What is ABA?
True or False
ABA eliminates all problem behaviors
False
The overall goal is to increase helpful behaviors and decrease harmful behaviors. No strategy is absolute.
What are the four functions of behavior?
-Attention
-Escape
-Sensory
-Access
What does the "A" stand for in a behavioral contingency?
Antecedent
True or False
Candy can always be used as a reinforcer
False
True or False
a consequence is something that happens when you do something wrong
false
Who are the "founding fathers" of ABA
B.F. Skinner and Ole Ivar Lovaas
What's the function of the following behavior:
A child throwing food on the floor when asked to eat lunch.
Escape
What does the "B" stand for in a behavioral contingency?
Behavior
What is positive reinforcement?
a method of encouraging desired behaviors by adding a desirable stimulus after the behavior occurs
What is the consequence in the following scenario:
A child continuously yells out in the middle of class. The teacher asks the child to leave.
The teacher asks the child to leave.
True or False
Biting is a behavior
True
(this is something a dead man CANNOT do)
What's the function of the following behavior:
a child throwing toys at a teacher while the teacher is facing away from the child
-Attention
What does the "C" stand for in a behavioral contingency?
consequence
What is negative reinforcement?
the process of strengthening a behavior by removing an unpleasant or aversive stimulus to increase the likelihood of that behavior occurring again
What is the consequence in the following scenario:
The teacher plays music.The student puts on noise cancelling headphones.
The student puts on noise cancelling headphones.
What is a BCBA?
Board Certified Behavior Analyst
What's the function of the following behavior:
a child sitting a lone and rocking back and forth
-sensory
What is a consequence?
what happens immediately following a behavior
The following is an example of positive reinforcement:
a child completes a puzzle so that they can go outside and play on the playground at school
True
What is the consequence in the following scenario:
The student with asthma is wheezing and coughing. The school nurse gives the child their inhaler.
The school nurse gives the child their inhaler.
True or False
All Behavior has a function
True
What's the function of the following behavior:
a child screaming and crying when asked to clean up a preferred activity
-Access
True or False
a consequence is always punishing
False
A consequence is what happens immediately following a behavior
Is the following positive reinforcement or negative reinforcement?
"If you eat all of your fruit you do not have to eat any vegetables today"
negative reinforcement
True or False
A consequence is whatever happens directly after a behavior
True