Section A
With regard to behavior analysis, ____ is the philosophical asumption that all behavior is lawful and orderly.
a.) Selectionism
B.) Determinim
C.) Parsimony
D.) Radical
Determinism
Which verbal operant is a baby likely to learn first?
A.) Mand
B.) Tact
C.) Echoic
D.) intraverbal
mand
The last 5 data points on a cumulative record are all at 20 occurrences of a target behavior. What does this data indicate?
A.) stable reponding
B.) no responding
C.) An increase in responding
D.) decrease in responding
No responding
It would be appropriate to conduct a functional analysis for which of the following behaviors?
A.) head banging that results in bumps and bruises
B.) Tantrums
C.) Stealing from store
D.) all the above
Tantrums
Which dimension of ABA mean that all interventions are developed from basic principles of behavior?
A.) Conceptual Systems
B.) Behavioral
C. Analytic
D.) Technological
Conceptual System
all interventions are developed from basic principle of behavior
Money can be a:
A.) Generalized conditioned reinforcer
B.) Secondary Reinforcer
C. Natural Reinforcer
D.) all the above
GCR
Which behavior is most likely to be tacked using event recording?
A.) How many meals a client eats in one day
B.) How many times a client blinks in one day
C.) How many hours a client sleeps in one day
D.) All the above
How many meals a client eats in one day
A father ask his daughter if he wants spaghetti or pizza for dinner while holding each item up to show her. She chooses pizza. What preference assessment is this?
A.) Paired choice
B.) Free operant
C.) forced choice
Paired choice preference assessment
This dimension of ABA means that the behavior changes that are achieved with the intervention should be long-lasting and should generalize to other settings
A.) generalization
B.) Discrimination
C.) Generality
D.) Applied
Generality
Dough got stung by a bee when he was 6 and it caused him to have a lot of plain. Now even 10 years later, Doug is still scared of bees. His heart starts racing even when he is not near the bee.
A.) Operant Conditioning
B.) Respondent Conditioning
C.) Operant extinction
D
Respondent conditioning
Landon i having trouble handwriting. He holds his pencil correctly but when he write on the paper, he does it o lightly that any marking can barely be seen. Although letters are barely viable the writing i very neat. In regards to hi handwriting what should he work on?
A.) Duration
B.) latency
C.) Topography
D.) Magnitude
magnitude
When conducting the contingent escape phase of a functional analysis, what type of demand should the behavior analyst use?
A.) highly preferred demand
B.) A demand that results in aggression in the past
C.) A neutral demand
D.) A demand that has a history of evoking the problem behavior
A demand that has a history of evoking the problem behavior
Which is considered a private event?
A.) sore muscles after an intense workout
B.) Practicing your solo for a choir practice
C.) Taking your dog outside in the backyard
D.) texting friend about lunch
Sore muscles after an intense workout
Tim gets home from school and is hungry. He opens up the cupboard and grabs a snack and starts eating it. This is an example of?
A.) Automatic reinforcement contingency
B.) Socially-mediated reinforcement contingency
C.) Automatic punishment contingency
D.) Socially mediated punishment contingency
Automatic reinforcement contingency
A teacher i measuring whether a student stays in his seat during teaching lessons a instructed. Every 5 minutes she record if the student is in his seat or not at that time. What is she using?
A.) event recording
B.) partial interval recording
C.) Momentary time sampling
D.) whole interval recording
Momentary time sampling
A.) the function of behavior is automatic reinforcement
B.) intervention is not necessary
C.) functional analysis was inconclusive
D.) recommend another clinic
Which of the following is considered a behavior, according to methodological behaviorist?
A.) Pain from a headache
B.) sore muscles after a workout
C.) lifting weights
D.) thinking about which activity you will perform during a workout
methodological
Which of the following is an example of a stimulus class?
A.) Shape of tables (square, round, rectangular)
B.) Types of flowers (daisies, roses)
C.) Breed of dogs (labs, boxer)
D.) all the above
All the above
Sal went to a coffee shop on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday this week. What is the frequency of his behavior?
A.) 3 instances
B.) 3 instances per week
C.) 0.42 instances per day
D.) 42%
3 instances
John meets with his new clients parents for a _____ assessment. He asks the parents to describe the child's elopement behaviors. The child is not there.
A.) indirect assessment
B.) direct assessment
C.) functional assessment intervention
D.) FA
direct assessment