ABA Terms
This consequence increases the future likelihood of behavior.
What is reinforcement
This is a simple tally of the number of times a behavior occurs.
What is Frequency
When is the best time to collect data?
What is as soon as possible after observing the behavior
Escape, attention, tangible, sensory describe what?
What are functions of behavior
This is the process of gradually teaching a complex skill by reinforcing successive approximations?
What is shaping
A little boy is playing with his toys in his room. Holding one of his stuffed animal dolls, he looks at it and says, “Zebra!” What type of verbal behavior is this?
What is tact
You use this measurement when you want to know how long a behavior lasts, from it's start to it's ending.
What is Duration.
This is the name for the visual display of data points plotted on an X-Y axis.
What is graph
This procedure involves reinforcing gradual changes in behavior.
What is shaping
This procedure involves providing a prompt to a learner and then immediately fading it out.
What is prompt fading
Adding something that will motivate a person to increase the likelihood that they will engage in the target behavior again. What type of reinforcement is this?
What is positive
This measures the time between a discriminative stimulus (a cue or instruction) and the initiation of the response.
What is latency
What is the purpose of collecting data in ABA?
What is to identify patterns, monitor progress, and to drive instruction. (Any 1 response counts)
What does DRO stand for?
differential reinforcement of other behavior
This is the process of breaking a complex skill into smaller, teachable steps.
What is a task analysis
You are recording the time it takes from the presentation of the demand (Sd) to the first instance of behavior. What are you measuring?
What is IRT (Inter-Response Time)
Provide one example of continuous measurements?
What is Frequency or Duration
Which measurement procedure is the target behavior recorded in if it occurs at any point within the scoring procedure?
What is Partial Interval Recording
What often happens when a behavior is put on extinction.
Behavior temporarily increases.
This type of reinforcement schedule provides a reinforcer after a fixed number of responses.
What is a fixed ration (FR) schedule
Reinforcement is delivered, on average, every 2 minutes following the first response after the time is up. What reinforcement schedule is this?
What is VI-2 (variable interval of 2 minutes)
Provide one example of discontinuous measurements.
What is partial interval, whole interval, or momentary time sampling
Which measurement procedure is used when you record whether a target behavior occurred throughout the ENTIRE duration of a specific interval of time?
What is Whole Interval Recording
What kind of ABA practice do we utilize at this company that is defined as an ethical, person-centered approach that prioritizes a client's voluntary participation and willingness to engage in therapy. It's about respecting the client's voice, whether it's expressed verbally or non-verbally, and making adjustments to the treatment plan when they signal a lack of buy-in.
What is assent-based practice
This is a procedure where a stimulus that previously signaled reinforcement is presented repeatedly without the reinforcement to reduce the behavior.
What is extinction