BEHAVIOR REDUCTION
The procedure that involves reinforcing the absence of a behavior and reinforcing any other behavior for a specified period
What is DRO (Differential Reinforcement of Other behavior)?
The method of reinforcing successive approximations toward a target behavior
What is shaping?
The verbal operant where a person requests an item or action
What is a mand?
The assessment that involves determining what a client prefers through systematic presentation of options
What is a reinforcer preference assessment?
The organization developed to promote best practices and implement an international certification program for behavior analyst practitioners
What is the BACB (Behavior Analyst Certification Board)?
What occurs when reinforcement is suddenly withdrawn and problem behavior temporarily increases
What is an extinction burst?
Teaching in natural settings throughout the day to promote generalization of communication skills
What is incidental teaching?
The antecedent that functionally controls the mand
What is a motivating operation (MO)?
The extent to which a program is implemented as planned
What is treatment integrity?
When selecting a behavioral intervention from multiple effective options, you should choose the one that is most
What is contextually appropriate or least restrictive?
The procedure where a fine is imposed for breaking rules, as in a speeding ticket
What is response cost?
The wait time between presenting a stimulus and providing a prompt to allow independent responding
What is response delay?
Training that teaches appropriate communication to replace problem behavior
What is functional communication training?
The phenomenon where a behavior decreases in one setting but increases in another following intervention
What is behavioral contrast?
The ethical requirement to ensure that behavior change procedures are supported by empirical evidence and matched to client needs rather than practitioner preference
What is evidence-based practice or selecting scientifically supported interventions?
A procedure to avoid when the function of a behavior is escape
What is timeout?
The gradual removal of prompts in teaching a behavior
What is fading?
Value altering and behavior altering effects refer to what?
What is establishing operations?
The procedure where a consultant gets significant others to reinforce behavior change to promote maintenance
What is programming for generalization?
The requirement that behavior analysts must systematically collect data on both target behaviors and unintended side effects throughout intervention implementation
What is ongoing assessment or continuous measurement?
Doing this first ensures you have selected the right intervention for behavior reduction.
What is the determining the function of behavior?
When physically dissimilar stimuli are treated as equivalent to one another
What is stimulus equivalence?
Involves demonstrating bidirectional relations between stimuli without direct training, exhibiting reflexivity, symmetry, and transitivity properties
What is stimulus equivalence or derived relational responding?
This assessment methodology involves manipulating environmental variables to identify functional relationships between behavior and specific antecedents or consequences
What is a functional analysis?
Unlike traditional compliance-focused approaches, this ethical framework in ABA requires practitioners to monitor client emotional responses, provide meaningful choices, and pause or modify procedures when a client demonstrates distress or resistance
What is assent-based practice or collaborative behavioral intervention?