Verbal Operants
Name the verbal operant that occurs when the speaker repeats the verbal behavior of another speaker
Echoic
This type of reinforcement involves adding something desirable after a behavior, increasing the likelihood it will occur again.
Positive Reinforcement
A simple tally of the number of times a behavior occurs
Frequency
What assessment presents two stimuli at the same time?
Paired Choice
What does ABA stand for?
Applied Behavior Analysis
Answering fill-in statements is an example of this verbal operan
Intraverbal
A behavior reinforced after an average number of responses, like a slot machine, follows this schedule.
Variable Ratio
A measure of the total extent of time a behavior occurs
Duration
This assessment presents one stimulus at a time.
Single Choice
This term signals that reinforcement is available
Discriminative Stimulus (SD)
This verbal operant occurs when the speaker labels a stimulus present in the environment
Tacting
This type of reinforcement increases behavior by removing an aversive stimulus—like putting on headphones to stop loud noise.
Negative reinforcement
This schedule of reinforcement requires a fixed number of responses before reinforcement is delivered
Fixed Ratio
This assessment presents 3 or more stimuli at one time and items not chosen are replaced with new item
Multiple Stimulus with Replacement
What is the name of the event at the end of the week where transition schedules are lessened and demands are naturalistic?
FUN FRIDAY
A request for something
Mand
Behaviors on this schedule are reinforced after a set number of responses, often producing a high rate of responding with a post-reinforcement pause.
Fixed Ratio
What term describes a behavior that suddenly reoccurs after being extinguished?
Extinction Burst
This assessment presents 3 or more stimuli at one time and any items not chosen are rearranged before the next trial begins
Multiple Stimulus without Replacement
Who is our Regional Director?
Ashley
"Touch your head" is an example of
Listener Responding
Checking email is often reinforced on this schedule, where the first response after an unpredictable amount of time is reinforced.
Variable Interval
This term describes reinforcing successive approximations of a behavior.
Shaping
This type of preference assessment allows for the client to select any item from the environment
Free operant
What is the LAC mission statement?
The mission at Lighthouse Autism Center is simple: to bring the highest-quality ABA therapy services to the 1 in 31 children in our communities with autism.