Reinforcement and Punishement
Bob sits for duration of reading time and Phil gives Bob a high five which increases Bob's behavior of sitting during reading time, this is an example of what type of contingency?
Postive Reinforcement
______________ occurs when an intervention is removed, but the client continues to demonstrate the skill.
A. Maintenance
B. Response latency
C. Generalization across stimuli
D. Behavior modification
A.
D's mom mentioned that D didn't sleep well the night before. What do you do?
Ask dad follow up question(s) (e.g. what time did he wake up?)
Share information received from dad in team chat
Slow down your rate of running goals, focus on keeping D in HRE
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What are the four functions of behavior?
attention, tangible, sensory/automatic, escape
When a stimulus is REMOVED from the environment, and the behavior of interest INCREASES OVER TIME, this is referred to as what type of operant contingency?
Negative Reinforcement
What type of data collection is being using by measuring the time between a SD and the onset of a target response?
latency
The staff member working with J. is talking with a coworker about their weekend. J. throws an object at the wall while looking at the staff member. What would be an appropriate response to J.
A. Have J. pick up the toy and put it away.
B. Ask J. why did you do that?
C. Prompt J. to sign all done since he was all done with the toy.
D. Prompt J. to tap your arm to gain your attention.
D. Prompt J. to tap your arm to gain your attention.
During transition time Fred tell the next therapist that L. hit a peer when they were super loud. What could Fred have done differently?
Not speak about L.'s behavior in front of him.
Put behavior information in the team chat.
A boy looks up at the sky and sees a bird. He says, "A bird!"
What type of verbal operant the boy's vocalization ("a bird") most likely an example of?
tact
Removing a token from a token board is an example of what type of contingency?
A. Positive Reinforcement
B. Negative Reinforcement
C. Positive Punishment
D. Negative Punishement
D. Negative Punishement
In an FR5 schedule of reinforcement, the reinforcer would be provided:
A. Every 5 minutes
B. Every 3-7 minutes
C. Every 5 occurrences of the behavior
D. Every 3-7 occurrences of the behavior
C. Every 5 occurrences of the behavior
O. leaves his room and runs ahead to gym. According to the BIP what consequence procedures do we follow?
A. Prompt functional communication response to run ahead
B.Tell O. you need to hold my hand
C. Take O. back to his room then tell him to walk to the gym.
D. Briefly tell O. why it was not safe to run ahead (e.g. I could't see you to make sure you were safe)
A and D
Josie is an RBT. Which of the following exemplifies a dual relationship that she must avoid?
A. Attending a company-wide event on a Friday night with other RBTs, BCBAs, and the clinic director
B. Holding a therapy session during her client’s house to support them through individualized treatment plan goals.
C. Following her client’s sister and mom on Instagram
D. All of the above
C.
What does LRFFC stand for?
Listener Responding, function, feature, class
Aly doesn’t like brushing her teeth and has to get two cavities filled at the dentist. Afterwards, Aly begins to brush her teeth and floss consistently because she doesn’t like having cavities filled. This is an example of what contingency?
Negative Reinforcement
You taught your client to label a refrigerator on a 2D picture card. The next day, your client’s mother informs you that he has been pointing to refrigerator in their kitchen and saying “refrigerator!” What does this demonstrate?
A. Maintenance
B. Generalization
C. Shaping
D. Behavior modification
B.
F. engages in SIB, hitting his head against the wall. What is our immediate response.
A. If SIB is following presentation of a directive (function is escape), continue to present directive until he does it.
B. Immediately find a blocking pad to place between F.'s head and the wall.
C. If function is escape, prompt mand for escape with all done visual. Get F. back to HRE then once in HRE for 3 minutes represent SD.
D. If function is access, prompt a mand for access (e.g. staff models a point to the object and F. points to the object to gain access.
B, C, and D
How might an RBT communicate with their client’s parents professionally and within their scope of practice?
A. Suggesting the family try alternative treatments
B. Empathetically listening to the parents' concerns and encourage them to bring these up to the BCBA
C. Recommending the parents try a new strategy to reduce their child’s behavior
D. Telling the parents they’re doing everything wrong
B.
Joe says "do this" while tapping his head when SD is "touch your head", what did Joe do wrong?
He presented an imitation trial and not the intended a listener responding trial.
Name a minimum of two side effects of using punishment?
emotional or aggressive responding
undesirable modeling
negative reinforcement of the person doing the punishment if the undesirable behavior reduces- encourages the continued use of punishment rather than teaching functional alternatives
behavioral contrast
Your client is working on a multiple-step household chore. Your BCBA instructs you to teach this skill using a chaining procedure. The chore consists of 7 steps. At baseline, your learner can do 5 out of the 7 steps independently. Which type of chaining procedure would you use?
A. Forward
B. Total task
C. Backward
D. Any of the above would be appropriate
B. Total Task
Explain how to run O's answering different novel rotating wh questions.
must include an example wh question and how and when prompting occurs
What is the U.S. dollar limit on the value of a gift you can receive from a client or their family?
$10
Name a minimum of two things you need to do before presenting a token board program with a patient.
Find something the learning is motivated by (establish motivation)
Clear environment of distractors
Ask learner to come sit at the table
Make a plan of what you would like to target when running the token board
Check program instructions to follow procedure and know when you are going to reinforce with the token. (aka find reinforcement schedule)