Types of Reinforcers
Assessments
Schedules of Reinforcement
Prompts
Differential Reinforcement
100

A type of reinforcement that is not learned. Examples include: food, water, warmth

Unconditioned Reinforcer

100

Name a type of skills-based assessment.

ABLLS-R, AFLS, VB-MAPP, VINELAND 3, SSIS

100

A schedule of reinforcement that provides reinforcement for every occurrence of the target behavior.

Continuous Reinforcement, CRF, FR1

100

The continued ability of the learner to perform a behavior even after part or all of an intervention has been removed is...

Maintenance

100

Jodi is asked to put her hands in her pockets, so she won’t pick her nose. She was given her favorite sticker when she engaged in this behavior. What type of differential reinforcement procedure does this describe? 

DRI

200

A type of reinforcer that is learned. Examples include: tokens, stickers, money, specific foods, toys, etc.

Conditioned Reinforcer

200

A systematic method of assessment that identifies the environmental cause and its effect on behavior by using ABA data is a...

FBA, Functional Behavior Assessment

200

What are the four intermittent schedules of reinforcement?

FR, VR, FI, VI

200

Continuing to perform a mastered target behavior after the intervention has been terminated, setting has been altered, and with other people so that they emit untrained responses that are equivalent to the original target behavior is...

Generalization

200

Zoe receives a token whenever she uses her fork for 2 or more opportunities every 5 minutes What type of differential reinforcement procedure does this describe?

DRH

300

Items, activities, and preferred things that can be earned when a learner accumulates enough tokens to exchange.

Backup Reinforcers

300

An assessment that consists of systematically changing environmental variables to gather information regarding the functional relation between those events and the behavior being assessed is a...

Functional Analysis

300

A punch card at a coffee shop would be an example of what schedule of reinforcement?

FR

300

Name three types of response prompts.

Verbal (Vocal/Verbal and Non-Vocal Verbal) Instruction, Physical Guidance, Modeling

300

This schedule of differential reinforcement seeks to reinforce occurrences of a desirable replacement to the problem behavior but is not necessarily incompatible.

DRA

400

A reinforcer that involves pairing a neutral stimulus with a reinforcing stimulus so that the neutral stimulus gains reinforcing properties.

Conditioned Reinforcer

400

An open or closed ended interviews of the individual, caregiver, teachers, or others involved with the client is a...

Indirect Assessment

400

Getting a paycheck every other week would be an example of what schedule of reinforcement?

FI, FI2

400

Name three types of stimulus prompts.

Movement Cue, Redundancy Cue, Positional Cue

400

Katie is utilizing differential reinforcement to reduce Jordan’s cursing behavior. Her BCBA implemented a DR schedule that indicates if Jordan does not engage in any instances of cursing for the entire 6-minute interval, he can have access to his favorite doodle pad. What type of differential reinforcement procedure does this describe?

DRO

500

True or false: Primary Reinforcers are to Unconditioned Reinforcers as Secondary Reinforcers are to Conditioned Reinforcers

True

500

Name the three types of direct assessment recording.

Narrative recording, ABC recording, Event recording

500

Random drug testing would be an example of which type of schedule of reinforcement?

VI

500

___________ involves the identification of an initial stimulus shaped that will prompt a correct response and gradually involves changing the shape of the initial stimulus to the natural stimulus.

Stimulus Shape Transformation

500

The primary distinction between a DRL and a DRD procedures is:

DRD schedules decrease the rate of a behavior to zero levels while DRL schedules do not