ABA Terminology
Anything observable and measurable that a living organism does.
What is a Behavior
What are the two types of interval recording?
What are whole interval recording and partial interval recording
What operant is this? Your client comes up to you and says “I’m Thirsty” you say “thanks for telling me here is your water”
What is a Mand
What are the different types of reinforcement in ABA
What are positive and negative reinforcement
This consequence increases the future likelihood of behavior
What is Reinforcement
Data taken that documents the Antecedent, the Behavior, and the Consequence
What is ABC data
What are the types of time based data collection?
What are Duration, Latency, and Time Sampling
Your client says “ewww I smell coffee” What operant is that
What is a tact
What type of reinforcement is it when a stimulus is removed to increase a behavior.
What is Negative reinforcement
This procedure involves reinforcing gradual changes in behavior.
What is shaping
Breaking down a complex skill into multiple smaller steps
What is a Task analysis
Soiled underwear, correct answers on a test and holes in a wall are all examples of what type of data collection
What is permanent product recording
What verbal operant is it when someone is carrying on a conversation with someone
What is an Interverbal
what are the four types of reinforcement schedules
You’re about to start a session with a client. What do you need to do to be sure you’re ready to have a successful session?
Full physical, Partial physical, Modeling, Gestural, Verbal
What is prompting hierarchy
You tell your client “Get to work” your client responds with sticking her tongue out and says “Get to work”
What is an Echoic
Giving a child praise, giving a child a token and giving a child a toy to increase an appropriate behavior are all examples of
What is Positive Reinforcement
What occurs before the behavior?
What is the Antecedent
Reinforcing a specific behavior while ignoring others
What is Differential Reinforcement
How long it takes a child to go to bed after being told to do so its what type of data collection?
What is Latency
What is the only operant that directly serves the speaker?
What is a Mand
Your client earned all his reinforcement tallies but asks for a break during his time for reinforcement. You honor the break. He then says he is done with his break. What do you do?
What is offer his reinforcement for the remainder of the time
You work with a client three hours per day. During those hours, your client consistently engages in verbal stereotypy. Your BCBA wants to implement a differential reinforcement procedure. She instructs you to reinforce the client whenever they are not engaged in verbal stereotypy. What type of differential reinforcement is this?
What is a DRO