Study Guide Questions

Question 1

Sally is recording a clients behavior. She starts the stopwatch when the client begins screaming and stops the stopwatch when the client stops screaming. What type of measurement procedure is she using?

Answer 1

Duration

Question 2

Paul wants a quick and easy way to record 5 different students task engagement. What type of measurement procedure should she use?

Answer 2

Momentary Time Sampling

Question 3

Tony reported his data collection as a percentage of intervals with occurrence. What type of data collection is he using?

Answer 3

Discontinues Measurement/ Interval Procedure

Question 4

A client of Mary’s takes a very long time to start getting dressed after instruction. What type of data collection would be appropriate?

Answer 4

Latency

Question 5

Tom does not have a lot of time to collect data on a clients social Engagement during play. What type of measurement should be use?

Answer 5

Whole Interval Recording

Question 6

Harry wants to record how many times his client hits. He should use a _________ count and report data as _____________.

Answer 6

Frequency ; rate

Question 7

An interval recording procedure that overestimates behavior is ________.

Answer 7

Partial Interval Recording

Question 8

__________ measurement is the most valid and preferred type of data collection.

Answer 8

Continuous

Question 9

Recording the number of pieces of clothing a person folded is called _________

Answer 9

Permanent Product Recording

Question 10

Paul starts a stopwatch when a behavior ends and stops the stopwatch when the next behavior begins. This is called _______

Answer 10

Inner Rate Response (IRT)

Question 11

An ________ is a detailed description of the behavior in observational terms

Answer 11

Operational Definition

Question 12

ABC data is collecting the ________, behavior, and ______

Answer 12

Antecedent ; consequence

Question 13

Nancy wants to do a preference assessment in the quickest time possible, she should use ________

Answer 13

Multiple Stimulus Preference Assessment

Question 14

If Tom is interviewing the parent of a client, he is using ________

Answer 14

Indirect Assessment

Question 15

Paul wants to manipulate the environment to determine the function of behavior, he should use _______

Answer 15

Functional Analysis Assessment

Question 16

Nick is getting a rank order of reinforcers by showing his client 2 reinforcers at once and recording which reinforcement they prefer. He is using __________

Answer 16

Paired Choice Preference Assessment

Question 17

________ assessment measures a clients self-help and vocational skills, while _______ determines the function of behavior

Answer 17

Skills Assessment ; functional behavior assessment

Question 18

Larry is doing an ABC observation of his client, what type of FBA is he doing?

Answer 18

Direct FBA

Question 19

Maria wants to observe her client interacting with reinforcers, she should use __________

Answer 19

Free Operant Preference Assessment

Question 20

Tim is showing his client an array of reinforcers, when the client interacts with a reinforcer Tim removes it from the array. Tim is using ________

Answer 20

Multiple Stimulus Preference Assessment without Replacement

Question 21

Matt is providing 20 minutes on a tablet every time his client engages in prosocial behavior. His client loved being on his tablet. Matt is providing ________

Answer 21

Positive Reinforcement

Question 22

If a therapist uses a delay to determine if a client can do a skill independently, and if the client needs help the therapist prompts, it is called ________

Answer 22

Time Delay Prompting

Question 23

Harry is removing a token every time his client hits him. Harry is providing _______

Answer 23

Negative Punishment

Question 24

Martha is providing a treat every 10 times her dog sits. Martha is providing __________

Answer 24

Continuous Reinforcement

Question 25

Martha stops providing a treat every time the dog sits, and provides a treat after thr dog sits 3 times. Martha is providing ________

Answer 25

Intermittent Reinforcement

Question 26

Carrie is using a visual schedule for a client. She is using _______

Answer 26

Visual Prompting

Question 27

Reprimanding a client is typically _________

Answer 27

Punishment

Question 28

Positioning the correct card closer to a client is called ________

Answer 28

Positional Prompting

Question 29

If the therapist starts by providing the most prompting in the beginning and slowly fades the prompts as the client becomes sufficient at the skill, it is called __________

Answer 29

Most-to-Least Prompting

Question 30

Physically moving the c client to a toothbrush is called _______

Answer 30

Physical Prompting

Question 31

Breaking a task into smaller pieces is called _________

Answer 31

Task Analysis

Question 32

Reinforcing one behavior is the presence of a stimuli and not reinforcing the other behavior in the absence of that stimuli is called _________

Answer 32

Discrimination Training

Question 33

If Tom does not reinforce his client saying ball in the presence of a truck, the truck serves as the ________

Answer 33

S delta

Question 34

If Callie is prompting all the steps of a chain with a client, but training the client to do the last step independently, she is using _______

Answer 34

Backwards Chaining

Question 35

If Tom reinforces his client saying ball in the presence of a ball, the ball serves as the ________

Answer 35

Discriminative Stimuli (SD)

Question 36

If Ginger is giving her client quick learning trials presented in quick succession, she is using ________

Answer 36

Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT)

Question 37

If Ginger starts teaching her client through play, motivation, choice, and interspersing mastered skills, she is using ________

Answer 37

Naturalistic Teaching Procedures

Question 38

If a client must master the first step of a chain before moving on to the next step, it is called ________

Answer 38

Forward Chaining

Question 39

If Vera says the first part of the correct answer for her client, she is using ________

Answer 39

Verbal Prompting

Question 40

Paul models the correct skill to his client, he is using ________

Answer 40

Model Prompting

Question 41

Mike provides reinforcement to his client when his client raises his hand 3 times a class, but not when the client raises his hand more than 3 times a class. That is called _______

Answer 41

Differential Reinforcing a Lower Rate of Behavior (DRL)

Question 42

The procedure to use when a client is hurting themselves or others is called ________

Answer 42

Behavior Emergency Plan

Question 43

If a client is engaging in behavior to avoid an aversive activity, it is called ________

Answer 43

Escape Behavior

Question 44

When Molly hits her head on a wall because she has a headache, she is engaging in ________

Answer 44

Non-contingent Reinforcement

Question 45

Mickey provides attention to a client for 5 minutes every hour. This is called ________

Answer 45

Pain attenuation

Question 46

Reinforcing shaking hands instead of hitting is called ________

Answer 46

Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)

Question 47

Pete increases his clients compliance by adding a favorite character to a worksheet. This is called ________

Answer 47

Task Modification

Question 48

Rachel's client does not like to pick up his toys. Rachel provides the following direction to his client, "Give me a high five, jump high, clap hands, and pick up toys." This is called ________

Answer 48

Behavior Momentum

Question 49

When you twirl your hair, you're engaging in ________

Answer 49

Sensory Behavior

Question 50

A plan that states what to do when a client engages in manipulative behavior is called ________

Answer 50

Behavior Reduction/Intervention Plan