Introduction to ABA
Which of the following is an example of punishment?
After a student got scolded in the hallway for making noises in class, he quit making noises in class.
Which of the following dimensions of ABA refers to the social importance of problems?
Applied
John Watson used which term to describe the study of behavior?
Behaviorism
Punishment has occurred when the behavior it followed:
Decreases
The 2 main functions of behavior are:
Escape and gain
Which of the following is an example of a primary reinforcer?
Food
Which of the following is an example of positive reinforcement?
Giving someone a compliment for doing good work
Which of the following is an explanation of the "Dead Man's Test"?
If a dead man cannot do it, then it is a behavior.
In studying problem solving behavior in kittens, Thorndike used which term to describe behaviors they displayed to escape an enclosure by pulling a string on a latch?
Instrumental behavior
The doctrine of "least restrictive alternative" when it comes to punishment states that:
Punishment is a last resort after other interventions have been attempted and failed.
Skinner used the term "operant conditioning" to describe:
Rats pressing a lever to receive food until they were full
Consequences are:
What happens as a result of a behavior
Antecedents are:
What happens before a behavior occurs