Behaven General
Reinforcement
Terms
Acronyms
Misc
100

The first thing you should do when you arrive to work.

Clock in

100

___ reinforcement is when a stimulus is added to increase the likelihood that the behavior will occur again.

Positive 

100

When a child walks around labeling items: car, table, book, etc.

Tact 

100

BIP stands for

Behavior intervention plan 


100

What happens before a behavior

Antecedent 

200

One thing you can't wear to work.

open toed shoes, ripped jeans, a non behaven shirt

200

___ reinforcement is when a stimulus is removed so the behavior will increase. 

Negative 

200

A child asks you for one more minute of ipad time.

Mand 

200

R+ stands for

Positive reinforcement 

200

You start with full physical and end with a gesture. 

Most to least prompting 

300

When you are feeling sick or going to be late, the amount of notice you are expected to give.

2 hours minimum

300

When you don't want a child to pick their nose so you reinforce them for their hands in their pockets.

DRI - this is incompatible 

300

The RBT states "twinkle twinkle little __", is an example of

Intraverbal

300

DTT stands for

Discrete trial training 

300

You start with a gesture and end with full physical prompting

Least to most prompting hierarchy 

400

If you are going on vacation in 3 weeks and need time off, where do you submit the form?

Paylocity time off request 

400

The behavior for reduction is biting, so you reinforce when the child is playing with cars.

DRO - Its an "other" behavior, because they could still bite you and it is not an alternative to biting. 

400

You are breaking a skill down into smaller, more manageable steps.

Task analysis 

400

IRT stands for

inter response time

(duration between two consecutive responses or behaviors) 

400

When a program is unclear, you should

Reach out to the bcba 

500

If you need time off and it is in four days, where you put your request in.

Call out form in Teams

500

You are withholding reinforcement for a previously reinforced behavior.

Extinction 

500

This is the amount of time it takes from the demand being placed to the start of the behavior 

Latency 

500

SD stands for 

Discriminative Stimulus 

500

When the behavior is maintained over time and is no longer in acquisition. 

Maintenance 

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