bds G.17 part 1

Parents deliver a firm reprimand to their two-year old child when the child touches things that shouldn't be touched and the child always stops touching the object. Within a few minutes, the child can often be found touching something again that shouldn't be touched and the parents reprimand their child again. What might a behavior analyst recommend to these parents about the use of reprimands?

Parental attention in the form of reprimands is likely the reinforcer. The parents should provide their child with toys and give attention when the child plays with them.

An assessment procedure that includes measures of behavioral suppression of a stimulus is

a brief punisher assessment.

An assessment procedure that measures the staff or client preference for a punisher is

a choice assessment.

An assessment procedure that includes measures of escape and vocalizations is

a stimulus avoidance assessment.

Based on functional analysis data, you recommend including timeout in the punisher assessment. The maintaining reinforcer for the problem behavior was identified as

attention or tangibles

One advantage of conducting a punisher assessment is

it can indicate the magnitude of the punisher for effective treatment.

One advantage of conducting a punisher assessment is

it can reduce the time to start effective treatment.

A stimulus preference assessment is similar to a punisher assessment except the punisher assessment measures

negative verbalizations, avoidance movements, and escape attempts.

One difference between a stimulus avoidance assessment and a brief punisher assessment is the stimulus is delivered

noncontingently vs. contingently.

A student with an intellectual disability often tries to slap you when you are working closely together. When this happens, you hold the student's hands in their lap until they calm down. You are using what procedure?A student with an intellectual disability often tries to slap you when you are working closely together. When this happens, you hold the student's hands in their lap until they calm down. You are using what procedure?

physical restraint

Physical contact that occurs to restrict or limit an individual's movement is referred to as

physical restraint.

Physical contact that occurs to prevent an individual from engaging in a particular response is referred to as

response blocking.

A teacher wants their students to stop talking and sit down in their seats. If punishment is the procedure chosen, they should

state one time in a strong tone of voice, "Sit down."

Based on functional analysis data, response cost is an indicated treatment. The maintaining reinforcer for the problem behavior was identified as

tangibles.

Using the punisher assessment data, the punisher is selected from identified effective punishers based on

the degree of intrusiveness and ease of safe and consistent delivery.

Response blocking is often used to treat self-injurious behavior when

the functional analysis reveals consistent responding in the absence of socially mediated consequences.