Measurement
A type of continuous measurement is
a data collection method that records EVERY single instance of a target behavior
- Frequency/Event Recording
- Rate
- Duration
-Latency
- Inter-response Time (IRT)
True or False: preferences and reinforcers are the same thing.
False: just because something is preferred doesn't mean that it has reinforcing properties
Teaching skills by breaking them into small, teachable components is known as this.
What is task analysis?
RBTs must follow these guidelines to ensure ethical and professional conduct.
What is the BACB RBT Ethics Code?
Using highly preferred tasks before less preferred tasks to build behavioral momentum is known as this strategy.
What is the high‑probability (high‑p) request sequence?
A type of discontinuous measure is
a data collection method that records data only during specific, sampled time intervals rather than capturing every single instance
- Partial-Interval Recording
- Whole-Interval Recording
- Momentary Time Sampling (MTS)
- Planned Activity Check (PLACHECK)
Analyzing the antecedents and consequences that typically occur allow us to hypothesize
What is the function of the behavior?
Presenting an instruction, prompting if needed, and reinforcing correct responding describes this teaching format.
What is discrete trial teaching?
RBTs must avoid dual relationships to maintain this principle.
What is professional boundaries?
This procedure occurs when reinforcement for a previously reinforced behavior is no longer provided, reducing future occurrences of that behavior.
What is extinction?
The time between the instruction and the start of the behavior is
What is Latency?
This type of preference assessment presents two items at a time, allowing the learner to pick one, helping determine relative preference strength.
What is a paired‑stimulus preference assessment?
Systematically removing prompts so the learner becomes independent is called this.
What is prompt fading?
Professionals must maintain this standard by keeping client information private, sharing it only with those legally or ethically permitted to receive it
What is confidentiality?
RBTs analyze behavior by identifying these four categories that explain why a learner engages in specific actions.
What are the functions of behavior?
While in circle time, a learner remains seated for 29 seconds but is standing up at the 30 second mark. If the instructor is recording MTS data for 30 seconds, how would they record the trial?
What is a Negative trial? The learner was standing at the time that the interval ended.
This assessment type displays multiple items simultaneously and records which item the learner selects first.
What is a multiple‑stimulus preference assessment?
In this teaching process, a learner is taught to respond differently to two or more stimuli, such as responding to an SD that signals reinforcement and not responding to an S‑delta that does not produce reinforcement.
What is discrimination training?
Session notes must include
- at least five sentences
- at least one behavior (with antecedents/consequences)
- at least three skill acquisition goals (prompt levels required)
- if applicable, nap times and any covering RBTs
This term refers to an environmental event that alters the value of a reinforcer and changes the current frequency of behavior associated with that reinforcer—such as deprivation increasing the effectiveness of a preferred item.
What is a motivating operation?
Recording if a behavior occurred at all during a specific interval is an example of this method
What is partial-interval recording?
When using this variation of a multiple‑stimulus format, the selected item is not replaced, revealing a ranked hierarchy of preferences.
What is a multiple‑stimulus without replacement (MSWO) assessment?
This teaching process involves systematically fading prompts so that the SD alone evokes the correct response—ensuring the learner no longer depends on supplemental cues.
What is stimulus control transfer?
RBTs must receive ongoing supervision for at least 5% of their monthly work hours from a qualified BCBA or BCaBA, as well as . . .
What is at least two real-time contacts per month and one direct observation.
Reinforcing a behavior that serves the same function as the problem behavior, while withholding reinforcement for the problem behavior, describes this procedure.
What is differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA)?