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