ABA Terminology
If you give a client a sticker for sharing, and they share more often, the sticker acts as this.
What is Reinforcement?
When we record what is happening before, during, and after a behavior, we are collecting this kind of data.
What is ABC data.
How long it takes for someone to start following an instruction after you give the instruction is called ____.
What is Latency.
Keeping client information private, like their name and their diagnosis is called maintaining ______.
What is confidentality.
When a client cries because they want a toy, what is the likely function of their crying?
What is access to tangibles
A common ABA procedure where a token, like a coin or a sticker, is given immediately after a desired behavior and can be exchanged later for a larger reward. What is it?
What is Token Economy
When you show a child two toys and see which one they choose, you are doing this kind of assessment to find out what they like.
What is preference assessment.
When you write down every time a behavior happens, you are collecting what kind of data?
What is Frequency.
A BT should avoid being a client’s therapist and their babysitter to prevent this ethical issue.
What is Dual Relationship
When a client hits another client outside and gets brought back inside, what might be the function of that behavior?
What is escape
Teaching a complex skill like tying shoes, breaking each step down is called a _______.
What is a task analysis?
This principle is known as “first, then” where a less preferred activity must be completed before a highly preferred activity is allowed
What is premack principle. (first then)
If a behavior happens so quickly that it is hard to count every single time, we might measure how long it lasts. What is this called?
What is duration
When a client might not be able to give full formal consent, but they show their willingness to particpate or agree to a program by smiling and engaging, this is known as giving their _______.
What is assent.
Someone might repeatedly tap their foot on the floor because it feels good or is calming. What is this function often called.
What is sensory.
A child learns to share toys at school, and then starts sharing toys at home without being taught to do so at home. This is an example of ______.
What is generalization?
What is it called when a BT gives a client several easy, known instructions they are likely to follow, right before giving a more difficult or less preferred instruction.
What is behavioral momentum.
Gradually reducing the amount of help or prompts you give a client as they new a new skills is called prompt _____.
What is fading.
When a BT gives a new client fun toys, and lots of praise, without placing demands, they are doing this to become a positive part of the client’s session. Is called.
What is pairing
What are the four functions of behavior?
What is Sensory, Escape, Attention, and Tangible
What is the term for a specific instruction that tells the client it’s time to perform a certain behavior?
What is SD.
When you say “What is it?” while holding up a picture of a car and the client states “Car”. they are demonstrating this type of skill.
What is expressive identification.
When you say “Touch the car” and the client points to the picture of the car, they are demonstrating this type of skill.
Receptive Identification
When you collect data, it’s important that your data is always ____, meaning it truly represents what happened.
What is accurate.
If a person says something rude and gets a reaction (even if negative) from others. What is this function called?
What is attention.