RBT Training

Unconditioned stimulus

A neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus through pairing with a(n)....

Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

A previously neutral stimulus that takes on the eliciting properties of an unconditioned stimulus through repeated pairings with that unconditioned stimulus.

Functional Behavior Assessment

A process for determining the environmental events that elicit problem behaviors.

Skill Acquisition Plan

A set of teaching procedures for achieving goals that have been broken down into benchmark objectives.

Neutral Stimulus (NS)

A stimulus that does not elicit the response of interest.

Unconditioned stimulus (US)

A stimulus that elicits a reflexive response.

Tenet

A widely held principle or belief.

Behavior Reduction Plan (BRP)/Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)

A written set of instructions for teaching behavioral skills to replace problem behaviors.

Medicaid or Medicaid waiver programs

ABA is usually provided through...

Reflex

An automatic response to an unconditioned stimulus that occurs in all members of a species. Also called an unconditioned response (UR).

Stimulus

Any environmental event that elicits a behavioral response.

Behavior

Any human action that can be observed and measured.

Behavioral skills

Applications of ABA are used in school settings to teach ______________________ to students with other forms of developmental disabilities, such as ADHD.

No

Are getting excited, worrying, and being hostile behaviors?

Yes

Are the actions jumping, slapping someone, and chewing your lip observable?

Ni

Are the actions of getting excited, being hostile, or worrying observable?

No

As an RBT can you work as an independent contractor?

Yes

As an RBT do you have to adhere to the RBT Code of Ethics?

No

As an RBT do you have to have formal continuing education?

Frequently

As an RBT, you should expect to see your supervisor...

Verbal Behavior (1957)

BF Skinner book that gives an explanation of lands and tacts.

Schedules of Reinforcement (1957)

BF Skinner book that instructs on the effective use of reinforcement to shape behavior.

Walden Two (1948)

BF Skinner book that suggests utopian society based on application of behavioral principles.

Team sport

Behavior analysis is a ________________. We work with people and their loved ones to meet goals the team has agreed are useful.

Autism

Behavior analysis is used for a variety of reasons. The most well known is the treatment of...

False

Behavior analysts only work with individuals, never large groups. True or false?

Behavior reduction

Behavior analysts who work work individuals usually focus on skill acquisition and/or...

Three-Term Contingency

Behavior is explained by analyzing it according to the antecedent stimuli and the consequences that follow (ex: antecedent - behavior - consequence).

Observable and measurable

Behaviors differ from thoughts and emotions in that they are...

Law of Effect

Behaviors followed by pleasant consequences are likely to be repeated. Behaviors followed by unpleasant consequences are not likely to be repeated.

Extinction

Behaviors that do not allow the individual to contact reinforcement in the environment are eliminated over time through the process of...

No

Can we notice all relevant factors at once?

Generalization

Conditioned response that happens with novel neutral stimuli that was never paired with other conditioned or unconditioned stimuli.

Ivan Pavlov

Created classical conditioning (1901)

John B Watson

Created conditioning in humans and was the father of behavioral psychology (1920)

Charles Darwin

Created natural selection

Burrus F. Skinner

Created operant conditioning and is the father of behavior analysis (1938).

Edward Thorndike

Created the Law of Effect (1898)

2nd

Defining your research question is what step in the scientific method?

Reinforcers

Desired consequences that result in repetition of the behavior that led to them.

Yes

Do some young children with developmental disabilities qualify for intensive ABA?

No, it is neither observable nor measurable

Elizabeth is being bossy. Is this a behavioral statement?

Function

How a behavior is used to meet the reinforcement needs of the person exhibiting it. The purpose of behavior.

Empiracle

I know you are hungry because I heard your stomach growl is a(n) _______________ argument.

If/Then Statements

If statement A is true then Statement B is true/false/possible, etc.

Supervisor

If you do not have a ___________ on record with the BACB, you cannot work as an RBT.

Classical Conditioning

Learning process in which a neutral stimulus (NS) becomes a conditioned stimulus (CS) through repeated pairing with an unconditioned stimulus (US).

Outcomes

Our experience is only one example of all possible...

Classical conditioning

Pavlov's dogs demonstrated the process of...

Client

Private behaviors are observable only to the...

Operant Conditioning

Reclining is conditioned through manipulation of consequences according to the law of effect.

Radical Behaviorism

School of behaviorism that views behavior as a natural event resulting exclusively from interactions with the environment.

Prepare for data collection

Step A-1 of measurement

Implement continuous measurement procedures (ex: frequency, duration)

Step A-2 of measurement

Implement discontinuous measurement procedures (ex: partial & whole interval, momentary time sampling)

Step A-3 of measurement

Implement permanent-product recording procedures

Step A-4 of measurement

Enter data and update graphs

Step A-5 of measurement

Describe behavior and environment in observable and measurable terms.

Step A-6 of measurement

Conduct preference assessments

Step B-1 of assessment

Assist with individualized assessment procedures (ex: curriculum-based, developmental, social skills)

Step B-2 of assessment

Assist with functional assessment procedures

Step B-3 of assessment

Punisher

Stimulus change that follows a behavioral response and decreases the likelihood of the response recurring (weakens the behavior).

Reinforcer

Stimulus change that follows a behavioral response and increases the likelihood that response will occurs again (strengthens the behavior).

Behavior analytic

Supervision from a behavior analyst is...

Science

Systematic study of worldly phenomena through observation and experiment.

Reinforcers and punishers

The 2 types of operant consequences

Conditioning of emotions in humans

The Little Albert studies demonstrated that what was possible?

Operant

The basic unit of behavior.

Observe

The first step in the scientific method is...

Draw a conclusion.

The last step in the scientific method is to...

Behavior Analysis

The science of human behavior.

Applied Behavior Analysis

The scientific practice of applying the principles of behavior analysis to solve socially meaningful human problems.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to lend credence to facts that support our beliefs and dismiss those that do not.

Empiricism

The theory that knowledge derives from sensory experience is known as....

Empiricism

Theory that knowledge derives from sensory experience.

True

True or false: A stimulus is any environmental event that elicits behavioral response.

False

True or false: Behavior analysts do not believe thoughts and emotions exist.

False

True or false: My application fee will be refunded by the BACB if I do not pass the test.

False

True or false: Reflexive responses are elicited by conditioned stimuli.

False

True or false: The first step in the scientific method is to form a hypothesis.

True

True or false: You must pass a background check in order to become an RBT.

True

True or false: a behavior intervention plan is the same as a behavior reduction plan.

Punishers

Undesirable consequences that result in decreases in the behavior that led to them.

Confirmation Bias

We suffer from...

Communication Self-care Social skills Academics

What are 4 commonly addressed skill acquisition areas?

Information from interviews and previous records Direct observations Direct testing

What are the 3 components of FBA?

Count it Time it Use a ruler or measuring device on it

What are the 3 ways that we measure behavior?

Observe Define Hypothesize Test Conclude

What are the steps of the scientific method?

Thoughts and emotions; private behaviors

What do behavior analysts who work work more complex patterns often discuss? What are these labeled as?

The purpose of behavior

What do behavioral analysts mean by the word "function"?

There's no real difference. Schools use one term while clinics tend to use the other.

What is the difference between a behavior reduction plan and a behavior intervention plan?

Testing your hypothesis.

What is the fourth step in the scientific method?

No response

What kind of response does a neutral stimulus elicit?

Thorndike's Law of Effect

What was an early version of Skinner's principle of reinforcement?

Generalization

When an organism begins to respond to previously neutral stimuli without direct conditioning, what has happened?

Communication & social skills

Which areas are commonly addressed through skill acquisition plans?

Natural selection

Which component of Darwin's theory of evolution was particularly important for the development of behavioral analysis?

To reduce challenging behaviors and teach functioning skills

Why is ABA used across the lifespan for people with Autism and intellectual disabilities?

Self-monitoring; self-management

Work in dealing with private behaviors requires the client to be able to engage in ________________ and ________________ techniques.

Autism Treatment

Young children with Autism are taught language and behavioral skills using intensive ABA therapy, sometimes up to 40 hours per week, in clinic, home, or school settings.