Consequence Intervention - ABA

What is another name for a fast trigger?

Antecedent Antecedents are referred to as fast triggers because they occur immediately before a behavior occurs.

Extinction functions the same as __________ because both __________ the rate of a behavior.

punishment, decrease Both punishment and extinction decrease a behavior.

Extinction is withholding the __________ that previously maintained a behavior.

reinforcement Reinforcement is the consequence that maintains a behavior and when it is removed extinction occurs.

Punishment can cause all of the following unwanted side effects, EXCEPT...

the behavior may increase in frequency indefinitely.

What might be an appropriate consequence intervention for screaming for attention?

Ignoring the scream and later prompting them to call your name. This does not reinforce the screaming, but teaches an alternate appropriate behavior that can be reinforced.

The "I" in DRI stands for...

Incompatible

Which of the following is an example of Overcorrection?

Claire has to write a sorry letter to the teacher and all of her friends when she yells at her friends in class. Overcorrection is engaging in effortful behavior for an extended period contingent on the problem behavior, so writing many letters contingent on yelling in this example.

Leila engages in hand mouthing. She is reinforced every time she is engaged in a behavior that is incompatible with hand mouthing (drawing or building with legos). This is an example of which differential reinforcement procedure?

DRI

Every ten minutes Johnny is rewarded with a gummy if he did not throw his toys. This is an example of which differential reinforcement procedure?

DRO DRO is reinforcing the omission or absence of a behavior after a set amount of time.

What will guide you to an appropriate intervention?

Function of the behavior. How you respond to a behavior will depend on the function, not what it looks like.

Antecedent Interventions will be implemented...

before a behavior. Antecedent interventions take place before a behavior occurs and reduce the likelihood that they behavior will occur.

All of the following should be included in a behavior plan EXCEPT...

diagnosis of child. Diagnosis is not a necessary component of the BIP.

All of the following are rules of thumb with time out EXCEPT...

evaluate the effectiveness of time out by identifying if the child is sad when they are in time out. The effectiveness should be based on future occurrences of the problem behavior, not the child's assumed mood.

Spontaneous recovery is most commonly associated with...

extinction After a behavior has been decreased through extinction it may come back at some time and this is referred to as spontaneous recovery.