Module 1 Homework

Here is a description of the intervention in the Umbreit article. As you can see it was successful. Now you need to consider why this intervention could be considered 'functional' Indicate which of the following statements are true in regards to describing why the intervention was functional. This question covers pages 25-28 of the article. There may be multiple answers.

-It is functional because it was successful -It is functional because it used information from the assessment about the function of the problem behavior to design the intervention -It is functional because it used the information about the function of the problem behavior (escape) to reinforce a desirable alternative behavior -It is functional because it used the information about the function of the problem behavior (escape) to reinforce a desirable alternative behavior -It is functional because it used the information about what made the tasks aversive (and thus escape reinforcing) to reduce the aversiveness, and thus reduce the likelihood of the problem behavior -it is functional because it did not use punishment

This question relates to the brief FA conducted in the Umbreit article (this par of the article is attached here umbreit FA). Indicate which of the following were conditions represented in the brief FA. There may be multiple answers.

-control condition -positive reinforcement: attention -positive reinforcement: access to a book -positive reinforcement: access to a computer -negative reinforcement: removed task materials -alone

Indicate which of the following are true (there can be multiple answers)

-only a FA can produce a functional hypothesis -you should not worry about data quality when conducting observations during a FBA in a 'real' setting -an indirect FBA can be used to generate a functional hypothesis and design a functional intervention -any form of FBA should begin with an interview -in the Umbreit article, the FA was a 'brief' FA vs. a classical or full FA

This question, and all the questions in this HW assignment, are based on Umbreit (1995). This article describes the assessment of problem behaviors exhibited by a five year old boy with cognitive disabilities. Part of the assessment procedures discussed in this article are contained in this attached file. Which level of FBA below was conducted as described in this document?

direct descriptive FBA

This question is based on the same file. If observations had NOT been conducted, which type of assessment would this have been and could it still have produced a hypothesis?

indirect FBA; could produce a hypothesis

this question is based on the Umbreit article- you need to have a copy available. Look at the part of 'Phase two' (Phase 2 begins on page 21) that relates to 'Hypothesis testing' (begins on page 23). Which of the following types of assessment is represented by this hypothesis?

structural analysis

This question is also related to the brief FA. Although this is not directly stated in this article, why did they conduct a 'replication' and then a 'contingency reversal'?

they did it in order to provide additional information supporting that the conclusions from the original comparison of conditions was correct