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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT ABA STUDY GUIDE EXAM
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Question 1: What are the 4 functions of behavior?
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Attention, Escape/Avoidance, Access, Sensory Question 2: Calling a client's name as an instruction is an example of what domain?
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attention
Question 3: What is echoic training?
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The first phase of developing verbal communication. - Repeating what is heard Example: Saying "shoes" after someone else said, "Say shoes"
Question 4: What is Mand training?
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Second phase of developing verbal communication - Asking for reinforcers that you want (i.e. requesting things) - - no motivation = no mand (present item wanted by client and ask "what do you want?" and have the client say what it is they want.
Question 5: What is errorless learning? When do you use it?
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Used when teaching a new skill. Use most to least intrusive prompt Question 6: If a BT says "horse" and the client responds with saying "horse" and then is given reinforcement- this is an example of what domain?
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Echoic training
Question 7: Describe backward task chaining?
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Backward: Last link is taught initially, subsequent links are then added from the end to the beginning of the chain (i.e. tying your shoe laces) Question 8: If a client asks for help on their homework and is denied help from their parent and stops asking for their help, is that positive or negative reinforcement or punishment?
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positive punishment Question 9: If a BT was given a Mand training response to a client who scratching when asking for something, what would the BT say?
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"What are you supposed to say"
Question 10: What is deprivation? What is satiation?
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-Deprivation: The absence or reduction of a stimulus for a period of time. -Satiation: Having too much of a stimulus (ex. Eating too much pizza)
Question 11: Name at least 4 antecedent strategies
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Prime, First/Then or Premack Principle, Provide choices, Provide information, Control Environmental factors
Question 12: If someone gets into a traffic accident for speeding and now they are less likely to speed this is an example of a positive or negative reinforcement or punishment?
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negative punishment
Question 13: Describe total task chaining?
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Total: Entire chain is taught simultaneously, with the assistance of graduated guidance as needed
Question 14: What is Listener Responding?
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When the client completes a task or instruction asked of him/her by others
Question 15: What is error correction? When do you use it?
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-Used when skill is acquired. Use least to most intrusive prompt
Question 16: What is priming?
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Rehearsing a behavior related to the target skill prior to data collection. Providing transitional cues and setting expectations for the client about the upcoming event or change in activity
Question 17: ABA therapy is based off of what type of research?
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Empirical research Question 18: True or false: Verbal praise is an example of a natural reinforcer
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False Question 19: What is extinction? What is an extinction burst? What is spontaneous recover?
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Extinction: Withholding reinforcement, Extinction burst: When behaviors increase in intensity for a short amount of time when reinforcement is withheld, Spontaneous recovery: When a past maladaptive behavior is present but only for a short period of time
Question 20: If the SD is, "How are you doing?", an indirect verbal prompt is best exemplified
by:
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"What are you supposed to say?"
Question 21: What is the three term contingency?
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ABC (Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence) Question 22: When unsure how to implement a specific goal with a client:
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Read target instructions in Catalyst Question 23: Diana was playing with whipped cream. Diana spilled it on the floor. Her mother made her clean the whole room. For the remainder of the week Diana did not play with whipped
cream. The consequence procedure used is:
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Positive Punishment Question 24: Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is one of the most popular choices in treatment
because:
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It is supported by empirical research Question 25: List the 3 areas of generalization:
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People, objects, settings
Question 26: What are the prompts from most to least intrusive?
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Physicsl, Model, Verbal, Gestural, Positional, Visual, Time Delay Question 27: If a client uses ASL to request/ask for water - this is an example of what domain?
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Mand