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NEW QUESTION # 22
A child is exhibiting tantrum behaviors. You believe the tantrum is occurring for your attention. You
therefore ignore the tantrum until it ceases while continuing daily activities. You note that the tantrums
decrease over time. This is an example of:

• A. Positive punishment
• B. Time-out
• C. Establishing operations
• D. Extinction

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION # 23
In order to promote generalization in intensive teaching, the behavior analyst should.

• A. teach loosely.
• B. use few exemplars.
• C. use the same SD.
• D. teach in the same environment.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION # 24
In order to decrease the occurrence of an inappropriate behavior effectively, a behavior analyst should simultaneously increasE.

• A. consequences for inappropriate behavior.
• B. reinforcement for all other behaviors.
• C. acceptable alternative behaviors.
• D. response effort for incompatible behaviors.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION # 25
What best defines a discriminative stimulus?

• A. It always elicits a response.
• B. It is defined by its effect on behavior.
• C. It is any change in the environment.
• D. It is established using either operant or respondent procedures.

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION # 26
A client with a history of escape maintained problem behavior begins to throw the puzzle pieces a few minutes after starting to work on the task. What is the BEST programmatic change for the behavior analyst to make?

• A. Implement an overcorrection procedure to reduce puzzle piece throwing.
• B. Increase the amount of social praise delivered for successful task completion.
• C. Teach the client to request escape using an adaptive behavior.
• D. Remove the puzzle and implement a time-out procedure.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION # 27
You are working with a child on teaching swimming. You teach the child to do the front crawl. After a few weeks of teaching, the child is doing both the front crawl and also starts doing the breast stroke. What has occurred?

• A. Maintenance
• B. Response generalization
• C. Failure to generalize
• D. Stimulus generalization

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION # 28
The purpose of including untaught items or tasks within a Discrete Trial Instruction program is to assess:

• A. context.
• B. fluency.
• C. generalization.
• D. mastery.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION # 29
You are working with a client who finds physical touch to be aversive. When the person is off task, the program calls for you to give a warning by counting to 10; at that point, you gently touch him if he is not back on task. The touch remains until he returns to task. Please note that being touched is aversive for this particular individual. If the person gets back on task during counting, this is an example of:

• A. Stimulus fading
• B. Escape
• C. Avoidance
• D. Positive reinforcement

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION # 30
During three 30-minute observations, Linda gouged her eye 8, 17, and 12 times, respectively. Each incident lasted between 1 and 3 seconds, with an average duration of 1.3 seconds. Which is the BEST dimension to continue to measure?

• A. inter-response time
• B. rate
• C. latency
• D. duration

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION # 31
You are designing a treatment program for Susan. Before getting into details, you wish to identify some ultimate outcomes towards which Susan will progress. Which of the following is NOT an appropriate ultimate outcome for Susan?

• A. The convenience of staff with whom Susan works
• B. The range of interpersonal interactions with others
• C. Susan's access to reinforcers in the community
• D. The variety and diversity of events in Susan's life

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION # 32
An experimental design that starts with a baseline phase, followed by a treatment phase, then another baseline phase, and ends in the same type of treatment phase is called a (n):

• A. reversal design.
• B. multi-element design.
• C. multiple baseline design.
• D. ABA design.

Answer: A

Explanation:
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NEW QUESTION # 33
Intraverbal behavior is controlled by A.

• A. verbal stimulus; the behavior matches that stimulus; and the reinforcer is specific.
• B. verbal stimulus; the behavior does not match that stimulus; and the reinforcer is non-specific.
• C. verbal stimulus; the behavior does not match that stimulus; and the reinforcer is specific.
• D. verbal stimulus; the behavior matches that stimulus; and the reinforcer is non-specific.

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION # 34
Sammy is having a difficult time completing his independent math worksheet on two-digit division. He is frustrated and doesn't understand how to solve the equations.
Sammy raises his hand and asks for "help." The teacher assists Sammy. Sammy's asking for "help" is?

• A. an intraverbal.
• B. a mand.
• C. an autoclitic.
• D. receptive language.

Answer: B

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NEW QUESTION # 35
To teach Beth to wash her hands, staff trained Beth in all the steps identified in the task analysis in each session. They also introduced prompts in successive levels if Beth did not respond after a two-second waiting period. Which behavior chaining procedure was used in this program?

• A. global
• B. total task
• C. backward
• D. forward

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION # 36
Jack, a behavior analyst, is consulting about a student who engages in face slapping. A recent functional analysis clearly determined that the behavior is maintained by automatic reinforcement. In the past, reinforcement procedures alone were found to be ineffective. The current intervention consists of a punishment procedure. pulling the student's hands away from his face contingent on any attempts to slap and saying, "No!" Jack should.

• A. move ahead and collect data on the plan and revise as indicated regularly.
• B. re-do the assessment, add a reinforcement procedure, and plan to eliminate all punishment procedures.
• C. add a reinforcement procedure that focuses on replacement and/or incompatible behaviors and move forward with the plan.
• D. refer to another behavior analyst who works with punishment only cases.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION # 37
Placing a request that a child is least likely to perform at the end of a series of requests that the child is most likely to perform is a phenomenon known as:

• A. High-probability request sequence
• B. Errorless learning
• C. Mediated transfer
• D. The Premack principle

Answer: D

Explanation:
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NEW QUESTION # 38
Talking out in class results in a child losing a star on his star chart. The loss of a star appears to be an attempt to implement a(n) __________________ procedure.

• A. Negative reinforcement
• B. Response cost
• C. Errorless learning
• D. Aversion therapy

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION # 39
Frequency would be the MOST appropriate measure for which scenario?

• A. Jill wants to increase her son's compliance with room-cleaning requests.
• B. The behavior analyst wants to reduce the number of times Jack hits Jill.
• C. Jack's parents want him to reduce his persistent hand flapping.
• D. Jack wants his employees to increase the number of kits made in one hour.

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION # 40
What could be done to clarify the differentiation in the frequency of aggression among the environments shown in this graph?

• A. Record data for an entire week.
• B. Change the vertical axis so that the range is zero to twenty.
• C. Use an equal interval graph.
• D. Include more environments along the horizontal axis.

Answer: B

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NEW QUESTION # 41
Which of the following could NOT function as an unconditioned punisher?

• A. social disapproval
• B. excessive stimulation
• C. physical restraint
• D. a bitter taste

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION # 42
Which of the following would not be a type of function of behavior identified during a functional assessment?

• A. Access to tangibles
• B. Escape
• C. Frustration
• D. Attention

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION # 43
The purpose of conducting a functional assessment is to:

• A. Manipulate variables that affect behavior
• B. Obtain information from which to create a hypothesis statement
• C. Determine how effective a treatment intervention is
• D. Complete a functional analysis

Answer: B

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NEW QUESTION # 44
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