Section A
Kelly is new to working with Frank. Kelly wanted to increase her ability to gain his attention. She started showing him video clips of his favorite movies, and it did increase his attention to the speaker. Frank’s increase in attention is best described by which scientific principle?
A. Parsimony
B. Empirical
C. Behavioral
D. Experimentation
Experimentation
This scenario best exemplifies the experimental qualities of trying something new and seeing if it creates the desired behavior change.
Erin, a teacher in a local Head Start program, closely follows the principles of Incidental Teaching. One principle she follows involves placing high-interest items out of the children's reach. She does this in order to promote:
A. teacher control of materials to ensure student safety
B. manding
C. tacting
D. discriminative stimuli
Manding!
One of the cornerstones of Incidental Teaching is setting up the environment to encourage child-initiated conversations and activities by placing highly preferred items out of reach, but not out of sight. This requires the child to initiate an interaction by manding (demanding the item). Mands are under the control of motivational operations.
Sven developed a plan for a client about 2 weeks ago. Since then, the intervention has been implemented by an RBT. Sven wants to know how effective the plan has been so far in increasing an alternate behavior. His BEST way of determining this is:
A. to interview the RBT about program effectiveness
B. to review the daily behavior tracking charts
C. to consult with the client's parents
D. to talk to the client herself
Review the daily tracking charts
Analyzing the data is the BEST way to determine program effectiveness, given these choices
A BCBA may discontinue service in all of the following situations EXCEPT:
A. When treatment is no longer functionally equivalent to goals
B. Payments are not being made
C. When the goals of treatment have been reached
D. If the behavior analyst, client, and any third parties agree the service is no longer needed
When treatment is no longer functionally equivalent to goals
Posh had his second drink-driving arrest last month. Since this time, he’s received the help of a behavior analyst to change his behavior. Tshepo has stuck with the plan so far. Assuming that all of these could be implemented, how could Tshepo best mitigate a relapse?
A. Install a breathalyzer that starts the car only when alcohol is not detected
B. Only drive with friends who can monitor whether he has been drinking
C. Post every driving trip on Instagram or Snapchat
D. Listen daily to the stories of those whose lives have been impacted by drink-driving
A. Install a breathalyzer that starts the car only when alcohol is not detected
Bruno has learned that if he sweeps the deck, his mom will tell him “Good job!” and bring him a glass of lemonade. Bruno’s behavior has been conditioned by:
A. Operant conditioning
B. Classical conditioning
C. Respondent conditioning
D. Stimulus-Response psychology
Operant conditioning
Bruno’s behavior has been learned by the consequence (positive reinforcement in this case-- lemonade) and, therefore, is an example of operant conditioning.
This form of stimulus equivalence is also known as identical picture to picture matching
A. Transitive
B. Reflexive
C. Symmetrical
D. Congruitive
Reflexive
When taking on a new supervisee, you mention in your contract a schedule of knowledge-based evaluations, set deadlines and also outline what activities are "counted" for supervision hours and which are not. These activities should be seen as:
A. a function-based approach.
B. in vivo observations.
C. performance expectations.
D. treatment integrity.
Performance expectations
Which statement is true about publishing client information on social media sites?
A. Posting to professional accounts, with client informed consent is allowed. However, disclaimers must be made about sharing and misuse of the information.
B. Posting information on current and past clients is allowed. Informed consent and sharing disclaimers must be obtained for current clients.
C. Social media posts must limit sharing and include informed consent, as well as attempts to correct misuse of client information on both professional and personal accounts.
Posting to professional accounts, with client informed consent is allowed. However, disclaimers must be made about sharing and misuse of the information.
Graphic displays of data have many benefits such as:
A. use of visual analysis, stakeholders understand easily, external validity
B. provides for independent judgements, required by the BACB, makes visual analysis possible
C. explore behavioral variations in real-time, cost effective, required by ethical code
D. visual presentation of data, allows unbiased evaluation, an effective client feedback tool
visual presentation of data, allows unbiased evaluation, an effective client feedback tool
This philosophical underpinning is based on experimentation, facts and observations:
A. Empiricism
B. Selectionism
C. Pragmatism
D. Determinism
Empiricism
When using this group model, every member has to meet criteria in order for the entire group to gain access to reinforcement:
A. Independent group contingency
B. Interdependent group contingency
C. Hero mode
D. Dependent group contingency
. Interdependent group contingency
Which one is a reason for providing effective supervision?
A. It's legally required
B. To improve upon supervisees' current repertoires and facilitate client improvement
C. To foster a supervisee's independence so that they require less time in collaboration
D. So supervisees may share professional concerns about their work environment
B. To improve upon supervisees' current repertoires and facilitate client improvement
Which is not an MO?
A. A sandwich
B. An ankle sprain
C. An email stating that your favorite subscription is about to expire
D. A car seatbelt alarm
A sandwich
Your client has decreased their target behavior and increased the planned replacement behavior. However, fidelity is at 50%, far below your 90% expectation. What do you do now?
A. The procedural fidelity may be lower than expected, but behavior has improved
B. Retrain staff and continue to monitor fidelity intermittently
C. Make a checklist for staff that delineates each aspect of the plan
D. Increase the magnitude of reinforcement for the replacement behavior
Retrain staff and continue to monitor fidelity intermittently
This is one of the seven dimensions of ABA which states that goals should be of social significance:
A. Applied
B. Analytical
C. Technological
D. Generalized
Applied
When using a token economy, the physical tokens in the token economy are also known as:
A. Type I reinforcers
B. Generalized conditioned reinforcers
C. Unconditioned reinforcers
D. Primary reinforcers
Generalized conditioned reinforcer
How can you be culturally inclusive in service and supervision activities?
A. Research the beliefs and practices of other cultures
B. Focus on performance and outcomes
C. Create opportunities for dialogue about beliefs
D. Minimize conflicts by avoiding personal beliefs
Create opportunities for dialogue about beliefs
Creating opportunities for discussion of different perspectives, allows for better understanding
I learned in the military never to volunteer. This newfound friend of mine pointed out that everyone who did volunteer seemed to always get some awful duty. Once he pointed it out, I totally saw it and just did what he did: kept my mouth shut. My behavior is an example of which?
A. Observational learning
B. Imitation
C. Modeling
D. Rule-governed behavior
Observational learning
the difference between imitation and observational learning is that with observational learning, you see what someone else does AND the consequences of their actions, before deciding whether or not to imitate them.
A client licks his lips almost constantly, which causes them to be puffy, red and often chapped. You know the function of the behavior and are ready to reduce the behavior. Your next step
A. complete a synthetic FA
B. establish a replacement behavior
C. address medical variables
D. complete a risk/benefit analysis of possible interventions
establish a replacement behavior
Jimmy has his pregame routine. He eats some spaghetti and meatballs the night before, stretches, listens to music and wears his lucky socks. When his friends tease him about the socks, Jimmy says, “Hey, it works.” Jimmy’s conclusion seems to be based on which philosophical assumption?
A. Empiricism
B. Selectionism
C. Determinism
D. Pragmatism
Pragmatism
This procedure involves immediate prompting of a target behaviour so that the learner cannot be incorrect:
A. Errorless teaching
B. Prompt fading
C. Least-to-mostprompting
D. Precisionteaching
Errorless teaching
A senior colleague of yours gives you some constructive criticism during a case-review team meeting. You’re not sure that you agree with your colleague’s suggestions. What should be your response?
A. Politely acknowledge the feedback, and continue the plan as originally written. The client and the plan are your call.
B. Defend your position, as to show your competence to the team.
C. Determine if their suggestions can be incorporated into your plan.
D. In order to avoid conflict, incorporate your colleague’s suggestions.
Determine if their suggestions can be incorporated into your plan
Assuming that each results in decreasing future behavior, which is an example of a negative punishment contingency?
A. When Kelvin swears, his coach makes him run a lap.
B. Every time Daryn looked out the window, his friend ate one of his cashews.
C. Harlan winced when the siren sounded.
D. For every minute that Jimmy is late, his mother gives him 5 minutes of extra chores.
Every time Daryn looked out the window, his friend ate one of his cashews.
You’ve observed in several of your client’s classrooms over the past week, in order to describe the reported target behavior. One teacher asks you to share the results of your observation with her. What should you do?
A. Share the results of all of your observations with all of the teachers
B. Share the results with just the teacher who asked
C. Share the results with this teacher after you have had a chance to write a behavior plan
D. Share the results of the behavior plan with all the teachers
Share the results of all of your observations with all of the teachers