Acronyms
This is commonly referred to as ABC
Antecedent Behavior Consequence
Jimmy came home after a long day of preschool. There is a jar of cookies on the counter. Jimmy loves cookies. He looks at his mom, and says 'cookie!' while pointing to the cookies.
Mand
A stimulus is added and the behavior increases in the future
Positive Reinforcement
Recording every single instance of a client throwing an item.
It's the week of Christmas and the RBT goes to pick up the client for her session in the lobby. The client's Mom hands them a $50 Target gift card. What should the RBT do?
Thank the parent but politely decline. Remind them the ethical code only allows them to accept gifts of $10 or less.
What is R+
Positive Reinforcement
Suzie is on a walk with her Mom. Suzie hears something in the air. She looks up, points, and says 'airplane!'
Tact
A stimulus is added and the behavior decreases in the future
Positive Punishment
Johnny engages in tantrum 3 times/hour.
Rate
Donna works for InBloom Autism as an RBT. She works with a 3 year old named Tom. Tom's Mom asks Donna to come to his 4 year old birthday party at We Rock the Spectrum. If she were to attend, what could this create?
Dual Relationships
What is NET?
Naturalistic Environment Training
BCBA approaches her new client during the assessment and asks, "what is your name?" The child says Arnold!'
Little Beckham finds a box of crayons. He draws pictures for Mom and Dad on the wall. He was so proud. Dad was not proud and was very angry. Dad yelled at Beckham and gave him a spanking. In the future, Beckham no longer drew pictures on the walls.
Positive Punishment
Leonard sits in his cube chair for 2 minutes and 45 seconds before getting up and running around the room. What measurement are you using for sitting?
duration
Mary, an RBT, was partying on the weekend. She got pulled over and got a DUI with a fine of $1000. What she should she do?
This term is referred to as SD
Discriminative Stimulus
Repeating the exact verbal response modeled by someone else. It must include point to point correspondence.
Echoic
George likes to hit his sister. Mom tells George if he hits his sister one more time, she's going to take away his iPad. He hits his sister and mom takes away his iPad. In the future, he no longer hits his sister.
Negative punishment
Latency
While at a coffee shop, an RBT works on their session notes on a laptop, leaving the screen fully visible to people standing in line behind them, and uses the client's full name. What would this be?
Breach of Confidentiality/HIPPA Violation
What does BACB stand for?
'Behavior Analyst Certification Board'
Client is working on requesting stop when non-preferred music is playing. When the music is playing, the RBT presents a visual with the written word 'stop.' Client then says 'stop!' What kind of prompt of this.
Textual
Dianne has a headache. She takes an ibuprofen which then gets rid of her headache.
The next time she gets a headache, she takes ibuprofen again to get ride of her headache.
Negative reinforcement
Whole Interval Recording
During a session, the RBT noticed an odd pattern of bruising on the client's inner thighs and what appeared to be fingerprint bruising around their upper arms. The parent dismissed the bruises as a fall on the playground. What should the RBT do?
Tell their BCBA AND report to CPS as a mandated reporter on the day of the incident