of having a quenching feeling functioning as reinforcement for him in the future?

Answer 38

a. behavior-altering effect b. evocative effect c. value-altering effect d. function-altering effect