Antecedents
An antecedent is?
An event that occurs immediately before a behavior. Can include environmental variables, activities, etc.
What a behavior looks like is called?
Topography
A consequence is:
An event immediately following a behavior
Sam is at the store with her mother and sees a toy she wants. When her mom says she won't buy it, Sam begins to tantrum. Her mom then buys the toy for her.
The most likely function of her tantruming is:
Denied access
When you point at a stimulus to get a student to respond, it's called a _______ prompt.
gesture
something that helps transitions go smoother
visuals; transition item
Behaviors must be _____ and _______
objective and measurable
Ben hit his brother after dinner and his mother had him take a time out in his bedroom. He hit his brother again the next morning following breakfast and received the same consequence. This behavior begins to happen more frequently following meals at home. Not only is the time out procedure ineffective, it may be serving as a:
Reinforcer
A child is consistently reprimanded after swearing, swearing continues to increase. The probable function of swearing is:
attention
The hardest prompt to fade to independence is:
Verbal prompt
Karen is at lunch in the cafeteria. She sees a bunch of girls sitting at a table, and she goes over to join them. The girls say "hi" when she sits down.
What is the antecedent?
seeing an available seat
The four functions of behavior are
escape, attention, sensory, denied access
The consequence that is likely motivating a student to bolt down the hallway and continue to look back at his staff is:
attention
I have a headache and took a advil, my headache went away and now I always take advil when I have a headache. The probable function of taking advil is:
Escape
This prompt hierarchy is:
Independent
Gesture
Light Physical
Manual guidance
Least to Most
A specific antecedent that you program to cue a desired response during discrete trial training is?
Joe engages in non-compliance throughout his day. The best measure of this behavior is?
duration
Every time I go to the beach, I put on sunblock to avoid getting a sunburn. This is an example of:
negative reinforcement
I bite my fingernails. I do this across all environments and situations. The probable function of chewing my fingernails is:
sensory; automatic reinforcement
When a student continues to error at a certain prompt level, you should:
move to the next most intrusive prompt to reduce erroring
Sam's Mother has broken up with her boyfriend over the weekend. Sam really liked his mother's boyfriend. Sam arrives a school on Monday morning and pushes a peer while waiting in line to return a library book. The antecedent to the behavior of pushing a peer in the example is?
Waiting in line
Sarah engages in instances of aggression throughout her day. She also sometimes engages in tantruming, which includes crying and aggression. What are the best ways to measure these behaviors?
aggression- frequency
tantrum- duration
At the end of every period, Tara's high school teacher reviews her checklist with her. If she gets all of her checks, she gets a break of her choice. If she gets an "X" for anything, Tara has to write what she can do differently next time to earn a check. The next time, Tara gets all checks.
The procedure of having her write what she needs to do differently to earn all checks that decreases her problem behavior is?
Positive punishment
Public speaking makes me anxious. When I have to give a presentation I typically speak very quickly. The probable function of speaking very quickly is:
Escape
If a student does not respond to response prompts, what is another type of prompting to test?
stimulus prompts