Unit 2

Unconditioned stimuli:

Elicit behavior without any prior learning history

Which of the following factors should be considered before conducting a functional assessment?

If the problem behavior may be due to medical or physical issues

A three term contingency refers to a(n):

Interdependencies or relationships of contingencies with

Which is a reason to conduct a functional assessment?

It is a professional standard

Behaviors in a response class:

Produce the same reinforcers under similar circumstances

Positive punishment involves

Providing or adding a consequence that decreases the occurrence of the behavior

An SDr is an antecedent stimulus in which:

Reinforcement occurred as a result of the response

Negative reinforcement involves:

Removing a consequence that increases the occurrence of the behavior

A parent said, "Joey, come here" and Joey went to the parent and received a hug. The parent's request, "Joey, come here," served as an:

SD- Discriminative Stimulus (unit 3)

Functional analyses can be used to discover the function of the following behaviors:

SIB , aggression , property destruction

A teacher asked Maria, "What is 3x3?" Maria responds, "6." The teacher then asks Tyrone, "What is 3x3?" He responds, "9." The teacher then says, "Yes, that's correct Tyrone. Maria, what is 3x3"? Maria responds, "9," and receives praise. In this example,

Teacher is attempting to develop 3x3 into an SDr for Maria to say 9 and an S(TRIANGLE) for saying 6 (unit 3)

Which is a value of conducting a functional assessment?

The dignity of the individual is a primary concern.

Functional Analysis methodology identifies _______ that influence the occurrence of problem behavior

VARIABLES

Functional assessment should produce information about all except which of the following?

Who is to blame for the problem behavior

Who should participate in person-centered planning?

all of the individuals actively involved in the person's life

The functional analysis model described by Iwata (1982/1994) tests all 3 aspects of the behavioral contingency, which include

antecedent, behavior, consequence

Which is NOT one of the outcomes of a functional assessment interview?

development procedures for terminating services once goals are met

The studies included in the functional analysis review (and most, if not all, functional analyses for that matter) required that the behaviors be

directly observed

Which of the following is the most precise and rigorous functional assessment method?

functional analysis

A student, Michele, was causing a disruption. The teacher yelled at her to be quiet. She stopped her disruption. Yelling at Michele's disruptive behavior, which resulted in Michele's disruption stopping, involved someone fill this in pls to the teacher's yelling.

negative reinforcement (unit 3)

Sue is sitting in front of the TV. Her brother can't see his program. He hits her and she leaves crying. The term one would use to describe the function of hitting on watching TV (Sue's behavior) in the above example is?

negative reinforcement (unit 3)

An SDp is an antecedent stimulus in which:

non-reinforcement and/or punishment occurred as a result of the response (unit 3)

Tracy is asked to conduct a functional assessment on a client who recently started vomiting once per day. What should Tracy do before beginning the assessment?

rule out a medical cause of the vomiting

What is a major purpose of functional assessment?

to gather information about events that influence problem behavior

True or false: functional analysis methodology reemphasized the importance of applied research in contributing to an understanding of the determinants of behavior as the basis for identifying effective treatments that produce generalized results.

true

True or false: there is an increasing trend in the number of articles published with functional analysis data

true

Which statement is true about functional assessment?

* It is useful for identifying appropriate behaviors to replace the target problem behavior * It provides information about the environmental causes of behavior * It helps guide the development of effective treatment

Functional assessment should produce information about all of which of the following?

* The undesirable behavior * What are the relevant features of the environment? * The behavior of support providers and patterns of support

Which statement is true about functional assessment?

-It is useful for identifying appropriate behaviors to replace the target problem behavior. -It provides information about the environmental causes of behavior - It helps guide the development of effective treatment

Which are the outcomes of a functional assessment interview?

1. A description of the problem 2.Identification of the immediate antecedent that predict when the problem will and will not happen. 3. environment that influences the problem behavior

Negative punishment involves:

A loss of reinforcement occurs contingently following the behavior that reduces the behavior

ABA primarily attempts to:

Alter an individual's behavior

Stimulus control in operant learning refers to:

Antecedent stimuli gaining control of the occurrence of a behavior (i.e., they evoke or abate it) (unit 3)

Unconditioned respondents:

Are reliably elicited by stimuli that preceded those behaviors

When this article came out, most of the studies used _____ functional analysis, and only a few used FULL functional analyses. However, now a days, more and more clinicians are relying on this method of functional analysis, which can be done in a single outpatient session.

BRIEF

The term contingency refers

Dependencies or relationships between behavior and its antecedents and consequences