What increases or decreases the value of a consequence?
Motivating operation
Increasing the likelihood that a behavior will occur in the future.
Reinforcement
Kayla has received attention from her mother in the past each time she engaged in screaming behavior. Her mother no longer provides attention contingent on screaming. Kayla's screaming behavior eventually stops because her behavior of screaming is no longer being reinforced.
Extinction
Having two different relationships with one client
Multiple relationship
Count of behavior per unit of time
Rate
Johnny completes his math homework after school and immediately his mother gives him ice cream as a reward. In the future, Johnny completes his math homework right after school.
Positive Reinforcement
Schedule of reinforcement that is used when first teaching a skill
Continuous, FR1, CRF
A clear, understandable description of what's to be observed and measured, such that different people taking or interpreting data will do so consistently
Which sentence describes Sally's behavior objectively:
Sally was cranky when her brother hit her 2 times with an open hand.
Sally wanted to have things go her way.
Sally cried for 7 minutes while laying on the floor because her brother hit her.
Sally cried for 7 minutes while laying on the floor because her brother hit her.
Some dimension of the behavior is recorded each time occurs.
Continuous measurement
Sam is given a plate of vegetables to eat with his dinner. Sam screams and immediately his mother takes the plate of vegetables away. When Sam is given a plate of vegetables in the future, he screams.
Negative Reinforcement
Target behavior continues to occur in relevant situations after trainings
Maintenance
Michael engages in dangerous eloping behavior. He is given social praise when he is sitting down. Which differential reinforcement procedure is used?
(DRA, DRI, DRO, DRL, DRH)
DRI
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior
You record how long it takes from when you say "Clean up" to when your client actually begins the process of cleaning up. What are you tracking?
Latency
Sensory, Escape, Attention, and Tangible
The 4 functions of behavior
At school, Ben is working on taking deep breaths when he gets upset. He has now started taking deep breaths when he gets upset at home.
Generalization
Escape
Scoring an interval if the behavior happens FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME during the interval
Partial Interval Recording
Identify the antecedent and consequence of Max's whining behavior in this scenario:
Max is hungry when he wakes up. Max walks to the kitchen and tries getting some candies out of the cupboard. His mom says "No candy right now" and takes them from him. He begins to whine and stomp his feet. His mom tells him "Eat your cereal. You can have candy at lunch time."
Antecedent: Being told "no", Item removed
Consequence: Withheld item, Given "first-then" contingency
Ms. Wiley gives homework every day; however, yesterday, each student turned their homework in on time so Ms. Wiley does not give homework today. Students are now turning their homework in more frequently.
Negative Reinforcement
What are the 4 functions of behavior?
Sensory
Escape
Attention
Tangible
Calculate the frequency of throwing and the duration of kicking:
Carmen asks Frank to sit down at the table at 5:01. Frank drops to the ground and kicks his feet for 2 minutes. He sits up and throws 2 blocks at Carmen. Frank cries for 10 more minutes, then starts crawling over to the table. He finally sits down at the table at 5:14.
Kicking: 2 minutes