Verbal Operants
Continuous Measurement
Discontinuous Measurement
Terms
Acronyms
100

After seeing an apple, Jimmy said "I want an apple please". This would be a:

A)Tact

B) Mand

C) Intraverbal

D) Echoic 

B) Mand

100

Tallying each individual occurrence of a behavior would be considered...

Frequency

100

The three types of discontinuous measurement are...

Whole Interval, Partial Interval, Momentary Time Sampling

100
What occurs immediately before the behavior is called the... 

Antecedent

100

RBT 

Registered Behavior Technician 

200

While driving down the road an airplane flew by and Harry points and says "airplane!" This would be a.. 

A) Intraverbal

B) Echoic

C) Mand

D) Tact

D) Tact

200

Tracking how long a behavior occurs for would be...

Duration

200

When looking at an interval of time (e.g., 1 min, 5 mins, 7 mins)…

The RBT will record whether a behavior occurs during the WHOLE interval. 

Whole Interval 

200

What occurs directly after the behavior is called the...

Consequence

200

BCBA

Board Certified Behavior Analyst

300

Kyle and Sara are playing trains. Kyle says "choo choo" and Sara repeats "choo choo". Sara's response would be...

A) Mand

B) Echoic

C) Tact

D) Intraverbal

B) Echoic

300

Tracking the number of times a behavior occurs divided by an amount of time would be...

Rate

300

When looking at an interval of time (e.g., 5 mins, 10 min, 30 mins)…

The RBT will record whether a behavior occurs AT ANY TIME within the interval. This would be...

Partial Interval 

300

Initial data collection with no prompting or teaching taking place is called _____ data.

Baseline 
300

ABA

Applied Behavior Analysis

400

Kristina is singing the wheels on the bus to Fabio. She stops part of the way through and says "The wheels on the bus go....". Fabio fills in "round and round!" Fabio's response would be a...

A) Mand

B) Tact

C) Intraverbal

D) Echoic 

C) Intraverbal 

400

Tracking the time between two behaviors would be...

Interresponse Time 

400

When looking at an interval of time (e.g., 1 min, 5 mins, 7 mins)…

The RBT will record whether a behavior occurs at the end (i.e., at a specific time) of the interval.

Momentary Time Sampling

400

When teaching a child a new word such as cup, you begin with reinforcing “c-” then “cu” and eventually the full word “cup”. This would be an example of...

Shaping

400

DTT

Discrete Trial Training

500

Jamie asks Peter "What is your name?". Peter repeats "Wha tis your name". Peter's response would be a...

A)Mand

B) Tact

C) Intraverbal

D) Echoic

D) Echoic 

500

The amount of time between when an sD is given and the behavior begins would be...

Latency 

500
The BCBA has asked you to record finger nail biting on PARTIAL INTERVAL recording every 10 minutes. During your 3rd interval at 9 minutes and 43 seconds, the client bites his name for 2 seconds. Would this be recorded as presence or absence of behavior?

Presence of behavior 

500

The process of building rapport by “pairing” oneself with the child’s favorite items and activities. Through these repeated connections, we take on the reinforcing value of all the good stuff, leading to better outcomes in therapy.

Pairing 

500

PECS

Picture Exchange Communication System