Comp questions 1
The principle of an elementary school hired an outside agency to provide some special education services. The agency has a speech pathologist, occupational therapist and a physical therapist. The school and agency met together to review the clients and discuss how many hours each client will need each week. Which section of the behavior analyst ethical code should the principle have followed first?
None. The principle is not a BCBA.
Jane is a tenure BCBA of 10 years. She was assigned a client from a previous BCBA and began reaching out to the technician immediately to discuss new treatment plan options. The technician and BCBA agreed on a new protocol. This new protocol is SBT and the BCBA feels confident with this new intervention. What did the BCBA forget to do first?
Gain informed consent from caregivers.
Bonus: What are the 3 parts of an informed consent?
Phillip is a 10 year old boy who needs a lot of sensory output. Phillip is nonvocal and loves tickling and hand squeezes. Phillip's way to ask for these squeezes it to pinch the technician. Phillip's BCBA wants to implement a DR procedure that focuses on Phillip's manding for attention. The BCBA provided a picture that says "I want squeeze". The technician must prompt Phillip to touch the picture after Phillip pinches. When Phillip successfully touches the picture, the technician provides the squeezes. What DR procedure did the BCBA implement?
DRA or DRC
Bonus: what two behavioral principles are being used?
My family and I went to the movies on Thanksgiving. As we drove to the theater I immediately wanted popcorn. In relation to the popcorn and theater, what happened?
Stimulus-stimulus pairing
When I watch Grey's Anatomy at my house I always use a specific blanket. One day, I was at a friend's house and we started to watch Grey's Anatomy. I immediately reached for the specific blanket, but realized it wasn't available since I wasn't home. Grey's Anatomy would be considered an ______?
CMO-S
Bonus: Why?
Hei Hei, a BCBA for an in-home agency wants to starts thinning a schedule of reinforcement for manding. She wants to ensure there is no post reinforcement pause and the learner responds consistently and at a steady rate. Which schedule of reinforcement should she use?
Variable ratio (VR)
Effective
Bonus: Which dimension did the supervisor apply?
Grumpy, a BCBA for a school district, has a new student who is extremely aggressive when he needs to transition off of any electronic. Grumpy begins by teaching a communicative response (more time) when the student starts to show agitation (grimaces face, closed fist) when Grumpy comes close to the electronic. Grumpy slowly decreases the distance before prompting the communicative response. The student now tolerates Grumpy walking up to the electronic and holding her hand out. What intervention did Grumpy use?
Functional Communication Training
Bonus: Why?
Annie, an 8 year old girl, loves to sing...really loud. It is extremely disruptive to her peers and the staff. One day, for every minute Annie did not sing, a staff member gave her a cheeto puff. Annie's singing stopped completely. What DR procedure did the staff use?
DRO
Bonus: are there any behavioral principles being applied here?
Extra Bonus: Was this an appropriate intervention for this learner?
Taylor Swift finished her ERAs Tour and her throat was sore. Taylor drank some hot tea with lemon and honey. The next day her sore throat was gone. The next time Taylor had a sore throat, she drank the same hot tea mixture. Which behavioral principle applies here?
Negative Reinforcement
Becca does not like the cold weather. Becca ensures the app notifies her when the weather will be below 50 degrees. This morning the app notified her that there will be a 65% chance of snow and 33 degrees. Becca makes sure to grab a deicer for her windshield and snow boots before leaving for work. In regards to the notification, what would this be considered as?
MO -- CMO-R
Bonus: Name the SD
A BCBA has a client with severe aggression. He cannot last more than 1 minute before aggressing toward others. The BCBA wants to teach the learner how to ask for attention without aggressing, but the severity and frequency of the behavior is happening too often to teach at this time. What is the BCBA's next course of action?
DRO
Bonus: Why
Extra bonus: what interval schedule
I was working on tonight's review questions and my computer was dragging a little bit. After about 10 minutes of struggling with my computer, I pressed refresh on my web browser. That did not help. I started looking for other ways to fix my computer and then I saw a yellow light stating my computer needed an update. I pressed update and afterwards, my computer was fine. In relation to the yellow light, what was this? How did this affect my behavior?
CMO-T
evocative affect
Bonus: what was the SD?
Sam, a 10 year old non-vocal learner, is using PECS to communicate. At this time, he can ask for things fluently without prompts but the items must be within sight. What should be the next step for the BCBA to teach? Name an intervention to teach it.
Manding for missing items; shaping
bonus: within or across
Cooper and James are both behavior technicians and their learner loves them both. Cooper is seeing more challenging behavior than James lately and reaches out the BCBA for help. The BCBA supervised both technicians and noticed that Cooper is less playful than James. The BCBA identified the issue and gave that feedback to Cooper. Which assumption did the BCBA use?
Parsimony (right answer) or Empiricism (will accept)
Bonus: Why?
Every new year's eve, my family and I order chinese food to watch the ball drop. I relocated to Texas (away from all family). On New Year's Eve at 11:30pm, I really wanted chinese food. I convinced my husband to order (and go pick up) chinese food before the ball dropped. New Year's Eve and chinese food are what? Tell me how it occurred?
Paired - stimulus - stimulus pairing
Brooke loves ice cream. When she was little every time she heard the ice cream truck song she asked for ice cream. One day, I was listening to the radio and the ice cream truck song was in the background. I went to the closest grocery store and bought ice cream. The ice cream truck song was what?
CMO-S
Bonus - Name the SD
My learner loves earning money, so I have created a money bank system for him to earn money every day at bedtime. The money bank is effective because the learner is consistently earning the maximum amount every day. The money is considered to be an?
GCR
Cleo is a vocal child who loves to swing. The therapist noticed how much she loves to swing, so before every task the technician states "first token, then swing". After about 2 weeks of using this intervention, Cleo no longer loves to swing and will not earn tokens. What did the technician use?
Premack Principle
Bonus: what should the technician do next?
Brooke loves ice cream. When she was little every time she heard the ice cream truck song she asked for ice cream. The ice cream truck song was what?
CMO-R
Jackson is playing soccer with his friends and decided to not stretch beforehand. After about 10 minutes of playing, he feels an awful pain in his quad and had to sit out the rest of the game. From that day on, Jackson stretched before playing. What principle was applied here to him stretching?
Negative Reinforcement
Landon is a BCBA who is working with a child who excessively tries to gain attention from his peers. His peers are extremely irritated and no longer want to play with him. Landon would love to decrease this behavior but not eliminate it. Landon collected baseline and the learner gains attention every 2 minutes or so. What intervention should Landon use?
DRL
Ria is a learner who does not like playing with other people. She will push them away when they get to close. Her BCBA wants to increase her social interactions by slowly increasing the length of time the peer is playing by her side. The BCBA allows Ria to leave the area as soon as the amount of time as long as she does not push the peers away. What intervention did the BCBA choose to use?
DNRO
Jason is a behavior technician who has extensive experience with children on the spectrum. He is looking into a master program in behavioral analysis but hasn't made his decision. One of his clients is graduating today and he is attending the ceremony. At the ceremony the parents get him a $50 Amazon gift card. What ethical code violation did Jason break?
None, he isn't a BCBA or RBT
I just ran a mile long pathway and my water bottle is in my locked car. I locked my keys in my car. I grabbed my cell phone to call 911 to have them help me with my locked car. The cell phone in this scenario is?
CMO-T
Bonus: Name the SD