Reinforcement and Punishment
How fast should you deliver reinforcement?
Within 15 seconds or as fast as possible
How quickly should you take data after a behavior occurs?
Within 5 minutes or as quickly as possible.
True or False?
Pairing can involve both tangible items and social interaction.
This type of verbal operant builds skills to lead to back and forth conversations.
Intraverbal
What do the letters in ABC data stand for?
Antecedent
Behavior
Consequence
What type of reinforcement is this an example of ?
David was knocking items off the shelf at the grocery store, so his mother gave him a lollipop out of her purse. After she gave him the lollipop, he stopped knocking items off the shelf. Now each time they go to the store, David goes straight to knocking items off the shelf and his mom consistently gives him a lollipop.
What is positive reinforcement.
Your BCBA tells you to track the amount of times your client sucks his thumb. What data tracking method is being used here?
Frequency
When tracking frequency you will be tracking each time the behavior occurs.
Without pairing, clients can see therapists as ___.
What is the controlling variable for a mand
Motivating operation.
Where should you do DTT?
Trick question!
It is a common misconception that DTT should be done at the table but it can be done anywhere!
Give an example of a time that negative reinforcement could be used?
Any instance in which the removal of an aversive stimuli is removed in order to increase the occurrence of a target behavior.
Give an example of tracking duration.
Any instance in which you are tracking the amount of time a behavior is occurring.
Name two things you should avoid during pairing.
Forcing interaction, taking items too soon, or asking too many questions
During snack, a client sees an apple on the table and says “Apple!” The therapist responds, “Yes, that’s an apple.” Which verbal operant is this?
Tacting
Your client is displaying a new behavior of banging his head on hard surfaces, what should you do?
Call for a supervisor, follow handle with care steps by making sure the client is safe and blocking attempts to head bang, and take ABC data on this behavior after the client has de-escalated
What should be used first, reinforcement or punishment?
All reinforcement options should be exhausted prior to considering a punishment procedure.
Partial interval, momentary time sampling, and whole interval are all examples of what type of measurement?
Discontinuous measurement procedures.
Join in with what the client is already doing instead of redirecting, provide access to preferred items/activities, narrate play
Teacher says “Write the word dog” and the child writes “dog.” Which operant is this?
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List the prompting hierarchy from least to most for physical behaviors.
independent--> gestural prompt-->model prompt
-->partial physical prompt-->full physical prompt
What is this an example of?
Jimmy's teacher had to call his mom while she was at school due to frequent "outbursts." When Jimmy gets home his mom says that he is grounded and cannot have his phone for 2 weeks due to his behavior at school.
Negative punishment.
Jimmy's Mom used the removal of a preferred item to decrease future "outbursts" in the classroom.
You tell your client to tie his shoe, he begins to tie his shoe after 15 seconds have passed, and it takes him 3 minutes to tie his shoe. What is the latency?
15 seconds
Latency is the amount of time between the delivery of the SD and the onset of the behavior.Instructional Control and building rapport
Who created the concept of verbal opperants?
Hint: He is the same person who wrote Verbal Behavior Theory.
B. S. Skinner
What are the four reinforcement schedules?
Fixed Interval
Variable Interval
Fixed Ratio
Variable Ratio