Differential Reinforcement
MO / Antecedents
Consequences
General ABA Topics
Client Specific Behaviors
100

Your client is engaging in stomping while whining, crying, and hitting the windows. You ask them to sit down away from the windows. What type of Differential Reinforcement is this?

Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible / DRI

100

You come up to a locked door, try the handle, can't get in, and walk away. The door is functioning as what kind of antecedent stimuli? 

Stimulus Delta

100

You approach an attractive individual in the library. You ask for their number and they tell you "I'm still in highschool". You immediately run, what type of consequence was this information on your flirting attempt?

Positive Punisher

100

Your client has been learning to count rocks in their room during DTT. When out in the clinic playing they begin to count the pieces of their puzzle. With respect to counting what ABA concept would we identify this as?

Response Generalization

100

A client approaches a crack, leaps into the air and exclaims "supa". Who is this client?

WoMa

200

Your client is only completing math problems at a rate of 5 questions / 1 minute. On one trial they respond with 7 questions / 1 minute. You provide them with extra chair spins (their favorite) as a reward.

Differential Reinforcement of Higher Rates / DRH

200

Following an all you can eat Rib Cook Off your friend texts you and suggests going out for all you can eat sushi. You gag. 

What kind of motivating operation had reduced your motivation for eating sushi?

Abolishing Operation

200

You have heard "six - seven!" for the past 3 months and the second you see the child most notorious for the phrase, you walk away. What kind of consequence would maintain walking away?

Negative Reinforcement

200

Your client (speech device wrapped around their shoulder) approaches you, hands you cards and says "YEEEEEEE". You withhold your response until they use their speech device to make the request. What kind of training are you engaging in during this instance? 

Functional Communication Training 

200

You have been a part of a rave for the past 15 laps around the clinic while being serenaded by a lovely "BZ BZ BZ BZ". Who is your client?

ShSk

300

A 3 year walks into the kitchen and starts flawlessly singing "Anaconda" by Nicki Minaj, while making eye contact with you. The parent ignores them. The child walks away and 3 minutes later returns singing "Hiss" by Megan the Stallion, the parent turns and attends to the child saying "this kid knows what's up". Your child sings "Hiss" from here on out. 

Differential Reinforcement of Alternative (DRA)

300

You walk into your house and the smell of hot fresh cookies is intoxicating. You walk into the kitchen see the plate full of cookies. Hungry, you walk over and take a cookie as your parent or partner is not around to stop you. 

The open cookies and lack of a guard serves as what kind of an antecedent?

Discriminative Stimulus (SD)

300

During assessment, you invite the parents of a client to re - enter the clinic space. The client locks eyes with their parents, throws a nearby chair, and you ask the parents to leave the area. The child no longer throws chairs when his parents enter. What kind of consequence is this?

Negative Punishment 

300

You are teaching a client how to make the perfect Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich. Given your client's short attention span, you only have them complete the last step of placing the pieces of jam and peanut bread together. What type of teaching procedure are you using? 

Backwards Chaining 

300

Your client wants a bite of your food, you gesture to their speech device and they loudly yell "No!" while looking away from the device that would mediate them getting food. 

FrAn

400

Your partner keeps chewing with their mouth open and its disgusting. They start telling bad jokes instead of eating and you laugh at every one. Instead of eating your partner keeps telling bad jokes.

Differential Reinforcement of Other (DRO)

400

You haven't flirted with a baddie in at least 1 calendar month. Your DMs are dry and your last message was from your mom asking if are coming home for the holiday. Your motivation for sending a text to your ex increases dramatically. 

Not flirting for 1 month is serving as a __________ for making bad text decisions. 

Establishing Operation 

400

Your friend keeps knocking items off of the table like a cat. You tell them "Can you stop?" but they simply keep doing it. 

You asking them to stop is functioning as _______? 

Positive Reinforcement 

400

You are a high end opera performer. You can hold a high note for 45 seconds. What measure would be used to track if you can hold the note for the entire 45 seconds?

Whole interval Recording

400

You are asked how your day was and before you can respond the client let's you know "I'm doing good". While on your bathroom break they ask if you are pregnant despite you being a male. 

HeWa

500

A child says "can I have a break?". You say "of course, take a break". The client says "thank you" drops to the floor and begins kicking a wall while screaming. 

The next time you do a DTT task the client says "Can I have a break?" and you respond with "A drawing break or a bathroom break?" 

What Differential Reinforcement strategy are you attempting?

Differential Reinforcement of Alternative 

500

You are trying to rizz up some locals while on vacation and suddenly your little sibling comes over to completely ruin the vibe. Your siblings presence decreases the likelihood of your continued rizz attempts. 

What is your sibling acting as?

Abolishing Operation (CMO - R)

500

A teenage client who has limited social skills is paired with a provider of the opposite gender. Spontaneously, they begin engaging in self-injury. The RBT asks "Are you okay?". The client responds "I'm fine" but hits themselves every minute. 

When they are with someone of the same gender they do not engage in self - injury. 

Provider's attention of the opposite gender following SIB function as what with respect to SIB?

Positive Reinforcer 

500

Every two weeks you are given dollar bills as a result of you coming into work. Being provided with these bills maintains your behavior of coming in to work and staying throughout the day despite the bills serving no immediate reinforcing value. What Reinforcement system is your employer using to maintain your behavior?

Token Economy

500

Despite having beaten them the previous 5 times at the games "Dragon's Lair" your client confidently looks at you and informs you "you're cooked". Who is your client? 

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