Measurement
What are the four basic schedules of reinforcement?
fixed ratio, fixed interval, variable ratio, variable interval
What does the A, B, C, stand for in the three term contingency?
Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence
Provide an example of teaching a mand in the natural environment?
You are playing with the farm animals, and you begin to play with your patient's favorite animal. You withhold the animal until patient emits the appropriate mand.
Refrain from saying "hi" unless they initiate the interaction to maintain patient confidentiality
Breaking a complex skill into smaller teaching units, is called what?
Chaining/task analysis
What are the discontinuous measurements of behavior?
Whole interval, partial interval, momentary time sampling
It is time to conduct DTT with Gretchen, but she doesn't appear to be motivated for any of her toys. What should the BT do?
Run a preference assessment!
Teach a skill across multiple environments, people and with different stimuli is called...
generalization
What is one way you maintain client dignity during session?
Making sure their pants are pulled up, privacy in the bathroom, helping them blow their nose or keeping their appearance.
Describe a simple example of shaping the word "car"
Reinforce any vocalization, reinforce only "Ca...", withhold R+ for "Ca..." and only reinforce "Carrrr"
What is another way of saying a "fixed ratio of one" schedule of reinforcement?
Continuous reinforcement
What is one type of preference assessment and how would you run it?
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Define postive reinforcement?
The addition of a stimulus contingent on a behavior to increase the behavior will occur under similar conditions in the future.
Novel behavior, increase in behavior severity, etc.
What is wrong with this statement: The patient was sad and began to tantrum for long time, but he calmed down when I gave him his tablet.
Subjective language; what is sad? What is calm? what does it look like?
Not measurable: What is a long time?
latency
Name each type of preference assessment.
single stimulus, forced choice (paired), free operant, MSWR, MSWOR
What kind of punishment/reinforcement is the following scenario:
Recently, Jojo put blackout curtains up in her room and sleeps throughout the night. Jojo keeps the curtains up.
Negative Reinforcement - removing the light for better sleep. Increases the chances of using the curtains in the future.
5% of hours
Gretchen gives Kayla coffee every time she cries at work to calm her down. What is most likely the function of the behavior?
Access to tangibles
the length in time from the onset of the behavior to the absence of behavior.
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Kayla sings loudly to get the attention. To reduce singing, her BT ignores all loud singing and only gives attention when she taps on their shoulder. What procedure is being used?
Differential reinforcement of alternative behavior
a dual relationship
Mand, tact, echoic, listener responding, VPMTS, motor imitation, intraverbal