ABC
This happens right before a behavior and may trigger or set the occasion for it
What is an antecedent?
This occurs when a behavior increases because something pleasant is added after the behavior
What is positive reinforcement?
This type of assessment helps identify items or activities that may function as reinforcers.
What is a preference assessment?
In ABA, this is any observable and measurable action performed by a person
What is behavior?
Recording how many times a behavior occurs is called this measurement system
Frequency
This is the observable and measurable action performed by an individual.
What is behavior?
A student loses tablet time after hitting a peer, and hitting decreases
What is negative punishment?
In this assessment, many items are presented at once and the learner can interact freely with them.
What is a free-operant assessment?
A good behavior definition should include actions that are observable and this.
What is measurable?
The amount of time a behavior lasts from start to finish is called this.
Duration
A peer takes a toy. A child hits the peer. The peer gives the toy back. What is the consequence?
What is getting the toy back?
Additional cleaning duties are assigned after a student throws food, and throwing food decreases.
What is positive punishment?
This assessment uses an array of multiple items and removes selected items after each choice
MSWO
What title will all your supervisors hold in your POD?
BCBA
A teacher says, "Please sit down," before a student sits. The instruction is this type of antecedent.
What is a demand (or SD)?
The fire alarm suddenly sounds, and a student covers their ears. The alarm is the ______.
What is the antecedent?
A child asks for a break from work, and the therapist provides one. Asking for breaks increases.
What is negative reinforcement
A BCBA uses the highest-ranked item from an MSWO to increase task completion. The item is being used as this.
What is a reinforcer?
What does RBT stand for?
Registered Behavioral Technician
An event that increases the value of a reinforcer and makes behavior more likely.
What is a motivating operation (MO)
True or False: Consequences are always punishment
What is False?
A therapist gives attention following problem behavior. The behavior increases. Even though the therapist intended to punish the behavior, ABA would classify the attention as this.
What is reinforcement?
Name all the Preference Assessments we discussed today?
Single, Paired, Free Operant, MSW, MSWO
Gradually reducing prompts over time is known as this.
What is prompt fading?
What are the 4 functions of Behavior?
Attention, Access, Escape, Automatic