Wild Card
Punishment has this effect on behavior.
Punishment decreases behavior.
James has been eating potato chips all day. Annamarie arrives for her shift and attempts to give James potato chips as a reinforcer, however, the chips do not appear to be effective. This is most likely due to the fact that James is experiencing __________.
Satiation
Peter has not had access to play on his iPad all day. Peter's 3rd shift staff (April) tries to use the iPad as a reinforcer for completing his evening shower routine independently. Given what we know about motivating operations (MO's), this is likely to be more/less effective than usual?
More effective since Peter has been deprived of the iPad all day.
The BSP indicates the schedule of reinforcement is after every 2 correct responses. What type of schedule of reinforcement is this?
Fixed Ratio (FR3)
Toys, tickles, watching Netflix, and playing X-Box may fall under this category of reinforcers.
Secondary/learned/conditioned reinforcers
You reinforce Johnny's appropriate behavior after an average of every 4 minutes. What type of schedule of reinforcement is this?
Variable Interval (VI4)
The presentation or removal of a stimulus that increases the future frequency of a response.
Reinforcement.
The BCBA asks you to provide reinforcement after every correct response. This is what type of schedule of reinforcement?
Continuous; also, Fixed Ratio (FR1)
Alex is your BCBA Supervisor and she asks you to provide reinforcement after every few correct responses. You want to impress her since you have completed RBT Training, therefore, you say, "So you'd like me to use a/an ________ schedule of reinforcement."
Intermittent
Reinforcement has this effect on behavior.
Reinforcement increases behavior.
Suzie is given a high five every time she gains the attention of her 2nd shift RBT appropriately. The graph shows a downward trend in this behavior. The high fives are acting as ___________.
Punishment
Janet engages in "dropping to the floor" behavior. When Janet is denied access to preferred items, she drops to the ground. Describe what an extinction procedure may look like for this scenario.
Withholding preferred items contingent upon Janet dropping to the floor.
Jamie engages in automatically-maintained SIB to head. A functional analysis was conducted which showed contact to Jamie's forehead and a hard surface is the sensory stimulus that reinforces this behavior. What would an extinction procedure look like in this scenario?
Withholding the sensory stimulation sought by banging her forehead against a hard surface (sensory masking). Consider padding the table she sits at, padding the floor, or having Jamie wear protective gear on her head if warranted and there is doctor's prescription.
Ashley engages in attention-maintained aggression. When she hits, kicks, or pulls hair staff are to place her aggression on extinction. Explain what extinction may look like for this behavior.
Withholding all forms of attention (e.g., eye contact, physical contact, vocal attention).
Carla gathers a variety of edible foods such as candy bars, potato chips, Cheetos, gummy bears, cookies, popcorn, grapes, and salt water taffy. Carla presents pairs of food together and collects data on which foods were selected. This is called a ___________ ____________ ____________.
Stimulus Preference Assessment
Johnny has been hitting peers when these peers try to talk to him at Day Program. His RBTs are following a BSP that says that they are to remove Johnny from Day Program whenever this happens. When the team inspects the graph, they see that the behavior is increasing. Removing Johnny from Day Program is acting as a _________ for hitting peers.
Reinforcer
These alter the value and effectiveness of reinforcers.
Motivating Operations (MO's)
A temporary recovery of the extinguished behavior.
Spontaneous recovery
This is an increase in response frequency immediately after the extinction procedure has been initiated
Extinction burst
Glen engages in escape-maintained elopement; Glen will run away from the instructor but will not leave the designated room he is in. Describe what the extinction procedure may look like for this behavior?
Physically following Glen while holding/presenting the original demand to ensure he does not gain access to a break or any other form of escape.
There has been no function identified for a novel target behavior you observed with a client. What would extinction look like in this scenario?
NOTHING until you learn the function of the behavior.
For tooth brushing, I may prompt the learner through all of the steps until the last step - this is where I begin teaching. What procedure is this?
Backward Chaining
Social positive reinforcement is also known as...?
Attention or Tangible function
The BCBA conducts a task analysis assessment (probe assessment) to see if Jason can perform any steps of shaving his face. The results indicate Jason can perform some of the beginning steps of the TA (go to the bathroom, locate razor, locate shaving cream) and he can perform some of the last steps of the TA (turn off the razor, put the razor away). As a result, what chaining procedure is the BCBA most likely to recommend?
Total Task Presentation / Total Task Chaining
Engaging in a behavior such as humming to oneself may be soothing (sensory stimulation). What is the scientific term for this function of behavior?
Automatic Positive Reinforcement