Verbal Behavior
Jeff says, "Give ball." What type of verbal operant is this?
Mand
What is pairing ? Provide an example.
Associating yourself with preferred activities to make your presence more reinforcing to the learner.
Every time the teacher asks Jonah to write his name he hits his teacher and sends him out of the classroom. He continues to hit her each time she asks. Hypothesize the function of the hitting behavior
Escape
What collecting data in the Passage Health app, data should be collected (a) in the moment/immediate or (b) delayed
In the moment/immediate
You ask a student to write their name on the line and they slap you in the face
Break their pencil in half
What is the consequence of a mand?
The specified reinforcer (e.g., in the question above, the ball)
How can you tell if an item was reinforcing?
The behavior increases
When John's parents are talking to each other, John flips the coffee table and his parent comes over to scold him. Hypothesize the function of the flipping behavior.
Attention
Who do you call out to when you're sick?
Your client lives on your way to school. The client has missed the bus so dad calls you because he knows you're heading that way anyways. What do you do?
Offer the client a ride!
What is the consequence of a tact?
Generalized conditioned reinforcement (GCR)
Name two types of preference assessments
MSWO
MSW
Paired Choice
Free Operant
Etc.
CO scripts mickey mouse club house throughout the day, in the presence of adults/peers and without the presence of adults/peers. Hypothesize the function.
Automatic/Sensory
When are session notes due?
Within 48 hours of your session ending
Your client's mom is really cool and wants to be friends on social media. She asks you for your instagram account name. What do you?
Give her your intsa so you can share funny ABA memes that apply to her child
Mikayla says "Cup" then RL says "Cup." What type of verbal operant is this?
Echoic
What is the difference between positive and negative reinforcement
Positive is adding an stimulus to the environment to increase a behavior and negative is taking a stimulus away to increase a behavior.
What is a functional analysis?
Experimental manipulation of the consequences of a behavior in different conditions to determine the function(s) of a behavior
Explain how to take A-B-C data
You're on a community outing with your client and your client begins to elope to Sephora. What do you do?
Agree that you should go to Sephora and explain to the parent they are having a sale.
What is typically the most important verbal operant to teach first for communication?
Mands
Explain and give an example of DRA
differential reinforcement of alternative behavior. Reinforce a replacement behavior and put the problem behavior on extinction (i.e., "Cookie please" is met with a cookie and screaming for cookie does not result in access to a cookie)
Analyze the possible function(s)
Setting Event: Playing on the playground with peers
(A) Teacher says it's time to line up & to go start math class
(B) Ryan elopes
(C) Teacher calls for help and walks the rest of class back to the classroom
Possible tangible (access to playground/peers) and escape (escape from math class)
You are working in a classroom and notice a teacher engaging in questionable behavior (e.g., repeated loud yelling) towards a student (not your client). What should you do?
Report to your supervisor and document the concern/what you saw.
You're working with a teacher who insists on sending a child out of the classroom when they're engaging in escape maintained maladaptive behavior.
Pull out your masters degree to let her know you know more than her.