Reinforcement
Functions of Behavior
RBT Basics
Processes
Terms
100

Describe reinforcement.

Anything that increases the likelihood of a behavior to reoccur. 

100

What occurs prior to the behavior?

Antecedent 

100

In order to ensure patient confidentiality within the workplace, we would use what?

HIPPA

100

The process of differentially reinforcing successive approximation to target a behavior

Shaping

100

When you engage in behavior under certain circumstances and not under other circumstances

Discrimination

200

What is differential reinforcement?

The process of reinforcing certain responses but not others

200

Behavior that results in unwanted, unsafe, unhealthy, or disruptive consequences for the individual and/ or others 

Problem Behavior

200

What is the three-term contingency?

Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence

200

Teaching technique whereby the child is provided with a prompt for the correct response immediately after the SD is given 

Errorless Teaching 

200

What skills can we teach to promote independence? (3/5 correct)

Self-care skills, social skills, leisure skills, communication skills, and self advocacy skills 

300

When a behavior goes on extinction but is accidentally reinforced we can call that what?

Spontaneous recovery

300

Escape, Attention, Tangible, and Sensory can be described as _______________

The functions of behavior

300

What is the prompting hierarchy from least to most intrusive?

Independent, verbal, gesture, model, partial physical, full physical

300

Differentiate DTT and NET

DTT: Teacher-directed, structured environment, reinforcement is prearranged

NET: Child-directed, natural movement

300

Controlled by antecedent and consequence events

operant behavior 

400

Reinforce behaviors that should be increased and not others is called ________ 

Contingency 

400

FBA and ABC Recording are examples of what?

Functional Behavior Assessment

400

What are the 7 codes and their meanings?

Blue (medical), Black (Maladaptive bx assistance), Grey (weather), Red (Fire), E (Elopement), Kitchen is closed (threat inside), the Parking lot is flooded (threat outside), Brown (bathroom), White (all clear)

400

Timmy is learning to tie his shoes. RBT Michelle notices that Timmy can pick up his laces independently, but requires prompting for the remaining steps. What process would we use to accurately teach Timmy to tie his shoes?

Forward Chaining 

400

Ability to engage with a variety of stimuli

Attending 

500

__________ alters the values of behavior that has been reinforced by that consequence

Motivational Operations 

500

What are the 6 categories of verbal behavior/operant?

MAND, TACT, ECOICH, Intraverbal, Textual, and Transcriptional

500

When first interacting with a kiddo what is the most important thing to do?

Pair

500

Something is added to the stimulus that signals the response and assists the client in completing the response correctly 

Stimulus prompt 

500

A measure of behavior before the independent variable is added 

Baseline data