Verbal Operants
How many verbal operants are there?
7
This part of the BIP explains what should happen after the behavior occurs.
Consequences
Joey flops to the floor screaming when he sees a chocolate bar on the counter is likely what function?
Access to Tangible
This strategy involves giving a patient a token and social praise for demonstrating appropriate behaviors.
Positive Reinforcement
This type of data tracks how often a behavior occurs.
Frequency
This verbal operant is evoked by another person's speech and has point to point correspondence.
Echoic
This part of a BIP describes what strategies we can use prior to a behavior occuring.
Antecedents
A child screaming every time their caregiver gets on the phone is likely what function?
Attention
This intervention removes a preferred item following a behavior.
This method measures how long a behavior lasts.
Duration
"Daddy! Look! It's a firetruck!" is what operant?
Tacting
This document outlines strategies to reduce problem behaviors and teach appropriate alternatives.
BIP
A child who grabs a car from another child likely serves as what function?
Access to Tangible
Allowing a student to choice between tasks to reduce refusal behavior is this type of strategy.
Choices
This recording method identifies if a behavior occurred during specific time intervals.
Interval Recording
Child reaches for a box and says "Cookie!" is what verbal operant?
Mand
This word describes WHY a behavior occurs.
Functions of behavior
A child who is lining cars up in a specific manner is likely what function?
Automatic
A student earns stars for staying on task, which can later be exchanged for a reward.
Token Economy
This ensures that different observers record behavior in the same way.
Inter-observer agreement
A student reads the word "cat" out loud from a flashcard.
Replacement Behaviors
A child who says, "I want a break" is likely serving what function?
Escape
Adjusting the difficulty of an assignment to prevent frustration-related behaviors is an example of this.
Task Modification
This type of data tracks how often a behavior occurs over a specific time.
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