NEW QUESTION 18
Ingrid is attempting to learn to speak English. Her teacher, Rosa, presents pictures of preferred items, states the label in English, and prompts Ingrid to repeat them. Over time, Rosa stops labeling items and begins to present Ingrid with a variety of pictures of the same items. Rosa is trying to promote.

NEW QUESTION 19
Imitation training can be made MOST beneficial for clients when it includes a range oF.

NEW QUESTION 20
Jack, a behavior analyst, is consulting about a student who engages in face slapping. A recent functional analysis clearly determined that the behavior is maintained by automatic reinforcement. In the past, reinforcement procedures alone were found to be ineffective. The current intervention consists of a punishment procedure. pulling the student’s hands away from his face contingent on any attempts to slap and saying, “No!” Jack should.

NEW QUESTION 21
To change the occurrence of hitting others, two procedures were compareD. differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior and time-out. The outcomes were examined within and across subjects. A withdrawal design was employed. An independent variable in this study was:

NEW QUESTION 22
A child who learns to say “red” when presented with a red card, also says “red” when presented with an orange card. This is called:

NEW QUESTION 23
A behavioral assessment indicates that the problem behavior of a young woman is maintained by others bringing things to her or taking things away following occurrence of the behavior. Since the behavior results in physical injury, the decision to decrease its occurrence has been made. Which is the BEST general approach?

NEW QUESTION 24
To facilitate errorless learning, begin with.

NEW QUESTION 25
Jody had an access-maintained tantrum for 14 minutes and it started 3 seconds after she was told, “No.” It had been 2 days since the previous tantrum. The latency is:

NEW QUESTION 26
A behavior analyst responsible for the evaluation of a behavior change program has been unable to get others to collect data on the targeted behaviors. The others involved, including other service providers, are relying on personal anecdotes and questionnaires to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. The primary consumer reports satisfaction with the results so far. To evaluate the program, the behavior analyst should:

NEW QUESTION 27
A teacher is tracking the performance of both math and spelling assignments for each of her 25 students.
For feedback purposes, she wishes to display each student’s percent correct for both areas using a line
graph. What would be the MOST effective and efficient way to accomplish this?

NEW QUESTION 28
When Susan attempts to escape from a task, she exhibits several behaviors, including hitting her head, stomping her feet, and crying. This is an example of A.

NEW QUESTION 29
Wilma argues with her coworker, who shares the same workstation. Even though Wilma and her coworker can articulate the workplace rules, repeated instructions to cease this behavior have gone unheeded and they are becoming enemies. What would be the MOST appropriate antecedent-based solution?

NEW QUESTION 30
The decision to develop and implement a behavior intervention plan is not made unless:

NEW QUESTION 31
If a client exhibits problem behaviors throughout the day and evenings regardless of what is going on in
the environment and what activities he/she is participating in, which would be the BEST way to reduce the
high frequency and increase latency?

NEW QUESTION 32
During the hour immediately following meals, Bill asks for more food. Data are collected only during this hour after each meal. Which method of data collection would be MOST accurate?

NEW QUESTION 33
An experimental design that starts with a baseline phase, followed by a treatment phase, then another baseline phase, and ends in the same type of treatment phase is called a (n):

NEW QUESTION 34
Observation sessions should be scheduled so that the representativeness of the data can be maximized.
Considering behaviors occurring in a school setting, which of the following options is consistent with this recommendation?

NEW QUESTION 35
This graph BEST exemplifies:

NEW QUESTION 36
Which of the following measures would be the MOST appropriate for reporting head banging during each
5-minute interval of work?

NEW QUESTION 37
Keller’s Personalized System of Instruction features which of the following characteristics?

NEW QUESTION 38
Teaching a child to match printed words to pictures, then pictures to the actual objects, and then testing to
determine if the child can now match printed words to the actual objects is known as:

NEW QUESTION 39
A child’s behavior is being reinforced on a VR 8 schedule during intensive teaching. During the sessions, the child begins to get out of the chair. In order to address this problem, the behavior analyst should switch to which schedule?