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1A: The main purpose of this RBT training is to? - ✔✔Improve the lives of individuals with autism 1B: The three branches of the science of behavior analysis are the - ✔✔Experimental analysis of behavior, behaviorism, ...

1A: The main purpose of this RBT training is to? - ✔✔Improve the lives of individuals with autism 1B: The three branches of the science of behavior analysis are the - ✔✔Experimental analysis of behavior, behaviorism, and Applied Behavior Analysis 1B: Which of the following is a component of good teaching? Technical Fun Subjective Emotional - ✔✔Fun 1B: Who is commonly attributed for discovering the Law of Effect? Skinner Watson Thorndike Baer - ✔✔Thorndike 1B: Who is commonly considered the father of Behaviorism? Watson Wolf Risley Pavlov - ✔✔Watson 1B: Which of the following is a dimension of ABA as outlined by Baer, Wolf, & Risley (1968)? Empirical Generality Evidenced Scientific - ✔✔Generality 1B: What percentage of participants reached recover in the Lovaas (1987) study? 23% 98% 6% 47% - ✔✔47% 1B: What was one of the primary lessons learned from Lovaas (1973)? Parents should not be part of intervention Need for parents to be trained Children with autism cannot learn Intervention can only be implemented to young children - ✔✔Need for parents to be trained 1B: In the Lovaas (1987) study, what was the criteria for best outcome? IQ, school placement, and diagnosis IQ, school placement, and funding School placement, diagnosis, and parents reporting School placement, parent reporting, and sibling reporting - ✔✔IQ, school placement, and diagnosis 1C: What is one component of rigid ABA? Unvarying adherence to protocols Early intensive intervention Parent education and training Implementing comprehensive curriculum - ✔✔Unvarying adherence to protocols 1C: What is a definition of a progressive approach to ABA? Adherence to ABA protocols Combining the science and art of ABA The science of ABA Combining various interventions - ✔✔Combining the science and art of ABA 1C: What is the crux of progressive ABA? Protocols Training Intensive treatment Clinical judgment - ✔✔Clinical judgment 1C: What is one aspect of the learner that is assessed when using clinical judgment? Availability Receptivity Private events Subjectivity - ✔✔Receptivity 1D: What were one of the rights outlined by Van Houten et al. (1988) Learners welfare Best outcomes Certified supervisors Registered Behavior Technicians - ✔✔Learners welfare 1D: Teaching children to label state capitals may be a violation of which of the rights outlined by Van Houten et al. (1988)? A therapeutic environment A competent behavior analyst Learning functional skills Behavioral assessment - ✔✔Learning functional skills 1D: What are the other two levels created by the BACB? BCBA & BCaBA BCBA & BCAT BCaBA & BCAT BCBA & ABAI - ✔✔BCBA & BCaBA 1D: Which of the following is one of the requirements to obtain the RBT credential? Working with adults diagnosed with ASD Working with children diagnosed with ASD Having a bachelor's degree Completing 40 hours of training - ✔✔Completing 40 hours of training 1D: What is one problem with a sibling of an RBT being that RBTs supervisor? Siblings have been documented to be ineffective supervisors Potential for the development of a dual relationship RBTs are not qualified to be supervisors Training would result in ineffective interventionist - ✔✔Potential for the development of a dual relationship 1D: How many face-to-face meetings must occur per month between the RBT and the supervisor? 2 1 3 4 - ✔✔2 1D: What percentage of your total hours of an RBT must be spent in supervision? 10% 5% 25% 50% - ✔✔5% 1D: What is one of your responsibilities as an RBT? Advocacy Supervision Direct instruction Program development - ✔✔Direct instruction 2A: According to Autism Partnership Foundation, what are the RBT standards? Minimal Comprehensive Adequate Quality - ✔✔Minimal 2A: Critical thinking important to intervention for individuals diagnosed with ASD to ensure that: The RBT is competent Best procedures are being implemented Intervention is always effective Intervention is always efficient - ✔✔Best procedures are being implemented 2A: When receiving feedback which of the following should be avoided? Talking to others about the feedback Seeking clarification Changing based on the feedback Taking feedback personally - ✔✔Taking feedback personally 2A: When receiving feedback which of the following should be done? Talking to others about the feedback Following through on making changes Personalizing the feedback Following through on some of the feedback - ✔✔Following through on making changes 2A: Which of the following is the best resource for keeping updated on the field of ABA? Facebook pages Parent testimonials Television shows Journal articles - ✔✔Journal articles 2A: What is an example of a soft skill? Compassion Objectivity Cynicism Pragmatism - ✔✔Compassion 2B: According to the Leaf and colleagues' study, what was the correlation between mock exam scores and implementation of DTT? No relationship No relationship and moderate positive relationship No relationship and strong positive relationship No relationship and minimal positive relationship - ✔✔No relationship and moderate positive relationship 2B: One potential problem with the addition of assistant trainers in the RBT certification process is the assistant trainer could be a(n) BCaBA BCBA RBT An expert in the field - ✔✔RBT 3A: "The practice of objective observation of the phenomena of interest" best describes: Determinism Behaviorism Empiricism Pragmatism - ✔✔Empiricism 3A: "A systematic approach to understanding behavior of social importance" best describes Applied Behavior Analysis Experimental Analysis of Behavior Behaviorism Philosophy of Behavior - ✔✔Applied Behavior Analysis 3B: "A group of responses with the same function" best describes a: Generalization class Response Generalized operant Response class - ✔✔Response class 3B: "Environmental concerns or stimulus changes that exist or occur prior to the behavior of interest" is the definition of which of the following terms? Consequence Antecedent Establishing operation Motivating reinforcer - ✔✔Antecedent 3B: "A stimulus change that follows a behavior of interest" is the definition of which of the following terms? Antecedent Consequence Establishing operation Motivating operation - ✔✔Consequence 3B: "The duration, rate, frequency, etc. of behavior absent of any restrictions" is the definition of which of the following terms? Free operant Controlled operant Operant Respondent - ✔✔Free operant 3C: "A type of herbal behavior with the response controlled primarily by an immediate prior nonverbal stimulus" best describes which of the following? Echoic Intraverbal Tact Mand - ✔✔Tact 3C: "A stimulus that is auditory that evokes a response of speaking in a way that sounds similar to that stimulus" best describes which of the following? Tact Echoic Mand Intraverbal - ✔✔Echoic 3C: "A type of verbal behavior in which the response form or topography controlled by a current unlearned or learner establishing operation" best describes which of the following? Intraverbal Echoic Mand Tact - ✔✔Mand 3C: "Those events that take place within an organism's skin or are otherwise only accessible to the organism" best describes which of the following? Private events Public events Explanatory fictions Autoclitics - ✔✔Private events 3D: The rate, duration, latency, etc. of the behavior of interest prior to the manipulation of the environment" best describes which of the following? Intervention Baseline Maintenance Generalization - ✔✔Baseline 3D: "Uncontrolled variables known or suspected to exert an influence on the dependent variable" is the definition of which of the following? Dependent variable External validity Internal validity Confounding variables - ✔✔Confounding variables 4A: "If a behavior is followed closely in time by a stimulus event and as a result the future frequency of that type of behavior increases in similar conditions" best describes which of the following? Punishment Reinforcement Prompting Shaping - ✔✔Reinforcement 4A: Providing a learner with an iPad following a correct response that results in an increase in correct responses best describes which of the following? Negative punishment Positive punishment Negative reinforcement Positive reinforcement - ✔✔Positive reinforcement 4A: "When a response is followed by the presentation of a stimulus, and, as a result, similar responses occur more frequently in the future" best describes which of the following Positive reinforcement Negative reinforcement Positive punishment Negative punishment - ✔✔Positive reinforcement 4A: "The occurrence of a response produces the removal, termination, reduction, or postponement of a stimulus, which leads to an increase in the future occurrence of that response" best describes which of the following? Negative reinforcement Positive reinforcement Negative punishment Positive punishment - ✔✔Negative reinforcement 4A: Providing a learner with a break following a correct response that increases correct responses is most likely an example of which of the following? Positive reinforcement Negative punishment Negative reinforcement Positive reinforcement - ✔✔Negative reinforcement 4A: Money is most likely an example of which of the following? Generalized unconditioned reinforcer Generalized conditioned reinforcer Generalized conditioned punisher Generalized unconditioned punisher - ✔✔Generalized conditioned reinforcer 4A: "A previously neutral stimulus change that has acquired the capability to function as a reinforcer through stimulus-stimulus pairing with one or more unconditioned reinforcers or conditioned reinforcers" best describes which of the following? Unconditioned reinforcer Conditioned punisher Unconditioned punisher - ✔✔Conditioned reinforcer 4A: Food is an example of which of the following? Unconditioned reinforcer Conditioned reinforcer Conditioned punisher Unconditioned punisher - ✔✔Unconditioned reinforcer 4A: "A stimulus change that can increase the future frequency of behavior without prior pairing with any other form of reinforcement" best describes which of the following? Conditioned reinforcer Conditioned punisher Unconditioned reinforcer Unconditioned punisher - ✔✔Unconditioned reinforcer 4B: Which one of the following is one of the four basic schedules of reinforcement? Fixed variable Variable interval Ratio interval Fixed timing - ✔✔Variable interval 4B: "A reinforcer delivered contingent upon the first behavior following the time period where the time period is fixed" describes which schedule of reinforcement? Fixed-ratio Fixed interval Variable interval Variable-ratio - ✔✔Fixed interval 4B: Scalloped patterns of responding are typically associated with which schedule of reinforcement? Variable-ratio Variable interval Fixed interval Fixed-ratio - ✔✔Fixed interval 4B: "A reinforcer delivered contingent upon the first behavior following the time period where the time period is variable" describes which schedule of reinforcement? Variable-interval Fixed interval Fixed ratio Variable ratio - ✔✔Variable-interval 4B: Which schedule of reinforcement requires the completion of a specified, unvarying number of responses to produce a reinforcer? Variable ratio Fixed interval Variable interval Fixed ratio - ✔✔Fixed ratio 4B: Which schedule of reinforcement requires the completion of a variable number of responses to produce a reinforcer? Variable ratio Fixed ratio Fixed interval Variable interval - ✔✔Variable ratio 4C: Having a learner select which items they like prior to teaching following a systematic protocol to identify hierarchy of potential preferences is known as which of the following? Informal preference assessments Formal preference assessments Formal reinforcement assessments Informal reinforcement assessments - ✔✔Formal preference assessments 4C: One problem with informal interviews to identify potential reinforcers is they are not Evidence-based Useful Reliable Comprehensive - ✔✔Reliable 4C: Providing free access to a variety of stimuli for the purposes of identifying potential reinforcers is best described by which of the following? Free operant preference assessment Paired stimulus preference assessment Multiple stimulus without replacement preference assessment In-the-moment reinforcer analysis - ✔✔Free operant preference assessment 4C: Providing a learner with a series of choices between two items in an effort to identify potential reinforcers best describes which of the following? Free operant preference assessment Multiple stimulus without replacement preference assessment Paired stimulus preference assessment In-the-moment reinforcer analysis - ✔✔Paired stimulus preference assessment 4C: Presenting an array of items and asking the learner select one item and then putting the item back in the array after the selection in an effort to identify potential reinforcers best describes which of the following? In-the-moment reinforcer analysis Paired stimulus preference assessment Multiple stimulus without replacement preference assessment Free operant preference assessment - ✔✔Multiple stimulus without replacement preference assessment 4C: A procedure in which the RBT makes assesses a variety of variables moment to moment to identify what could potentially function as a reinforcer is known as a(n) Paired stimulus preference assessment In-the-moment reinforcer analysis Free operant preference assessment Multiple stimulus without replacement preference assessment - ✔✔In-the-moment reinforcer analysis 4C: When compared to formal preference assessments, research on in-the-moment reinforcer analysis is shown to be More efficient More effective As efficient More socially valid - ✔✔More efficient 4D: What is a potential problem with using candy as a reinforcer? Age inappropriate Unhealthy Costly Ineffective for most - ✔✔Unhealthy 4D: Presenting a previously neutral stimulus with an established reinforcer best describes which of the following? Discriminative pairing Reinforcement pairing Stimulus pairing Observational pairing - ✔✔Stimulus pairing 4D: Watching others access stimuli contingent upon a response best describes which of the following? Reinforcement pairing Stimulus pairing Observational pairing Discriminative pairing - ✔✔Observational pairing 4D: When using a progressive approach to conditioning reinforcers, one variable the RBT should evaluate is the learner's Non-verbal or verbal behavior Non-verbal behavior Verbal behavior Non-verbal and verbal behavior - ✔✔Non-verbal and verbal behavior 4E: One main difference between bribery and reinforcement is the Items provided Timing of the item provided Effectiveness of both Results of both - ✔✔Timing of the item provided 4E: This is the term for when a learner is engaging in disruptive behaviors and is offered something preferred to stop. Bribery Reinforcement Positive parenting Overcorrection - ✔✔Bribery 4E: When a consequence is provided contingent upon a learner engaging in appropriate behavior and that appropriate behavior is more likely to occur in the future is best described by which of the following? Overcorrection Positive parenting Reinforcement Bribery - ✔✔Reinforcement 4E: What is one potential problem with bribery? Not effective Facilitates negotiation Not efficient Facilitates independence - ✔✔Facilitates negotiation 4E: What is one of the 10 commandments of reinforcement within the Autism Partnership Model? Only use preferences Include instructive feedback Provide descriptive praise Thin the schedule of reinforcement - ✔✔Thin the schedule of reinforcements 4F: Which of the following best describes when a learner earns tickets which are eventually exchanged for a toy? Overcorrection Positive practice Punishment Token economy - ✔✔Token economy 4F: What is one of the most important components of a token economy? Using poker chips Using effective reinforcers Ensuring the board has 10 tokens Conducting a preference assessment - ✔✔Using effective reinforcers 4F: Rainbow tokens most closely aligns with which schedule of reinforcement? Fixed-interval Variable-interval Conjugate Fixed-time - ✔✔Conjugate 4F: Which token economy is in place when the learner is unaware of how many tokens are required prior to exchanging? Premack principle Level system Magic number Conjugate - ✔✔Magic number 5A: The first rule of punishment is Use it only for self-injury Use it sparingly