Acronyms
Terms
Reinforcement & Punishment
Supervision & professionalism
Misc.
100

 R+ stands for what?

Positive reinforcement  

100

A plan outlining how to reduce problem behavior and teach alternatives

Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) 

100

A stimulus added to the environment after a behavior occurs, increasing the likelihood of that behavior happening again is called...

Positive reinforcement 

100

What percentage of your hours need to be supervised?

5%

100

Who provides supervision to RBTs?

BCBA and BCaBA

200

This is commonly referred to as “ABC”

Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence

200

A structured teaching method with clear instructions, responses, and consequences.

DTT

200

This involves removing a positive stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior occurring again.

Negative punishment

200

RBTs follow a specific code of ethics published by this certifying board.

BACB

200

What is the difference between frequency and duration?

 Frequency= number of occurrences. Duration= amount of time

300

What does SD stand for?

Discriminative Stimulus  

300

This is the process of breaking down a complex skill into a smaller, teachable unit.

Task Analysis 

300

This involves introducing an aversive stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior recurring.

Positive punishment 

300

What are two examples as to how you can maintain client dignity.  

wiping their nose, changing them if clothes get wet, cleaning hands and face after meal times, etc. 

300

What is errorless teaching?

 Prompting immediately to ensure the learner responds correctly.

400

VPMTS stands for what? 

Visual Perceptual Match to Sample  

400

This happens when the behavior that has previously been reinforced is no longer reinforced, resulting in a temporary increase in behavior when reinforcement is first removed.

Extinction burst 

400

This involves removing an aversive or unpleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior occurring again.

Negative reinforcement 

400

What does it mean to maintain professional boundaries.

Avoiding personal relationships with direct supervisors, clients, and their families.

400

In this naturalistic teaching method, the RBT describes the client’s actions, toys, and environment to promote language.

Play casting

500

What does FBA stand for?

Functional Behavior Assessment

500

What are the different verbal operant?

Mand, Tact, Echoic, Interverbal, LR, LRFFC, Textural, Transcription, Imitations, VPMTS

500

What are the different types of differential reinforcement.  

differential reinforcement of alternate behavior differential reinforcement of other behavior   differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior differential reinforcement of low-rate behavior differential reinforcement of high-rate behavior 

DRA, DRO, DRI, DRL, DRH  

 

500

What provides federal protection for individual health information, including confidentiality, integrity and availability of protected health information (PHI)

HIPAA

500

Give me an example of a tact to intraverbal stimulus control transfer?