ABA Behavioral Principles and Concepts 5

Question 1

The principle of 'parsimony' in ABA requires that practitioners:

Accepted Answer

Consider the simplest, least intrusive explanation or intervention first

Answer

Parsimony requires choosing the simplest, least complex explanation or intervention that is likely to be effective before resorting to more complex options.

Question 2

In ABA, 'spontaneous recovery' refers to:

Accepted Answer

A behavior reappearing after a rest period following extinction

Answer

Spontaneous recovery is the reappearance of a previously extinguished behavior after a period of time has passed without conditioning trials.

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of a 'compound schedule' of reinforcement?

Accepted Answer

A multiple schedule with FR in one component and VR in another

Answer

A multiple schedule is a compound schedule in which two or more independent schedules alternate, each correlated with a distinct discriminative stimulus.

Question 4

When praise (a conditioned reinforcer) is repeatedly delivered without being paired with backup reinforcers, it may lose effectiveness through a process called:

Accepted Answer

Extinction of the conditioned reinforcer

Answer

Conditioned reinforcers lose their reinforcing value if they are no longer paired with the unconditioned or backup reinforcers that originally established them.

Question 5

The four-term contingency in ABA adds which element to the traditional three-term contingency?

Accepted Answer

The motivating operation (MO)

Answer

The four-term contingency adds the motivating operation (MO) to the SD → R → SR three-term contingency, recognizing how deprivation or satiation alters behavior.

ABA - Applied Behavior Analysis Practice Test

ABA - Applied Behavior Analysis Practice Test

ABA Behavioral Principles and Concepts 5