Measurement
Johnny's RBT is tracking mands. Every time is client mands, he tracks it using clickers. Johnny is taking a _____ count.
What is frequency?
Bonus: Is this continuous or discontinuous measurement?
You give your client 5 minutes with the ipad after they successfully void on the toilet. Soon your client begins to void on the toilet more frequently. Your client's behavior is being...
What is positively reinforced?
Trever is a nonverbal client who has "mama" in is program as an echoic. The therapist begins reinforcing Trever whenever he responds "mmmmm." Once Trever consistently says "mmm," his therapist begins to only provide reinforcement when Trever says "Ma." The therapist is using this type of procedure.
What is shaping?
Ali engages in high rates of physical aggression. Ali's BCBA implements a program in which Ali only gets to watch the ipad if she goes 5 minutes without engaging in any physical aggression. During these 5 minutes, Ali can engage in any other behavior.
What is a DRO?
This schedule of reinforcement is the most effective when learning a new skill.
What is continuous reinforcement?
This type of measurement tracks a behavior every time it occurs. It is considered to be the most valid and preferred type of measurement.
What is continuous measurement?
Bonus: what are the types of continuous measurement?
You have a headache so you take some pain medicine. Your headache goes away. The next time you have a headache, you take that medication again. Your behavior is being...
What is negatively reinforced?
This is the process of teaching a client to differentiate between two or more stimuli.
What is discrimination training?
Kyle hits his therapist every time he wants her attention. The BCBA implements a program where Kyle can only access the therapist's attention when he states, "Excuse me."
What is a DRA?
Bonus: What is Functional Communication Training?
This type of reinforcement is most effective in maintaining a skill.
What is intermittent reinforcement?
Tommy is taking data on his client's tantrums. Based on the client's tantrum definition, Tommy starts a stopwatch once the behaviors begins and stops the stopwatch when the behavior ends. Tommy is taking this type of data.
What is duration?
Bonus: Is this continuous or discontinuous?
A mom yells at her kid for sneaking out of the house. The kid does not sneak out again. The kid's behavior is being....
What is positively punished?
Full Physical
Partial Physical
Model
Gesture
This order of prompting is referred to as...
What is most to least prompting?
Bonus: When should we use physical prompts?
Kyle hits his therapist every time he wants her attention. The BCBA implements a program where Kyle can only access the therapist's attention when gently taps her on the shoulder.
What is a DRI?
Joe must complete an average of 6 tasks before he can access reinforcement. He is on this schedule of reinforcement.
What is VR6?
Amanda is a teacher in a classroom with 30 students. Three student often get distracted and are off task. Amanda wants to get an idea of how often this behavior occurs, but cannot track every occurrence. Instead, she sets a timer for every 10 minutes. When her timer goes off, she checks whether or not the students are on task. Amanda is using this type of measurement.
What is momentary time sampling?
A child regularly gets into fights at school. Each time he gets into a fight, his parents ground him. Over time, he gets into less fights. His behavior is being...
What is negatively punished?
Jack is learning to identify a circle in an array of 6. His therapist places 5 white shapes and 1 bright red circle in an array. The therapist is using this type of prompting.
What is a stimulus prompt?
Bonus: How would we fade this?
Claire never raises her hand in class. Her teacher begins giving her a piece of bubble gum if she raises her hand two or more times in a day.
What is a DRH?
FI20 minutes
What is Fixed Interval of 20 minutes? (A client must work for exactly 20 minutes before accessing reinforcement)
Lacie's client has just begun toilet training. In order to determine a how often the client should be taken to the bathroom, the BCBA tells Lacie to measure the amount of time between the client's voids. Lacie will be using this type of measurement.
What is inter response time (IRT)?
A child is in line at the grocery story with her mom. She asks for a candy bar, and her mom says no. The child immediately begins screaming and crying. The mom then buys her a candy bar. The next time her mom says no to a candy bar, the child begins to throw another tantrum. The child's behavior is being...
What is positively reinforced?
Bonus: What is happening to the mom's behavior?
Cars, money, movies, stories, etc. - things whose reinforcing value is established through learned relations - are this type of reinforcement.
What is conditioned reinforcement?
Cam constantly raises his hand in class to a point where it is disruptive to the other students. His teacher begins to give him a sticker if he raises his hand 10 or less times during the school day.
What is a DRL?
Hunter must complete exactly 3 tasks before he can play in the gym. He is on this schedule of reinforcement.
What is FR3?