Ethics
Experimental designs
IOA
6 attitudes and 7 dimensions
MO's and reinforcement effects
100
What is a harmful reinforcer?
A reinforcer that is harmful or detrimental to the health of a client
100
What design would you use if baseline data shows variability?
Alternating Treatment 
100
A high IOA means
your data is believable 
100
A BCBA is consulting a student's educational team regarding her demonstration of new challenging behaviors.  When describing the behaviors, one teacher states, "it happens out of the blue". 

What attitude of science is the teacher violating?

Determinism
100
You just ate food and are no longer hungry.  You walk into your kitchen and see freshly baked cookies. You do not eat the cookies.  Being satiated on food decreased the value of cookies as a reinforcer.  This effect is referred to as: 
value altering effect
200
How long should you keep client records?
at least 7 years unless specified
200
Which design is best for someone that wants to reduce the number of cigarettes they have per day?
changing criterion design
200

Given the data below, calculate the scored-interval IOA

Interval     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Observer 1 X 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Observer 2 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 X 0

x = behavior recorded 0 = no behavior recorded


33%
200
Joe, an RBT, has been working with a client for several months. During one session, the client refuses to eat an edible and engages in aggression each time it is offered.  Joe is concerned and reports this to his supervisor.  The supervisor recommends the family bring their child to the doctor prior to her next visit for observation.  What attitude of science is the supervisor conducting?
Parsimony
200
The decrease in current frequency of behavior is: 
Abative effect
300
Joe is a BCBA at a world renowned residential facility for children diagnosed with autism.  The facility is on the brink of closing down due to lack of funds. Joe is worried that if the facility shuts down, he will not have a job. He really loves what he does and enjoys the staff and clients he works with.  Joe takes it upon himself to reach out to various media avenues (tv, radio, billboards, etc.) to market how wonderful this facility is and that anyone diagnosed with autism should be admitted there.  What code of ethics did Joe violate?
conflict of interest
300
What are the 6 components of experiments in ABA?

1. At least 1 subject 

2. At least 1 behavior (DV)

3. At least 1 setting

4. At least 1 treatment (IV)

5. A measurement system and ongoing analysis of data

6. An experimental design

300

Given the data below, calculate the total duration IOA.

                  R1        R2      R3    R4      R5

Observer 1 35 sec 15 sec 9 sec 14 sec 17 sec

Observer 2 29 sec 21 sec 7 sec 14 sec 14 sec

94
300
A BCBA and RBT are observing a client.  They are discussing how to define the behavior of the client. The RBT says "he's exhibiting stereotypical behavior" 

What dimension did the RBT violate?

behavioral
300
You are outside and see a dog posturing as if to attack.  You pick up a rock, and as you do so the dog gets scared and runs away.  The sight of a posturing dog increases the current frequency of picking up a rock.  This effect is known as 
Evocative effect
400
What is a legal process by which another person is authorized to make decisions for a person deemed incompetent
surrogate consent
400

You are interested in comparing the effects of two different interventions on a single target behavior. You have decided to present each of the interventions in an alternating fashion and measure the changes in the value of your dependent variable. You would like to plot the results of both interventions on one graph. Which would be the best format to display your results?

Line graph
400

Given the data below, calculate the unscored-interval IOA

Interval     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Observer 1 X 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Observer 2 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 X 0

x = behavior recorded 0 = no behavior recorded


70%
400
A consultant receives a new client in the home setting and administers the ABLLS-R over the next two weeks. When discussing results, the parents suggest working on goals that are far beyond what the results recommends. 

This violates to...

Applied
400
You are outside and see a dog posturing as if to attack. You pick up a rock, and as you do, the dog runs away.  The sight of the dog increases the value of the rock as a reinforcer. Next time you see a dog posturing up, you are more likely to find a rock to pick up.  This is called:
function altering effect
500
True or False: An example of a harmful reinforcer is-

delivering a cookie for every correct response

True
500
What is another term for intermittent measures to analyze the current levels of each phase?
probe
500

Which time sampling IOA is the most stringent for a behavior that occurs at low frequency

scored interval
500
An RBT has just finished compiling and graphing the frequency of a client's elopement. Upon visual analysis, the supervisor realizes the intervention has not decreased the problem behavior.  The supervisor recommends making subtle changes to the current program
Effective
500
While teaching a client to mand, you make sure he hasn't had any food in 2 hours to ensure he's hungry.  You have a cookie in sign and say "what would you like"? The client says "cookie".  You give him a piece of the cookie.  In this 4 term contingency, the sign of the cookie is an: 
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