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Behavior Change ABA Final Pt 1
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1Which of the following is the closest definition to reinforcement:
- Aa procedure where a stimulus is presented after a behavior that results in an increase in future behavior under similar situations.
- BA procedure where something given to an organism results in an increase in behavior.
- CA stimuli given to a child following a behavior to increase the behavior.
- DStimuli given just before a behavior that results in an increase in the behavior in the future under similar situations.
2______________ of reinforcement is the concept that allows for Shelly to not be able to verbalize that the tokens are increasing her math production but the data still show an increase in math production.
- AMentalisticness
- BImmediacy
- CThe unconditional aspects
- DAutomaticity
3One of the first studies in applying EAP research to humans included 6 elementary aged kids. The reinforcement contingently presented to the students was:
- ATeacher attention
- Bpeer attention.
- Cplastic red tokens.
- Descape from classroom tasks.
4Which of the following statements should we avoid when talking about reinforcement:
- ADr. Carr reinforced Johnny when he was sitting in his chair.
- BThe feedback given to the student resulted in no change in behavior.
- CDr. Carr contrived reinforcement for Johnny's sitting behavior.
- DA reinforcer was given to Johnny.
5 _____________ suggests that we should have a child read 5 pages of his book before allowing him to complete his art project. Both are requirements for the school day and the child prefers art over reading.
- APremack Principle
- BA generalized reinforcer
- CReinforcement assessment
- DAutomatic reinforcement
6A token economy is NOT considered which of the following:
- Ageneralized reinforcement.
- Ba ground breaking technology in our field.
- Cconditioned reinforcement.
- Dunconditioned reinforcement.
7A reinforcer assessment's main purpose is to:
- Adetermine if an item serves as a reinforcer or punisher.
- Bobtain data on unconditioned versus conditioned stimuli.
- Cauthenticate what you found in the preference assessment.
- Dput in order of preference a group of items.
8A known undesired result of a long delay between reinforcement and behavior is:
- Aa decrease in superstitious behavior.
- Bprogrammatic shaping of the desired behavior.
- Can increase in superstitious behavior.
- Dan increase in the desired behavior.
9 The law of effect states:
- Areinforcement increases behavior.
- Bantecedents are the reason we do things and the consequences are the effect.
- Cwe distribute our behavior based on the ratio of reinforcement.
- Dif something good happens after a behavior, it is likely to occur again.
10Which of the following is not known to serve as a control paradigm for a reinforcer assessment:
- Anon contingent reinforcement
- Bdifferential reinforcement of low rates.
- CDifferential reinforcement of alternative behavior.
- Ddifferential reinforcement of other behavior.
11In negative reinforcement, an aversive stimuli is _______ by the behavior which results in an increase in future behavior.
- Aadded
- Bunderstood
- Cremoved
- Ddesired
12An important aspect of negative reinforcements contingency (as compared to that of positive reinforcement) is the
- Aresponse
- Babsence of an Sd
- Cconsequence
- DEO
13Jack Michael believed
- AThat an FBA should dig into what about the stimuli is aversive (too long, hard, novel, etc)
- Bthe term aversive was an inherent characteristic of stimuli conditioned to be negative.
- CThere were three types of escape and should be kept separate.
- DThere was no reason to distinguish between positive and negative reinforcement
14Being in jail and getting out versus not murdering someone to never be put into jail is an example of ______ versus ________.
- Aescaping versus observational learning
- Bescaping versus avoiding
- Coperant avoidance versus conditioned avoidance
- Davoiding versus escaping
15Seeing brake lights up ahead on the highway serves as a signal for me to exit at the upcoming exit bc I hate traffic. This is an example of
- Aunconditioned negative reinforcement.
- Bconditioned negative reinforcement.
- Csocial negative reinforcement.
- Dfree operant avoidance.
16I have a pair of shoes I avoid on days I have to walk across campus bc they pinch my toes and leave a blister. The behavior of wearing an alternative pair of shoes to avoid this pain due to this is
- Asocially negatively reinforced.
- Bconditionally negatively reinforced.
- Cunconditionally negatively reinforced.
- Dobservational negative reinforcement.
17 My job only allows 3 absences so I go to work every day that I can without taking a sick day so I do not get reprimanded or have my pay docked. This is an example of
- Aautomatic reinforcement.
- Bsocial reinforcement
- Cnegative reinforcement
- Dpositive reinforcement
18One reason to be careful on using negative reinforcement is:
- Aour ethical code says we should't use them.
- Bstudents do not like it.
- Cthe data does not show it to work very well.
- Daversives can cause unpredictable behavior
19Another reason to be careful when using negative reinforcement is
- Ait is often confused with punishment.
- BThe ethical dilemma of introducing an aversive so that it can be removed.
- Cit is hard to understand and staff may have trouble putting into place with fidelity
- Dit is highly effective.
20Brooks is in the bathtub getting clean - something require of society. He hates it. I tell him if he sits still and let's me wash his hair, he can get out. He sits, I wash. It is likely he will sit again in the future. Is this an example of negative reinforcement?
- Ano
- Byes
21The teacher has Sally put on a lei (around her neck) when she has exhibited more than 10 talking out behaviors in a 30 minute period. This tells the other paras and teachers in the room to not allow her access to the iPad or socialization. Following completion of 5 math problems, she can remove the lei and earn all of her available reinforcers again.
In this situation, the lei is related to which procedure: (specifically, the wearing of the lei)- Atime out ribbon procedures.
- Bwithdrawal of a reinforcer
- Challway time out
- Dcontingent observation
22The teacher has Sally put on a lei (around her neck) when she has exhibited more than 10 talking out behaviors in a 30 minute period. This tells the other paras and teachers in the room to not allow her access to the iPad or socialization. Following completion of 5 math problems, she can remove the lei and earn all of her available reinforcers again.
The completion of the 5 math problems is:- Apositive punishment
- Bnegative punishment
- Climited hold
- Dtime out procedures.
23Johnny has been known to engage in aggressive behaviors and become majorly disruptive when asked to leave the room following inappropriate behaviors. In a case like this, we may change to which procedure:
- Ahallway time out
- Bcontingent observation
- Ctime out room
- Dtime out ribbons
24which of the following is one of the first steps to take before using a punishment procedure:
- Adecide on which time out procedure to use.
- BTake data for baseline length.
- Cattempt less aversive / restrictive techniques first.
- Dexplain the rules of time out
25 One key aspect of the token economy that many people put in place at the same item as the reinforcement portion of the token economy is called the:
- Abonus cost
- Btime out procedure
- Cred plastic token
- Dresponse cost
26Dr. Carr wants to help a student who is currently having trouble in the classroom. She notes the student appears to love attention from his teacher - independent of the type (lectures, praise, scolding, smiles, etc... are all considered attention to this child). Because of this, she asks the teacher to stop lecturing the student in the hallway and instead allow him to stay in his seat but not interact with him for a 5 minute period (no eye contact, words, smiles, etc).
The lectures are serving as ________________.- Anegative reinforcement.
- Bpositive reinforcement
- Cpositive punishment
- Dnegative punishment.
27Dr. Carr wants to help a student who is currently having trouble in the classroom. She notes the student appears to love attention from his teacher - independent of the type (lectures, praise, scolding, smiles, etc... are all considered attention to this child). Because of this, she asks the teacher to stop lecturing the student in the hallway and instead allow him to stay in his seat but not interact with him for a 5 minute period (no eye contact, words, smiles, etc).
When the teacher follows Dr. Carr's procedure and does not interact with him, this is what procedure:- Aresponse costs
- Bplanned ignoring
- Ccontingent observation
- Dexclusionary time out
28A kid mows the Yard and receives $20 so he mows it again the next week
- Apositive punishment.
- BNegative punishment
- Cpositive reinforcement.
- Dnegative reinforcement.
29A man is eating pho soup and it tastes so good he keeps eating it.
- Anegative reinforcement.
- Bnegative punishment
- Cpositive punishment.
- Dpositive reinforcement.
30A man is eating pho soup and it is so hot, it burns him so he stops eating and waits for it to cool off. The behavior of eating his soup at that moment has been ________.
- Anegatively punished
- Bpositively reinforced
- Cpositively punished.
- Dnegatively reinforced
31A student is wearing a lot of bright make up which scares the annoying kids in her grade away at recess. She loves being left alone to read and daydream during recess so she starts sneaking into the bathrooms when she gets to school to put on more make up.
(note: she dislikes the kids hanging around her and wants them to go away.
Hint: To answer this question, first, identify the behavior and what direction it moves in before determining what stimulus was added or removed).- Apositive reinforcement.
- Bpositive punishment.
- Cnegative reinforcement.
- Dnegative punishment
32A lizard crawls on a rock and out of the shadow. He is no longer cold. Next time he is cold, he moves out of the shadow.
[don't read into this. I'm telling you what behavior increases / decreases and what stimuli was removed / added]- Apositive punishment.
- Bnegative punishment
- Cpositive reinforcement.
- Dnegative reinforcement.
33A teacher allows students who are passing reading with an A to go read to a younger grade (yay!) instead of staying in class to complete the typical reading in class (yuck!). Students work harder to keep their As.
(In this case, consider it from the effects on the behavior of reading well so they don't have to do more boring reading in the classroom! They want OUT of their classroom!)- Anegative punishment
- Bnegative reinforcement.
- Cpositive reinforcement.
- DPositive punishment
34Sally voted for her favorite candidate in the most recent election. The candidate ended up winning and Sally reminds herself that she needs to vote in all future elections.
- Apositive punishment.
- Bnegative reinforcement.
- Cpositive reinforcement.
- Dnegative punishment
35Having a cough from allergies during the time of Covid-19 makes you unable to go to your office and work (even though you aren't sick). You are way more productive when you work at your office and thus hate being stuck at home working. You start taking your allergy medication to get the heck out of your home and back to your office. This behavior of taking medication on time is being _______.
- Apositively reinforced.
- Bnegatively reinforced.
- Cnegatively punished.
- Dpositively punished.
36Jimeniz went for a run this morning. Due to having to now take a shower and wash his hair this morning, it looked like it had extra body and gave him some some extra swagger at work. This resulted in more morning runs. The behavior of running received_______.
- Apositive punishment.
- Bnegative punishment
- Cnegative reinforcement.
- Dpositive reinforcement.
37 You work hard and get a job promotion. That comes with extra pay, more vacation days and more responsibility. You love it. You keep looking forward to the next step on the corporate ladder.
- Apositive reinforcement.
- Bpositive punishment.
- Cnegative punishment
- Dnegative reinforcement.
38A DRL procedure reinforces a lower rate of the target/inappropriate behavior.
- ATrue
- BFalse
39A student is told that she has to sit and watch for 5-minutes due to acting inappropriately. This is an example of nonexclusionary time-out.
- ATrue
- BFalse
40A punisher can be identified ONLY by its effect of behavior.
- ATrue
- BFalse
41When extinction is used, its effects will frequently generalize to settings in which procedures are
not in effect.- ATrue
- BFalse
42The overcorrection procedure which requires that the student restore or correct an environment which he has disturbed to a condition greatly improved beyond its original condition is restitutional overcorrection.
- ATrue
- BFalse
43A chocolate candy bar and being assigned additional homework may both serve as punishers to a
particular behavior for a student if it decreases a behavior.- ATrue
- BFalse
44Punishment may be defined as applying an aversive stimulus following an inappropriate behavior that results in a decrease in behavior.
- ATrue
- BFalse
45Extinction is the elimination of a behavior resulting from the application of aversive procedures.
- ATrue
- BFalse
46DRI reinforces a behavior that is inconsequential to the target behavior.
- ATrue
- BFalse
47The factor that differentiates between exclusionary and nonexclusionary time‑out procedures is removal from the instructional setting to a separate room.
- ATrue
- BFalse
48When the temperature gets too warm and you engage in behaviors to cool off (turn down the A/C, take off a sweatshirt, etc). The MO behavior altering effects are:
- Aabative for wearing a sweater .
- Bevocative for wearing a sweater
- Cincreasing the value of the a/c
- Dabative for engaging in behaviors to get warm.
49When the temperature gets too warm and you engage in behaviors to cool off (turn down the A/C, take off a sweatshirt, etc). The MO behavior altering effects are
- Adecreasing value of the thermostat.
- Bevocative for going to the thermostat.
- Cabative for going to the thermostat.
- Dincreasing value of the thermostat.
50When the temperature gets too warm and you engage in behaviors to cool off (turn down the A/C, take off a sweatshirt, etc). The MO value altering effects are
- Adecreasing value of colder air.
- Babative for the sweatshirt.
- Cincreasing value of colder air.
- Dincreasing value of the sweatshirt.
51The twins have been stuck in the Tahoe on a roadtrip to Colorado. When we get there, they act like wild children without any discipline. The restraint shown in the car / lack of ability to play and get out their 'energy' has resulted in what value altering changes:
- Adecreases value of the jungle gym at the park we talk by.
- Babative effects for food.
- Cevocative effects for something to drink.
- Ddecreases the value of books in the car.
52The twins have been stuck in the Tahoe on a roadtrip to Colorado. When we get there, they act like wild children without any discipline. The restraint shown in the car / lack of ability to play and get out their 'energy' has resulted in what behavior altering changes:
- Aabative for running, jumping and hollaring
- Bevocative for running, jumping, and hollering behavior.
- Cincreasing value of playgrounds.
- Ddecreasing value of playgrounds.
53 My husband has insomnia often. We are currently on the 4th night of very little sleep. When he doesn't sleep well, he is a bit testy / easily irritated. What value altering changes have been made due to the lack of sleep?
- Asleep has increased in reinforcing value.
- Bsleep now has an abative effect.
- Csleep has an evocative effect.
- Dsleep has decreased in reinforcing value.
54During a 250+ mile hike across Spain, I leave my germaphobe tendencies behind in order to have a steady water supply. The heat and exhaustion from the walk serve as what type of motivating operation to drinking water in less than ideal conditions?
- Aabolishing operation
- Bestablishing operations
55During a 250+ mile hike across Spain, I leave my germaphobe tendencies behind in order to have a steady water supply. The heat and exhaustion from the walk serve as what type of value altering changes to my behavior:
- Aincrease the value of unclean water faucets.
- Bincrease the value of only clean water faucets
- Cevocative effects for drinking water.
- Ddecrease the value of clean faucets
56 I am sitting at my desk and the sun is blazing in the windows - I close them so I can see my screen. The sun has what value altering effect on my behavior:
- Aabates the "computer using" behavior I am engaged in.
- Bincreases the value of light bulbs.
- Cincreases the value of window shades in my office.
- Davokes the behavior of closing the blinds.
57A girl is not very close to her stepdad - in fact, she doesn't really hang out with him very much at all. However, one day - she sees a new prom dress she wants but it outside the budget given to her by her mom. So, she hits up her step dad for the rest of the money she needs to buy the dress. Is this a UMO or CMO situation that motivates the "be friendly to stepdad" behavior that follows?
- ACMO
- BUMO
58A girl is not very close to her stepdad - in fact, she doesn't really hang out with him very much at all. However, one day she sees a prom dress she wants to buy but it outside the budget given to her by her mom. So, she hits up her step dad for the rest of the money she needs to buy the dress. Which of the following is the motiving operation at play for her "friendly behavior toward stepdad" behavior? :
- ACMO-T
- BCMO-R
- CCMO-S
- DCMO-ABA
59There are many dimensions of behavior analysis. Which of the following does this apply to: When Johnny enters the classroom, a para used physical prompts at the shoulder and elbow to guide him to his seat. Once there, she started a stopwatch and gave him 15 seconds to get situated before providing the verbal prompt, "Johnny, get out your math book". She then started the stop watch again and at 10 seconds, if he had not complied, would provide one more verbal prompt.
- Aanalytic
- Bapplied
- Creplication
- Dtechnological
60Jimeniz went for a run this morning. Due to having to now take a shower and wash his hair, he was late to work. He decides running in the mornings isn't worth it and stops trying.
- APositive punishment
- BNegative punishment
- CPositive reinforcement
- DNegative reinforcment
61Dr. Sinclair is observing a classroom and notices the student will rip up his math worksheet each time he moves from addition problems to subtraction. The teacher then tells him he does not have to finish it and can instead switch to his reading assignment for the day.
What is the consequence:- Aripping up the worksheet.
- Btold he does not have to finish math / moves to reading.
- Cdr. Sinclair working in the classroom.
- Dtold to work on math.
62A girl is not very close to her stepdad - in fact, she doesn't really hang out with him very much at all. However, one day she sees a prom dress she wants to buy but it outside the budget given to her by her mom. So, she hits up her step dad for the rest of the money she needs to buy the dress. Which of the following is the motiving operation at play for her "friendly behavior toward stepdad" behavior? :
- ACMO-T
- BCMO-R
- CCMO-S
- DUMO
63Three goals of science are:
- APrediction, replication and verification
- BDescription, prediction and control.
- Cgeneralization, effectiveness and analysis
- DPrediction, parsimony and determinism.
64A teacher allows students who are passing reading with an A to go read to a younger grade (yay!) instead of doing extra reading in class (yuck!). Students work harder to keep their A grades to avoid having to stay in class and read boring passages in their Reading Curriculum text. Getting to leave the classroom / boring reading is an example of _________.
- Apositive reinforcement.
- BNegative reinforcement
- CPositive punishment
- DNegative punishment
65When we first start working with kids with autism, we often work to pair ourselves with gummy bears, high fives, hugs, praise, smiles, tangles and non tangible preferred items. This process of pairing occurs through:
- Aoperant conditioning.
- Bobservational learning.
- Chabituation.
- Dclassical conditioning.
66Which of the characteristics of ABA says that when we describe our interventions we use the lingo of the field and explain the science and principles behind them?
- AParsimony
- BTechnological.
- CConceptually systematic.
- DAnalytic
67The characteristic of ABA that says when we work to change a behavior we should also work so that it changes across settings / people / etc is....
- AEffectiveness
- BAnalytic
- CPragmatics
- DGenerality
68Which of the following characteristics of ABA states that when we publish our interventions that we do so in enough detail that others can replicate our tools and strategies.
- ATechnological.
- BPragmatic
- CAnalytic
- DConceptually systematic
69Which of the following is the actual definition of ABA
- AApplied behavior analysis is the use of behaviorism to help students with autism learn to be successful in the school and home environments.
- BApplied behavior analysis is the science in which the principles of the analysis of behavior are applied systematically to improve socially significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for behavior change.
- CApplied behavior analysis is the use of behavioral principles to change the behavior of others using systematic interventions and data.
- DApplied behavior analysis is the use of data to make decisions regarding our clients and change important behaviors.
70The first publication that started the field of ABA was:
- A1959 - Psychiatric nurse as a behavioral engineer
- B1975 -Lovaas' handbook for Mental Retardation strategies
- C1950 - Rats run faster during food deprivation
- D1964 - Seven dimensions of applied behavior analysis.
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