Reinforcement
Differential Reinforcement
Functions of Behaviors
Basic concepts
Measurement
100

Client complied with instruction, RBT provided tickles and said WAY TO GO! 

Positive reinforcement 

100

What is Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)?

A type of differential reinforcement where reinforcement is provided for the absence of a target behavior over a specific time.

100

What are the functions of behaviors? 

Automatic, Escape, Attention, Access 

100
what is discrimination training 

You show a red card (SD) and say, “Touch red.” The child touches it and gets praise (reinforcement).

100

I want you to collect every instance a kid gets the correct answer which type of measurement do I want you to use? 

Frequency/ event recording 

200

This child does not like slime, but to get him to attend we put his finger in slime in order to increase his attending behavior 

Negative Reinforcement 

200

A child is flapping his arms in the hallway while transitioning and the RBT tells them to put their hands in their pocket 

DRI 

200

A child throws their toys whenever the teacher stops paying attention to them. The teacher implements planned ignoring and reinforces appropriate bids for attention.

Attention 

200

What is NET

Role play NET with your team 

200

Which one is not a continuous measurement: 

latency, IRT, partial interval, frequency, duration 

Partial interval 

300

Rebecca is picking her nose and we have her wash her hands 10x in a row to decrease nose picking 

Positive Punishment 

300

A teacher gives a child a sticker for raising their hand instead of calling out, while ignoring the calling-out behavior.

DRA

300

A student frequently runs out of the classroom during difficult tasks. The teacher allows scheduled breaks when the student requests them appropriately

Escape 

300

A child learns to say "hello" only when their teacher prompts them, but over time, the teacher fades the prompt until the child says "hello" independently when seeing someone.

Stimulus control transfer 

300

A child screams the entire interval all of the time and you are tracking it every 30 minutes 

Whole interval 

400

Daniel likes spin chair and while on spin chair he spits. Spin chair was removed immediately after behavior occurred  

Negative Punishment 

400

A student engages in screaming during class. The teacher sets a timer, and if the student does not scream during the interval, they earn a token.

DRO

400

A child screams in the grocery store when they don’t get a candy bar. The parent remains neutral, does not provide the candy, and reinforces calm behavior.

Access 
400

what is shaping 

A process where reinforcement is provided for closer and closer approximations to the desired behavior.

400

You count all of the holes in the wall at the end of the day to see how many things went wrong in the session

Permanent product 

500

A child touches a hot stove and immediately pulls their hand away, making them less likely to touch it again in the future.

  • Positive Punishment → The child receives a painful burn (an aversive stimulus is added), decreasing future behavior.
  • Negative Reinforcement → The child pulls their hand away, escaping the painful heat (an aversive stimulus is removed), increasing escape behavior.
500

  Name at least 6 of the Differential reinforcements 

DRI, DRO, DRA, DRD, DRH, DRL 

500

A child frequently engages in flopping to the floor when given non-preferred instructions. The therapist provides escape only when the child follows directions appropriately.

Escape 

500

which task analysis is this 

Im teaching all of the steps as needed 

total task 

500

RBT was running a program and did not provide any reinforcement for any response, what kind of data was the RBT collecting 

Baseline data 

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