Vocabulary

Question 1

Positive behavior supports

Answer 1

Behavior management system that focuses on behavior change that increases positive behaviors and decreases negative behaviors

Question 2

Reinforcement

Answer 2

Any stimulus that is added or removed that increases likelihood of that behavior occurring in the future

Question 3

Positive reinforcement

Answer 3

Adding stimulus

Increases behavior

Question 4

Negative reinforcement

Answer 4

Removing stimulus

Increases behavior

Question 5

ABC Contigency

Answer 5

Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence

Question 6

Antecedent

Answer 6

What happens before the behavior

Question 7

Behavior

Answer 7

What the action looks like

Question 8

Consequence

Answer 8

What happens after the behavior

Question 9

Operational definition

Answer 9

How to define behavior that is clear, measurable, and objective. Anyone reading the definition can understand and observe the behavior

Question 10

Echoic

Answer 10

Verbal operant
Vocal stimulus
Point to point verbal response

Question 11

Mand

Answer 11

Verbal operant
Occurs under conditions of deprivation/aversive control
Reinforced by the stimulus manded for or removal of a stimulus
Not reinforced by praise

Question 12

Tact

Answer 12

Verbal operant
Occurs under non-verbal stimulus control such as an object or picture
Reinforced by praise

Question 13

Intraverbal

Answer 13

Verbal antecedent followed by verbal responses
Can be between individuals (not point to point)
Or in a self dialogue

Question 14

Autoclitic

Answer 14

Adjective/adverb that modifies the effects of mand and tact operants
Specification, quantification, etc.

Question 15

Extinction

Answer 15

Removal of all reinforcements for a behavior

Question 16

Punishment

Answer 16

Adding or removing stimulus that results in decreased behavior in the future.

Question 17

Imitation

Answer 17

Point to point response to an antecedent

Question 18

Functions of behavior

Answer 18

Purpose of the behavior

Usually to escape or access something

Question 19

Functionally equivalent behaviors

Answer 19

Behaviors that serve the exact same functions as one another

Question 20

Differential reinforcement

Answer 20

Reinforcing one behavior and extinguishing another simultaneously

Question 21

DRO

Answer 21

Differential reinforcement of other behaviors. Reinforcing any behavior that’s not the problem behavior

Question 22

Replacement behavior

Answer 22

Behavior learned/taught to replace the problem behavior

Question 23

Shaping

Answer 23

Systematically and differentially reinforcing successive approximations to a target behavior

Question 24

Chaining

Answer 24

Sequence of behavior that are lined together

Question 25

Forward chaining

Answer 25

Beginning to end

Question 26

Backwards chaining

Answer 26

End to beginning

Question 27

Task analysis

Answer 27

Breaking down complex skill or series of behaviors into smaller units

Question 28

Generalization

Answer 28

Learner is able to access the learned repose across different instructors and environments

Question 29

Maintenance

Answer 29

Learner continues to perform the target behavior after a portion of intervention has been stopped

Question 30

Event recording

Answer 30

Count of behaviors as they occur

Question 31

Interval recording

Answer 31

Measuring the behavior within specific time intervals

Question 32

Partial interval recording

Answer 32

Recording presence/absence of behavior at any time during the interval

Question 33

Whole interval recording

Answer 33

Behavior must be present during entire interval

Question 34

Duration recording

Answer 34

Monitoring how long behavior is engaged by individual

Question 35

SD or Discriminative stimulus

Answer 35

Antecedent stimulus that occurs before the reinforced response

Question 36

Response

Answer 36

Behavior as a result of the SD

Question 37

Establishing operations

Answer 37

Environmental event increases the monetary effectiveness of anything as a form of reinforcement Increases the freq of any behavior that followed that as a reinforcer

Question 38

Permanent product

Answer 38

Any tangible item directly tied to human performance

Question 39

Momentary time sampling

Answer 39

Dividing observation period into series of intervals. Record whether behavior is occurring at the end of interval