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Which of the following statements is true? A. Accurate data is sometimes necessary for making sure that behavior change plans are relevant to the person receiving them. B. Accurate data is always necessary for building behavior change plans and measuring progress. C. If most of the data collected is accurate, then it will be enough to make decisions about the behavior. D. If only a small amount of data is collected over time, we still can make conclusions about the success of failure of a treatment plan. - ✔B Under What circumstances is it alright not to take data immediately after a behavior occurs? A. When you don't have a pencil or date collection device handy. B. When it is time to transition to another activity and you might have time later. C. When the demands of the intervention of the behavior of the person precludes taking data immediately. - ✔C Least intrusive interventions are preferable because: A. They offer the person a greater opportunity to self-monitor their own behavior. B. They are not preferable because they take too long to be affective. C. They are the easiest to use. D. they are always appropriate. - ✔A If an intrusive intervention such as punishment or physical intervention must be used, it is important to: A. Make sure staff has clean background checks. B. Make sure that only the bigger staff members implement them. C. Make sure the data and the client are monitored for unintended side effects and the rate of progress. D. Make sure the intervention is used on only the days that the behaviors are really bad.
- ✔C The end goal is to generalize imitation skills so students are able to copy the behavior of: A. Peers. B. Teachers. C. Skill trainers/paraprofessionals. D. Parents. E. All of the above - ✔E
Another end goal of imitation training is for the learner to continue to imitate behaviors in the absence of: A. Direct instruction and continuous reinforcement. B. A model. C. the SD "Do this". D. Direct reinforcement. - ✔A True or False: Motor Imitation and Verbal Imitation can be taught simultaneously. A. True B. False - ✔A The antecedent of imitation is: A. Reinforcement of imitative behavior. B. The person mimicking the movement of the model. C. The SD "Do this". D. A stimulus involving motor movements by a model. - ✔D In the early phases of a toy or object imitation, it is best to start with: A. Novel materials that the child has not been exposed to. B. Toys that the student has shown interest in. C. objects that evoke problem behavior in the learner. D. Musical instruments because all children with autism enjoy music. - ✔B The SD for both gross motor and toy imitation should be: A. Specific B. Non-specific - ✔B What kind of imitation generally assists in the development of verbal imitation and speech? A. Fine motor B. Gross motor C. Object D. Oral motor - ✔D Pointing, giving thumbs up, squeezing playdough, and pressing buttons are common beginning targets of what kind of imitation? A. toy/object imitation. B. Gross motor imitation. C. Fine motor imitation. D. Oral motor imitation. - ✔C Targets should be chosen based on: A. What the teacher thinks is important. B. The individual skill level of the student, as determined through assessments such as the VB-MAPP. C. General expectations of like-aged learners.
A. Language B. Self-Help skills C. Social Skills D. Play E. All of the above - ✔E True or False: Academic programs are generally the first introduced to individuals with autism. A. True B. False - ✔B What skills can be embedded in play? A. Listener responding B. Tacts C. Echoics D. All of the above - ✔D Generalization refers to the: A. Transfer of behaviors to other persons, settings, and related behaviors. B. Ability to perform a behavior in 2 settings. C. Transfer from requesting (manding) to labeling (tacting) without training. D. Ability to perform a behavior a behavior with 5 different people. - ✔A To promote generalization you should provide: A. One stimuli at a time per target. B. At least 4 teachers per learner. C. Two stimuli per drill. D. Multiple examples of your stimulus. - ✔D To promote generalization, a learner should interact with: A. Different people B. Different stimuli C. Different environments D. All of the above - ✔D True or False: Naturalistic teaching is easier that DTI as it requires little to no planning. A. True B. False - ✔B. because it is less structured. What is a Tact? - ✔type of expressive language used to identify or describe objects, actions, and characteristics in a learners environment All the following are true with regards to behavior EXCEPT: A. Behavior impact the environment. B. Behavior can be observed and measured.
C. Behavior is any observable movement of a living thing. D. There are no laws to behavior. - ✔D A Motivating Operation can make a reinforcer.... A. A punisher B. More valuable at a particular moment C. A discriminative stimulus D. More frequently available - ✔B Which of the following situations reflects treatments by competent personnel? A. Myra will receive training on schedules of reinforcement tomorrow. Today she is working with Josh who is on a variable ratio schedule of reinforcement. B. Marisol is working with Tina who has diagnoses of Down syndrome and autism. She has only worked with juvenile offenders. C. Parker has worked with adolescents for years. He is starting work with preschoolers today. His training starts next week. D. Lora is working with 4 year old Ingrid for 4 hours today without direct supervision. She has received 2 hours of training on Ingrid's intervention plan outside of her therapy. She has also spent 2 hours watching her plan being implemented and was shadowed for 2 hours yesterday. - ✔D An Example of a harmful reinforcer is: A. A small amount of time to listen to music after completing a task. B. Being allowed to have as many corn chips as a person would like. C. Being allowed time to read after completing a task. D. A small amount of a favorite candy after finishing a puzzle. - ✔B What does the Professional and Ethical Compliance Code of the BCBA say about the use of scientifically based practices in ABA? A. They should be considered when developing treatment plans. B. They are optional and only apply to certain situations. C. They are a required practice. D. They can only be used under highly controlled circumstances. - ✔C The United Nations General Assembly provided a standard for: A. The rights of those on U.S. soil. B. The rights of humans without mental health issues. C. The rights of incarcerated humans. D. The rights of all humans. - ✔D Which of the following time frames first offered chemicals as a means of behavior change? A. The 1700s B. The 1970s C. The 1940s and 50s D. The 1930s - ✔C
Fill in the blanks: ABA is the application of _______________ _______________ to change _______________ _________________ behavior to a meaningful degree. A. punitive punishment/exceptionally problematic B. positive reinforcement/ socially significant C. positive reinforcement/ maladaptive problematic D. behavioral laws/ socially significant - ✔D What are the two types of consequence that were studied by Skinner and colleagues? A. Antecedents and responses B. Punishment and reinforcement C. Rats and pigeons D. Autism and pervasive developmental disorder - ✔B What type of reinforcement maintains escape and avoidance behaviors? A. Negative B. Positive - ✔A. Negative reinforcement means that you are taking something away to promote the desired behavior. escape and avoidance are maintained when you remove the issue (what they are trying to avoid/escape) What are the variables of reinforcer effectiveness? A. Deprivation, interval, Satiation, Contingency B. Deprivation, Interval , Size, Contingency C. Deprivation, immediacy, Satiation, Contingency D. Deprivation, Immediacy, Size, Contingency - ✔D When a response no longer produces reinforcement this is called: A. Negative reinforcement B. Extinction burst C. Negative punishment D. Extinction - ✔D An important tool in determining if an intervention is being effective is: A. Interviewing teacher and parents B. Controlling and analyzing data C. Self reports D. Having frequent meetings to discuss progress. - ✔B A good behavioral definition would be all of the following EXCEPT: A. Objective and unambiguous B. Use a label for a behavior, such as bad sportsmanlike behavior or good hand writing. C. Worded in such a way when a novice observer reads the definition, he would be able to identify an instance of the target behavior without having seen it before. D. It would include verbs describing specific behaviors that the person exhibits. - ✔B
There are two general methods to assess behavioral change. They are: A. Antecedents and consequences B. Self-reports and interviews C. Indirect and direct measurements D. Interviews and questionnaires - ✔C Interviews, rating scale, and surveys are examples of: A. Direct measures B. The most accurate recording methods C. Indirect measures D. All of the above - ✔C Would you be able to use outcome recording for the behavior of drawing? A. Yes B. No - ✔A. Outcome Recording: An indirect method to measure behavior that consists of observing the result of a behavior, even after the behavior has been terminated. Could you use outcome recording to record the behavior of a student answering a question? A. Yes B. No - ✔B. There is no observable result. Just an answer. The main question you want to ask yourself is, does the behavior produce a _______________ that can be observed even after the behavior has been terminated? A. result B. positive consequence C. clean kitchen D. measurement - ✔A Which is the more objective method of assessing behavior? A. Indirect measurement B. Neutral measurement C. Variable measurement D. Direct measurement - ✔D In direct measurement, you observe the behavior and record it.... A. When it occurs. B. Within 20 minutes of the observation. C. Within 24 hours of the observation. D. Any of the above as long as you directly observed the behavior. - ✔A
C. Duration table D. Video - ✔B Jeri is a typically developing baby girl. She exhibits strong joint attention skills. She is most likely how old? A. 3 months old B. 5 months old C. 8 months old D. 12 months old - ✔D Which of the following is not an Assessment that can be used for social skills? A. VB-MAPP B. ABLLS-R C. The Social Skills Checklist D. All of the above CAN be used - ✔D Which game could help condition attention as a reinforcer? A. Hide-and-seek B. Monopoly C. Video Games D. Solitaire - ✔A When working on greetings it is important to: A. Make sure the child can vocalize "hi" clearly. B. Pair the greeter with reinforcement. C. Provide physical prompts so the child stands near the greeter. D. Always pair a physical "wave" with vocal "hello". - ✔B Which game would be the best to work on initiations? A. Tag/Chase B. Solitaire C. Simon Says D. Twister - ✔C Attending to their name and waiting for the answer to a question are examples of what kind of skill? A. Joint attention B. Greetings C. Social Referencing D. Initiations - ✔C Sara is working on social referencing. Her teacher says "Sara", while holding her favorite book. What would be the goal after many repetitions? A. Eventually the teacher should fade out the book and just say "Sara." B. The teacher should trade out the reinforcer so eventually she has five items paired with her name.
C. The teacher should only be shaking the candy and drop the "Sara." D. The teacher should fade out the book and the "Sara," so only her eye contact evokes a response. - ✔A True or False: It is "joint attention" if the student get the teacher's attention merely to receive an item. A. True B. False - ✔B True or False: Some elements of social motivation can be measured. A. True B. False - ✔A The term "tact" comes from the word.... A. Contact B. Tactual C. Syntact D. Tactful - ✔A Children typically begin to tact around what age? A. 6 months B. 12 months C. 18 months D. 24 months - ✔B By 18 months of age, children should be exhibiting approximately how many tacts? A. 3 B. 5 C. 10 D. 25 - ✔C Labeling which of the following can be considered a tact? A. Adjectives B. Parts of objects C. Prepositions D. All of the above - ✔D. tact=label/describe When should tacting be targeted? A. When the child is two, as this is when testing develops. B. There is no specific age as it is specific to the individual. C. Once the individual has acquired 5 echos and 5 mands. D. When the individual is engaging in intraverbal language. - ✔B
C. A functional assessment, skills assessment, sequential analysis, and an ecological assessment written for a given task. D. A list of prompt hierarchies to assist in the development of various target behaviors or tasks. - ✔A Discrimination training is done using the following steps: A. Mixed trials- Isolation- Distractor Trials B. Isolation- Distractor Trails- Mixed Trails C. Distractor trials- Mixed Trials- Isolation - ✔B DT is when you want a behavior in presence of specific stimulus. Discrimination training requires.... A. Two responses and one antecedent stimulus condition. B. Two responses and two antecedent stimulus conditions. C. One response and one antecedent stimulus condition. D. One response and two antecedent stimulus conditions. - ✔D They need to be able choose the correct one. By the age of ____ months, typically developing children are able to respond to hearing their name, perform at least 4 different motor actions when asked, and receptively identify at least 20 different objects or pictures in an array of 4. A. 12 B. 24 C. 48 D. 18 - ✔D Some tips for teaching receptive instructions include all the following EXCEPT: A. Choose between behaviors that your learner can readily imitate. B. Use errorless teaching. C. Name the action that is to be performed, example: "Clap hands." D. Start with multi-step instructions so they learn to discriminate - ✔D
