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1. A behavior analyst is adhering to which underlying assumption of behavior analysis when she conducts several tests of her treatment before she writes it in a formal behavior program?

2. Providing a complete description of one’s procedures in a behavior analytic study of classroom management techniques is adhering to which dimensions of behavior analysis?

3. Describing behavior program procedures in terms of the basic principles of behavior is adhering to which dimension of behavior analysis?

4. When asked why a certain behavior happened, the behavior analyst states that the behavior “came out of nowhere.”

If the behavior analyst meant what he said, he is violating the assumption of __________________.

5. Which of the following is NOT a dimension of applied behavior analysis?

6. A behavior analyst is measuring the time it takes for a client to say, “You’re welcome” after the staff says, “Thank you.” The behavior analyst is measuring __________________.

7. Which measure would probably be the best measure for crying?

8. If a behavior analyst states, “It took four attempts, but Johnny completed the puzzle,” she is using which measure?

9. Jody had an access-maintained tantrum for 14 minutes and it started 3 seconds after she was told, “No.” It had been 2 days since the previous tantrum.

The latency is:

10. Manipulating a students chair in a classroom setting to avoid distraction fro the window is an example of a manipulation of a

11. The number of time intervals in a specific period of time during which a response occurs continuously for an entire interval is which measure?

12. In behavior analysis, the __________________ is usually __________________.

13. An experimenter examines the effects of three types of prompts on compliance in a developmentally disabled person.

In this experiment, what is the independent variable?

14. An experimenter examines the level of noise in a school bus full of children under the following conditions: baseline, rock music, baseline, classical music.

In this experiment, the dependent variable is:

15. A person is asked to make his bed. His caregiver checks 30 minutes later and the bed was made. No one else was present during that time. The caregiver records that the client made his bed even though he did not observe the behavior directly.

The data collection method used is:

16. 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.

17. A DRI schedule designed to decrease the frequency of running around class and tapping other children on the head involves:

18. Gradually transferring stimulus control from prompts to other discriminative stimuli is a process called __________________.

19. Requiring a student who disrupts the class by throwing papers and tipping over chairs to clean the mess up and then clean the rest of the room by sweeping and cleaning desktops is a(n) __________________ procedure.

20. The specific, or technical, name for the type of procedure used in the above question is:

21. Teaching a child to match printed words to pictures, then pictures to the actual objects, and then testing to determine if the child can now match printed words to the actual objects is known as:

22. 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:

23. The purpose of conducting a functional assessment is to:

24. Which is the best definition of a behavior function?

25. Alternative appropriate behaviors that serve the same function for an individual:

26. A __________________ is derived from a descriptive analysis.

27. When an observer notes everything the client does or says as well as events before and after the episode of behavior, he or she is using:

28. A good behavior analyst always does what before authoring a behavior intervention?

29. What are the three elements of informed consent?

30. Behavior analytic interventions that are effective in changing an individual’s behavior in a socially important way are said to have:

31. Which of the following would not be a type of function of behavior identified during a functional assessment?

32. Results of a functional assessment reveal that a child engages in hand-biting when she is in a room by herself.

The likely function of behavior is:

33. 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?

34. What if you teach the child to swim in a pool and the child goes to the beach and can do the front crawl in the ocean?

35. In reference to maintenance, functional arrangements between behavior and antecedent and consequence events that occur in the environment in which the behavior of interest is to be maintained are called:

36. A child who learns to say “red” when presented with a red card, also says “red” when presented with an orange card. This is called:

37. Which schedule of reinforcement is most effective at maintaining behaviors?

38. You are teaching David to clean the workshop to prepare him for working on the cleaning crew. Read the descriptions below and identify which is LEAST likely to promote generalization of the workshop cleaning skills to real-life cleaning jobs.

39. 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:

40. If the person gets back on task when he is touched, this is an example of:

41. Staff alerts you that one of their clients seems to become aggressive when he has not consumed food for several hours.

This phenomenon demonstrates the effect of a(n):

42. 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:

43. Tokens are generally referred to as:

44. In self-control, where does the ultimate control lie? (Or, why is self-control a misnomer?)

45. Select the best staff training package:

46. 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?

47. Non-contingent reinforcement is this type of intervention:

48. A teacher uses a group contingency with her students. She states the following rule: “If everyone gets 100% on their spelling test the week, I will turn cartwheels down the hall for you.”

What type of group contingency is this?

49. A teacher says: “Everyone, you have math homework tonight. Tomorrow, I will draw a name from a hat. If that person has completed his or her homework and remembered to bring it back to school, everyone will get extra recess.”

What type of group contingency is this?

50. Self-management is best defined as the:

51. A study was undertaken to determine the effectiveness of time-out for physical aggression.

The time-out procedure would be considered the:

52. When conducting an analogue functional analysis, the condition commonly used as a control is the:

53. Which method is the BEST to use when presenting categorical data from a functional analysis?

54. What is the next step in the assessment process if data from the functional analysis do NOT support the original hypothesis?

55. When developing a task analysis, a behavior analyst would first:

56. In general, when a behavior analyst is asked to help someone make friends, the behavior analyst should:

57. Holly is learning to use a spoon to feed herself. Applesauce is known to function as a reinforcer. Her teacher has selected the following objective for Holly: "Given a spoon and a 3-ounce dish of applesauce, Holly will independently scoop the applesauce to her mouth." This objective is incomplete.

Which component is missing?

58. Speed, magnitude, durability and generality of effect are some of the MOST important

59. Jim's teacher has taught him to say, "Hello, how are you?" and when he does this, she delivers praise. Now Jim says this whenever he meets anyone, and some people say, "Fine, how are you?"

What is the natural consequence for Jim's behavior?

60. When shopping with her dad, Sally knocks items off the shelf, especially canned goods. The cans make a loud noise when they hit the floor. Her dad decides to teach her an alternative behavior.

What alternative behavior is the BEST choice to teach?

61. When setting criteria for behavior change, behavior analysts attempt to implement the simplest mode of intervention necessary to elicit the desired outcome.

As such, the identified outcome criteria should be

62. Jamie and Morgan have similar behavior challenges and similar daily schedules. A behavior analyst has spent extensive time and effort on developing and implementing Morgan's plan, which is proving to be very successful.

How should the behavior analyst proceed with developing a treatment plan for Jamie?

63. The use of a withdrawal design is LEAST appropriate when:

64. When using an alternating treatments design it is important to randomly:

65. When using a changing criterion design, the BEST demonstration of experimental control would be produced if the:

66. The PRIMARY advantage of using a multiple baseline design across subjects is that:

67. Jamie frequently falls to the floor and screams at school. Preliminary behavioral assessment data indicate that his tantrums are maintained by attention and escape from demand situations. Jamie's behavior analyst wants to examine precisely how attention and escape conditions affect these behaviors. The behavior analyst does not want to conduct the analysis in Jamie's classroom because she would not be able to control for potentially important factors.

Relating to this scenario, which statement is TRUE?

68. Carlos participated in a toothbrushing skill acquisition program. When he started the program, he needed physical assistance to perform each step. After two weeks, he met all objectives and was able to complete each step independently. The program involved the use of graduated guidance, praise, and token reinforcement. In the future, the behavior analyst would like to examine which procedures made the program most effective (i.e., guidance, praise, or token reinforcement).

To determine this, the behavior analyst could use a

69. The behavior analyst has had good results with an intervention she designed that makes access to video games contingent upon playing with other children. She now wants to compare the effects of differing amounts of video game access time. She should conduct a

70. Which of the following measures would be the MOST appropriate for reporting head banging during each 5-minute interval of work?