Behavioral Principles and Concepts Flashcards
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The principle of 'parsimony' in ABA requires that practitioners:
Answer: Consider the simplest, least intrusive explanation or intervention first
Parsimony requires choosing the simplest, least complex explanation or intervention that is likely to be effective before resorting to more complex options.
In ABA, 'spontaneous recovery' refers to:
Answer: A behavior reappearing after a rest period following extinction
Spontaneous recovery is the reappearance of a previously extinguished behavior after a period of time has passed without conditioning trials.
Which of the following is an example of a 'compound schedule' of reinforcement?
Answer: A multiple schedule with FR in one component and VR in another
A multiple schedule is a compound schedule in which two or more independent schedules alternate, each correlated with a distinct discriminative stimulus.
When praise (a conditioned reinforcer) is repeatedly delivered without being paired with backup reinforcers, it may lose effectiveness through a process called:
Answer: Extinction of the conditioned reinforcer
Conditioned reinforcers lose their reinforcing value if they are no longer paired with the unconditioned or backup reinforcers that originally established them.
The four-term contingency in ABA adds which element to the traditional three-term contingency?
Answer: The motivating operation (MO)
The four-term contingency adds the motivating operation (MO) to the SD → R → SR three-term contingency, recognizing how deprivation or satiation alters behavior.
A behavior analyst notices that a client's aggression increases when a demanding task is removed. This is most consistent with aggression being maintained by:
Answer: Negative reinforcement (escape)
When aggression is followed by removal of a demanding task, the behavior is negatively reinforced by escape from aversive stimulation.
Which term describes an increase in one behavior that occurs when a different, incompatible behavior is put on extinction?
Answer: Resurgence
Resurgence is the reoccurrence of a previously reinforced behavior when a more recently reinforced behavior is placed on extinction.