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Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis
Basic Principles of Applied Behavior Analysis 1
Basic Principles of Applied Behavior Analysis 2
Becoming an RBT
Measurement &
Small-n design
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“The science in which tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied systematically to improve socially significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for behavior change.”
What is applied behavior analysis?
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An example of this principles is: A young child bites his mother, and she picks him up and tells him, "No thank you, biting is not okay." The child continues to bite his mother in the future, even biting her more frequently.
What is positive reinforcement?
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There is a three-term contingency present in the following scenario. Each day, Mary leaves a note to let her son know what chores to do when he gets home. Mary’s son gets an allowance for completing chores. To ensure that her son completes the chores, Mary calls every afternoon to remind him to read the note.
What is Note >>> Complete chores >>> Allowance?
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This agency is responsible for overseeing the certification of Registered Behavior Technicians.
What the Behavior Analysis Certification Board?
100
Mike counts the number of times that his brother picks his nose during each minute of the 30 minute car ride to school. Mike is measuring what dimension of his brother's behavior?
What is rate (or frequency)?
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Stimulus >>> Response>>>Consequence
What is the three-term contingency?
200
An example of this principles is: A young child bites his mother, and she picks him up and tells him, "No thank you, biting is not okay." The child bites his mother less frequently in the future.
What is positive punishment?
200
An example of this principle of applied behavior analysis is: You go daily to a vending machine to get a bag of peanut M&M’s. One day when you put your coins in the slot you do not get your candy, and your money is not returned. You try again with more money, but you still do not get M&M’s. The next day, you try again, but also do not get your M&M’s, and you lose your money. You stop using this vending machine in the future.
What is extinction?
200
The training program that a person must take to become a Registered Behavior Technician is this long.
What is 40 hours?
200
Johnny is measuring how long he runs on the treadmill each day. Johnny is using what type of measurement?
What is duration?
300
This increases the frequency of a behavior and also strengthens the relationship between the antecedent and behavior.
What is reinforcement?
300
An example of this type of reinforcement is: Providing a token to a child for following class rules, which results in an increase in the child following the class rules more in the future.
What is conditioned reinforcement?
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John’s neighbor always comes out and talks to him when he is out working in his yard. The neighbor will talk forever, and John finds it very annoying. John knows that when his neighbor’s car is not in the driveway that his neighbor is not at home and that he can work in the yard without his neighbor coming out and starting to talk to him, and John is more likely to work in the yard on these days. The absence of the neighbor’s car in the yard could be an example of this principle of applied behavior analysis.
What is stimulus control or discriminative stimulus?
300
Sandy gets in the car, turns it on, and drives away. As she is driving, the seatbelt noise starts to sound. She finally puts her seatbelt on and the annoying sound stops. This is an example of what type of reinforcement?
What is pass the RBT Competency Assessment?
300
When a behavior analyst collects baseline data, then begins using an intervention, withdraws the intervention (goes back to baseline), and then reimplements the intervention again. The behavior analyst is using a _______ design.
What is a reversal (withdrawal or ABAB) design?
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The dimension of applied behavior analysis that emphasizes that intervention procedures are based on the principles of behavior analysis and not just a "bag of tricks."
What is conceptually systematic?
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An example of this type of punishment is: A student is earning tokens for having "safe hands." When he hits his teacher, the teacher takes away a token.
What negative punishment?
400
As she is presenting her daughter, Millie, with food at dinner each night, her mother says, “You need to eat your vegetables if you want to have dessert.” Millie’s mother finds that, on most nights, Millie cries and complains about eating her vegetables, takes a long time to eat them, and sometimes does not eat them at all. However, on Friday, Millie always quickly eats her vegetables and does not complain. Millie loves peach cobbler, and this is available for dessert only on Friday. The restriction of peach cobbler for dessert except for on Friday, making it more likely that Millie will eat her vegetables to get dessert, might be considered to be an example of this principle of applied behavior analysis.
What is motivating or establishing operation?
400
Before a person can take the RBT exam, this professional must verify the person's age, successful completion of a background check, and their willingness to provide supervision to the person.
Who is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst?
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A behavior analyst is comparing the effectiveness of two potential interventions by randomly alternating between the interventions when conducting sessions. The behavior analyst is using a _______ design.
What is a multi-element or alternating treatments design?
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An example of this is, "A child yells, cries, falls to the floor, and kicks his parents to try to avoid going to bed."
What is a response class?
500
The two principles of applied behavior analysis that are determined only by the effect that the consequence has on behavior.
What are reinforcement and punishment?
500
When you are teaching your child to pay attention to the street crossing signals (i.e., white figure walking vs. red hand) to know when it is safe to cross the street, this type of stimulus control is what you are trying to establish.
What is stimulus discrimination?
500
An individual must apply to take the RBT exam within this number of days after completing the RBT Competency Assessment.
What is 90 days?
500
A behavior analyst evaluates the effectiveness of an intervention to change her client's behavior in three different settings. The behavior analyst begins implementing the intervention in a new setting only after the child's behavior has changed in the previous setting. The behavior analyst is using a _____ design.
What is a multiple baseline design?