Acronyms
Operant Conditioning
Measurement
Programs, Goals, and Targets.. oh my!
Assessment
100

this is what ABA stands for

Applied Behavior Analysis

100

This is consequential procedure involves adding a stimulus to the environment to increase or strengthen future responding.

What is Positive Reinforcement?

100

Counting the number of times a response occurs.

What is frequnecy?

100
To prevent this, arrange materials such as flash cards randomly each trial.

What is side bias?

100

This type of assessment helps to identify potential reinforcers.

What is a preference assessment?

200

SD is the abbreviation for this

What is discriminitive stimulus

200

To add a consequence that effectively decreases future responding.

What is Positive Punishment?

200

This would be the best measurement method for a behavior that occurs for varying lengths of time (e.g. tantrums)

What is duration?

200

This teach tactic is highly structured and led by the therapist or teacher.

What is Discrete Trial Teaching?

200

Susie wants to see which toys Jack likes the most so she lines up his toys and tells him "pick one". She repeats this until he's picked all the toys and records the order of his selection.

What is MSWO preference assessment?

300

SR+ is the abbreviation for this

What is a positive reinforcer?

300

Anna hits her brother so mom takes away her TV privileges. Anna refrains from hitting her brother going forward. This is an example of which operant conditioning tactic?

What is negative punishment?

300
A teacher may use this measurement method to assess handwriting behavior by having students complete a worksheet.

What is permanent product?

300

To promote independent responding the RBT should gradually reduce help with each successive trial.

What is prompt fading?

300

This skill acquisition assessment evaluates a students verbal behavior and is one of the most commonly used assessments at TBE.

What is the VB-MAPP?

400

This is what FBA stands for.

Functional Behavior Assessment

400

Each time Cameron elopes from the teacher, she makes him walk nicely up and down the hall 3 times. Cameron's frequency of eloping decreases. The operant conditioning principle in effect here is...

What is positive punishment?

400

The group leader awards points every 10 mins for each student who is seated and on task at that moment.

What is momentary time sampling?

400

This teaching tactic is lead by the students current motivation and involves the delivery of reinforcers that are functional to the students response.

What is NET?

400

This type of assessment helps us identify the most likely function of a problematic behavior.

What is Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)?

500

DISC is the mnemonic device for these 4 words

What is Deprivation, Immediacy, Size, and Contingency?

500

Carla is not a morning person. She has learned that by coming in through the side entrance, she can avoid her overly excited coworkers loud, morning greetings. From now on, she enters through the side door.

What is negative reinforcement?

500

This measurement method will likely underestimate the total duration of behavior that occurs and is best used for target responses you'd want to increase.

What is whole interval recording?

500

Forward chaining, backward chaining, and total task presentation are strategies used for teaching this.

What is a task analysis?

500

Of the 3 categories that make up an FBA, RBTs primarily assist with conducting this type of analysis.

What is descriptive analysis/ direct assessment?