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Due to a parent only implementing punishment procedures, she finds that her son begins to avoid her. Which of the following best explains this effect? A) The parent became a discriminative stimulus for negative reinforcement. B) The parent became a conditioned aversive stimulus. C) The parent elicited emotional responses. D) The parent became an unconditioned aversive stimulus. D When teaching a client to engage in recreational activities, which of the following strategies is the least likely to be used when programming for maintenance? A) Set a behavior trap for the leisure skills that are targeted by the plan. B) Ensure that there is sufficient contact with reinforcement from the start.
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Assess the performance of the skill after instruction has ended. D) Use a CRF schedule to reinforce until the activity is no longer preferred. B Don is a BCBA with a license in Marriage and Family Therapy. Don provides both behavior analysis and marriage therapy to his clients. He is considering hiring a behavior specialist that has no training in Marriage and Family Therapy. Of the following, which is best practice? A) Don should only hire behavior analysts that also have a background in marriage and family therapy, then provide supervision as needed. B) Ensure that the new employee only engages in behavior analytic practice. Supervise the new employee only regarding the practice of ABA. C) Teach the new employee the techniques required to do marriage therapy and family therapy, if that's what the client needs. Supervise the employee. D) Teach and supervise the new employee on both behavior analytic practice and marriage and family therapy. Ensure that the client receives the treatment(s) they need. C Of the following procedures, which is likely the best generative instruction strategy? A)
Trina reviewed a video recording of a student 3 times, and took data on the student's eye contact using a stopwatch, each time she counted 17 seconds. The client actually engaged in 23 seconds of eye contact. The fact that these two numbers don't match is because Trina's measurements lack: A) Reliability B) Treatment integrity C) Validity D) Accuracy A Data indicate no progress for a client; however, other members of a school interdisciplinary team state the client seems happy and that the intervention plan should not change. What is the best course of action for the behavior analyst to take? A) Continue to make treatment suggestions and decisions based on data. B) Maintain confidentiality when reporting ethical violations to the principal. C) Tell the team members how to use the current data to guide treatment decision making.
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Independently implement programs using data to guide intervention decisions. D Which of the following is a core feature of precision teaching? A) Teachers graph student performance on equal-interval graphs improving the speed and accuracy of teaching decisions. B) Teachers use scripts and choral responding to better identify exactly which students are and are not meeting mastery objectives. C) Students move through curricula as they demonstrate mastery of academic skills by achieving at least 90% on any particular skill. D) Teaching decisions are continuously made based upon data that is graphed immediately following student performance. C Shirley is working with a two-year-old client, Maura. She is teaching Maura to put the square shape in the square hole. According to the table, how long did it take Maura to reach criterion? Criterion = 3 consecutive correct responses 1+ 2- 3+ 4+ 5- 6+ 7- 8+ 9- 10- 11+ 12+ 13+ 14+ 15+ A) 4 trials B) 15 trials
making the sign and only provides water when Lauren independently does so. B) Alex gives Lauren water contingent upon a modified sign. Over time, Alex only provides water as each sign attempt becomes more like the real sign for water. C) Alex points to the picture of water and gives Lauren water after Lauren does a modified sign for water. Over time, Alex only provides water after fading the picture from the environment. D) Alex manually prompts Lauren to do the sign and gives her water. Over time, Alex only gives assistance as needed, providing water at each success. A A behavior analyst has just accepted the case of a 7 year old girl with behavioral and gastro-intestinal problems after determining that the case is within her level of competence and resources. Now that she has accepted the case, there are a few things she should do first. Which of the following should the behavior analyst NOT attempt to do first? A) Conduct a functional analysis. B) Ask the client's guardians if she has been evaluated by a medical doctor C) Review the client's old behavior plans and records D) Conduct a functional assessment interview
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When teaching a person to tact a cookie, which of the following is likely the best description of a possible tact training procedure? A) Deliver training only when the student has not had cookies for at least several hours. B) Deliver praise and a bite of the cookie after the emission of the word "cookie." C) Deliver praise after the emission of the word "cookie" when there is no cookie in sight. D) Deliver praise after the emission of the word "cookie" when there is a cookie in sight. A Across three days, there was low IOA on data collected during a new procedure implemented with a student. For the student's behavior measured by two observers, agreement was calculated at 40%, 50%, and 45% for each respective day. What could be a potential issue? A) The definition of the target behavior is unclear. B) The description of the teaching procedure is unclear. C) The student being observed is not consistently engaging in the targeted response.
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1 bite/5 seconds D) 5 seconds C Of the following descriptions, which describes a typical preliminary assessment of a potential client's behavior? A) The behavior analyst uses direct assessment and systematic manipulation of antecedents an consequences to determine functional relationships. B) The behavior analyst conducts a literature review of the problem behavior, and determines the likely functions of the behavior based on scientific research. C) The behavior analyst uses indirect assessments such as interviews, questionnaires, and record reviews to assess problem behavior. D) The behavior analyst uses direct assessments to assess a problem behavior by directly observing antecedents, behaviors and consequences. C The caregivers of a child are convinced that punishment will be necessary to reduce their child's self injurious behavior (SIB). Which of the following punishment strategies is likely the best? A) Each time the child engages in SIB, present the punisher, but also allow the child to contact the reinforcer that maintains the SIB.
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Before the child engages in SIB, use an NCR schedule to decrease the frequency of the self-injurious behavior. C) Each time the child engages in SIB, present the punisher, while differentially reinforcing each instance of an alternative response. D) Each time the child engages in SIB, present the punisher, and continue the punishment procedure until the behavior is extinguished. A A student with a history of problem behavior is transitioning from a special education classroom into a regular education classroom. Which of the following actions would be the best for a BCBA to take? A) Train the teacher to provide reinforcement to the student and peers for pro-social behavior. B) Create an emergency backup restraint plan and train staff and teacher to implement it in the new classroom. C) Inform the student's new teacher and peers about the student's disabilities and relevant behavior programs. D) Train the teacher and peers to competency on avoiding all situations that may evoke problem behavior. B
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Shape the vocalization from "water" to "I want water." D) Model "I want water" and provide water after imitation. C Shelley is a classroom teacher with 30 students. She has an aide who assists 2-3 times per week, for half of the day. There are 3 students in the class who are struggling with word acquisition, and Shelley has one intervention she believes will work for all of them. Which design would be the most practical to use to implement and analyze the effects of the intervention? A) Non-concurrent multiple baseline across subjects B) Multiple baseline design across behaviors C) Multiple probe design across subjects D) Multiple baseline design across subjects A After the teacher says, "Ok, class is out," a student continues to remain at his desk for 2 minutes before he gets up and packs his bag. It takes him 2 minutes to gather his books, 3 minutes to put them in his backpack, and 1 minute to walk back to his desk and take a seat. What is this student's latency of packing relative to the announcement? A) 2 minutes
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6 minutes C) 8 minutes D) 3 minutes C Of the following which is the best definition of selectionism? A) Responses become extinct as a result of the environment no longer selecting them. B) Organisms select traits that help them survive, and as a result change over time. C) Life evolves as a result of selection with respect to function. D) Responses are naturally selected by evocative antecedent stimuli. B Christina puts a toy in front of Judy on 15 different occasions. Judy approached the toy on 10 occasions and just walked away on 3 occasions. Given the opportunity, what percent of occurrence did Judy not approach the toy? A)
Raj rarely complies with Loukia's request to pick up his coat. However, Loukia was able to teach Raj to point and give high-fives by reinforcing with praise. Which of the following procedures could Loukia implement to increase Raj's compliance with her request using behavior momentum? A) Tell Raj to pick up his coat, and when he does she immediately praises that and asks him to give her a high-five; when he gives her a high five, Loukia immediately asks Raj to point to the TV, then she praises his pointing immediately. B) Tell Raj to point to the TV, and when he complies she immediately asks him to pick up the coat. When Raj picks up the coat she immediately asks Raj to give her a high-five, and gives lots of extra praise when he complies. C) Tell Raj to give her a high-five, and when he does, she praises that, then immediately tells Raj to point to the TV; when he points to the TV she praises that, then immediately tells Raj to pick up his coat and gives extra praise when he complies. D) Tell Raj that she'll give him a lot of praise if he picks up the coat; if Raj complies with Loukia's request to pick up the coat, then after he also points to objects and/or gives high-fives, she strengthens those responses with intermittent reinforcement. D What experimental design should be used if a BCBA wants to test whether a specific consequence is a reinforcer for hand-raising in a classroom and the teacher is willing to remove an effective intervention for a few days to make that determination? A) Multiple baseline design
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Changing criterion design C) Alternating treatments design D) Reversal design D Which of the following areas of behavior analysis have the primary function of developing, training and implementing behavior plans? A) Experimental analysis of behavior B) Applied behavior analysis C) Conceptual analysis of behavior D) Behavioral service delivery C Of the following, which would likely be the least acceptable method for maintaining a client's behavior in a particular setting? A) Recruit the manager of the local grocery store to give assistance, if necessary, to the client when the client is purchasing items in the store.
During implementation of a plan to address Yusef's skill deficits, his father moves back into the house (after a brief separation with his mother). Yusef's parents get into loud vocal arguments in front of him, which seems to disrupt Yusef's progress. Of the following, which would be the best strategy for a behavior analyst to take? A) The behavior analyst should take reasonable steps to facilitate transfer of responsibility to another provider if the client needs one immediately. B) The behavior analyst should recommend that other professional assessments and services be sought for Yusef's father and mother. C) The behavior analyst should formally assess the parent's interactions with each other, while strongly encouraging them to not argue in front of Yusef. D) The behavior analyst should focus only on building Yusef's skills, and not attempt to assess the behavior of Yusef's father and mother. A A behavior analyst wants all residents of a group home to increase their cleaning behavior, but is concerned that several of the residents may sabotage a group effort. Which would be the best group contingency to use? A) Independent group contingency B) Dependent group contingency
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Interdependent group contingency D) A token group contingency A A BCBA is assisting an agency to reduce their client's last minute appointment cancellations. There is currently no strategy in place to reduce cancellations. What should the BCBA consider recommending first? A) Look for computer software that automatically sends out reminder calls to clients. B) Set up and monitor a performance improvement plan for the secretary to increase reminder calls. C) Train employees to implement a reward system for client's meeting appointments. D) Periodically offer trainings to clients regarding the importance of meeting appointments. D What indirect assessment could assist with identifying responses targeted for direct assessment? A) Naturalistic observation B) Functional analysis
