RBT
What is the BACB?
The organization that oversees credentials in the field of behavior analysis.
How many categories are within the RBT Task List?
6
What is reinforcement?
A process where behavior is followed by some consequence
What are reinforcers?
The actual thing/item/activity that the learner wants as reinforcement
What is the BACB?
The organization that oversees all credentials within the field of behavior analysis
What is an RBT?
Registered Behavior Technician
Name 2 or more of the 6 categories in the task list
1. Measurement
2. Assessment
3. Skill Acquisition
4. Behavior Reduction
5. Documentation
6. Professional conduct and scope of practice
What does reinforcement do to a behavior?
Strengthens behavior
What are the two types of reinforcers?
Primary and Secondary
What is the ABC Contingency?
Antecedent: What happens before a response
Behavior: The response
Consequence: what happens after the response
What are the 3 things needed to become an RBT?
1. Take the 40 hour training
2. Pass the initial competency
3. Pass the RBT exam
What task list category focuses on decreasing the occurrence of challenging behaviors?
Behavior Reduction
What are the two types of reinforcement?
Negative and Positive
What are the 2 important factors of choosing a reinforcer?
How desirable the reinforcer is
The preference of the learner
Extinction is the process.....
whereby a reinforcer is no longer provided for a previously reinforced behavior/response
Name 3 RBT Tasks
1. Understand role of RBT
2. Receive feedback in a professional manner
3. Work towards professional improvement
4. Maintain appropriate relationships
5. Communicate Effectively
The category of measurement consists of...
data collection and graphing
True or False: Negative reinforcement and punishment are the same thing
False
Informal method
Name the 4 types of schedule of reinforcement
Fixed interval
Fixed Ratio
Variable interval
Variable Ratio
What are the 3 things that RBTs DON'T Do!
1. RBTs don't design teaching procedures or behavior plans
2. RBT doesn't make changes to procedures
3. RBTs don't take on unassigned tasks
all tasks related to teaching new skills
In your own words describe both negative reinforcement and positive reinforcement
Negative: The removal of something that in turn increases the future probability of the that behavior happening again.
Positive: The addition of something that in turn increases the future probability of that behavior happening again.
Name and define 1 type of formal method of finding reinforcers
Single stimulus: assessing how a child interest with 1 item.
Paired Stimulus: assessing 2 objects-paired together-and making a hierarchy of items picked.
Multiple Stimulus: Assesses 3 or more objects in an array and make a hierarchy of items picked
Name 3 effectiveness of reinforcement
immediacy
contingency
quality
magnitude
effort
history
MO