ABA Verbal Behavior and Language 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP) is primarily used to:
- Assess and track language and learning milestones in children with autism (Correct answer)
- Measure the frequency of problem behaviors
- Identify the function of escape-maintained behaviors
- Determine appropriate punishment procedures
Correct answer: Assess and track language and learning milestones in children with autism
The VB-MAPP assesses verbal behavior, language, and learning skills in children with language delays and is used to guide intervention priorities.
Question 2: Which teaching procedure is MOST commonly used to establish mand behavior in early language learners?
- Engineering the environment to create establishing operations (Correct answer)
- Using graduated guidance with physical prompts
- Conducting massed intraverbal trials
- Presenting visual schedules with matching objects
Correct answer: Engineering the environment to create establishing operations
Creating establishing operations (e.g., withholding preferred items) increases the motivational state for requesting and provides natural opportunities to teach mands.
Question 3: What is the PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) primarily designed to teach?
- Mand behavior using picture cards as a communication modality (Correct answer)
- Tact behavior through non-vocal labeling
- Intraverbal behavior through visual supports
- Echoic behavior through imitation of pictures
Correct answer: Mand behavior using picture cards as a communication modality
PECS teaches learners to initiate communication by handing picture cards to a communication partner in exchange for desired items or activities (mand function).
Question 4: Which of the following is an example of an intraverbal?
- Answering 'Dogs' when asked 'Name an animal' (Correct answer)
- Saying 'Cookie' to request a cookie
- Repeating 'Ball' after hearing 'Ball'
- Pointing to a cat and saying 'Cat'
Correct answer: Answering 'Dogs' when asked 'Name an animal'
Responding to 'Name an animal' with 'Dogs' is an intraverbal because the response is controlled by verbal behavior without point-to-point correspondence.
Question 5: A child sees a dog and spontaneously says 'Dog!' This is an example of which verbal operant?
- Tact (Correct answer)
- Mand
- Echoic
- Intraverbal
Correct answer: Tact
A tact is a verbal response controlled by a non-verbal stimulus (seeing the dog) and maintained by generalized conditioned reinforcement (social praise).
Question 6: The listener repertoire in verbal behavior refers to:
- How a person responds appropriately to the verbal behavior of others (Correct answer)
- The speaker's production of verbal responses
- The ability to echo what others say
- The mand repertoire of a language learner
Correct answer: How a person responds appropriately to the verbal behavior of others
Listener behavior involves responding to the verbal behavior of others, such as following instructions, pointing to named items, or complying with requests.
ABA Verbal Behavior and Language 2
The Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP) is primarily used to: