Data Collection & Graphing
What are the 2 different types of measurement?
Continuous measurement (frequency, duration, rate, latency, IRT) & Discontinuous measurement (partial interval, whole interval, momentary time sampling, permanent product)
What are the 5 different preference assessments?
Give an example of a shaping procedure.
Communication or Behaviors (calm)
What are the 4 functions of behavior?
Sensory/Automatic
Escape
Attention
Tangible/Access
RBTs are a major part of the service delivery team in ABA. What is the RBTs primary role in service delivery?
Implementation
Billy's mom gave him a list of items to buy at the grocery store while Billy's mom was at work. When she returned home, she checked to make sure Billy had bought all of the items on the list. What type of data collection is this?
Permanent Product
While conducting the forced-choice preference assessments, you start to notice that your client always chooses the item on the right-hand side. If you wanted to avoid this, which of the following answer choices would be most appropriate?
Switch to single stimulus preference assessment
(What is it called when your client has a preferred side?)
You’re teaching your client how to boil noodles for spaghetti. You prompt them to take out the pot, fill it with water, put it on the stove, turn the stove on, wait for the water to boil, put the noodles in, check the noodles to see if they’re ready, and then you provide them with praise as reinforcement for draining the noodles, when done. What type of task chaining are you implementing?
Backward Chaining
What is the difference between DRO and DRA?
DRA gives specific replacement behavior to reinforce instead of problem behavior. DRO does not give replacement behavior and reinforces any other behavior other than problem behavior; usually involves time component.
Yesterday you were reviewing session notes from the past week. You start to notice that you and the other RBT on the team are running many of the skill acquisition programs differently. What is the most appropriate action to take in this scenario?
You spent the last month recording frequency data on how often your client insults their siblings. Your frequency data is broken down by the number of insults per session. You took data for a total of 10 sessions. If the BCBA asked you to graph this data, where would you record the frequency of insults?
y-axis
Sophia, an RBT, is conducting a preference assessment with her client, Emma. She places six different toys on the table in front of Emma and instructs her to select one toy. After Emma makes a selection, Sophia removes the selected toy from the array and presents the remaining toys for the next trial. This process continues until all toys have been selected. Which type of preference assessment is Sophia conducting?
Multiple Stimulus without Replacement
Jim’s family goes out to eat quite often, but Jim is unable to order off the menu for himself. Viviana works with Jim at home picking items on a menu, looking at prices, and communicating his selection to the waiter. The next time Jim goes to the restaurant, Jim orders a hamburger for himself. What did Jim exhibit at the restaurant?
Generalization
Grace provides her client with a break when she earns 5 tokens. Grace also provides her client with two bonus tokens before DTT starts. The bonus tokens represent extra minutes on break. Grace utilizes a FR3 schedule and a response cost. What type of procedure is the response cost?
Negative Punishment
John’s parents really want him to enroll in school next year, but they are also considering homeschooling him for the first year or two. During your session, John’s mom starts to ask you several questions about schooling and what you think they should do. What is the best response to John’s mom’s questions?
Recommend she talks with his BCBA and withhold your opinion.
When graphing data, _______ is labeled the X-Axis and _______ is labeled the Y-Axis.
Time; Behavior
What is a FA? Who is charge of running it?
FA is a way to figure out the function of a behavior by testing all 4 functions independent of each other. BCBA's run it, RBT's are allowed to assist.
Food, water, and sleep are all examples of what kind of reinforcer?
Primary of Unconditioned Reinforcers
Tina is a 4th grader in a general education classroom. Two months ago, Tina would get up from her seat several times during class for attention. A behavior plan that utilizes extinction was put in place, and the behavior went away. Last week, Tina got up from her seat 10 times in one class. What is the most likely explanation for the behavior occurring again?
Spontaneous Recovery
Your client is going on a golf trip to August National and invites you to tag along. Are you allowed to go? Why or why not?
No, it violates dual relationships and is unethical.
Your client engages in repetitive behavior that looks like pinching his own arm. This has started to cause minor irritation to your client’s skin. Your BCBA asks you to take partial interval data on your client’s pinching.
You’re taking data across 6, 30 second intervals. The following data was recorded for each interval: 1 instance, 8 instances, 0 instances, 5 instances, 9 instances, and 11 instances. Using partial interval recording, how many responses would you record?
5
Jason, an RBT, administers a standardized rating scale to Mia’s parents to gather information about behavior frequency and severity. This assessment method is best described as:
Indirect Assessment
What is a teaching technique used to disrupt a learned sequence of behaviors (a behavior chain) to encourage the learner to engage in a new, desired behavior?
Behavior Chain Interruption Strategy (BCIS)
Your client continually engages in out of his seat behavior in the classroom. A desirable behavior with roaming around the classroom is being seated during class time. The teacher therefore could reduce the out-of-seat behavior by reinforcing the child for being seated. What differential reinforcement procedure is being illustrated?
DRI
What percentages of monthly sessions must be supervised per the BACB?
5%