ABAT - Applied Behavior Analysis Test Applied Behavior Analysis Antecedent-Based Interventions 1

Question 1

Before a student transitions to a non-preferred subject, a behavior technician briefly reviews what will happen during that class and shows the student a sample activity.
This antecedent strategy is best described as:

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Priming

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Noncontingent reinforcement

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Differential reinforcement of other behavior

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Stimulus fading

Question 2

A BCBA recommends that a caregiver offer a child a choice between two non-preferred tasks before requiring task completion. The primary mechanism by which this reduces escape-motivated problem behavior is:

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It increases the individual's sense of control and predictability over the environment

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It eliminates the aversive quality of both tasks entirely

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It provides contingent access to a preferred item after compliance

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It alters the consequence delivered following problem behavior

Question 3

A student who engages in self-injurious behavior during unexpected transitions is provided with a picture schedule displayed throughout the day. This intervention primarily reduces problem behavior by:

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Increasing predictability and reducing uncertainty about upcoming events

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Reinforcing appropriate behavior contingent on schedule-checking

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Providing a competing motor response that is incompatible with self-injury

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Delivering preferred items noncontingently throughout the day

Question 4

A student consistently engages in disruptive behavior in one teacher's classroom but behaves appropriately in every other setting. A BCBA would describe the teacher's presence as:

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A discriminative stimulus (SD) for problem behavior

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A conditioned punisher

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An unconditioned motivating operation

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An establishing operation for preferred items

Question 5

A child frequently reaches for food items left on the kitchen counter. Rather than relying solely on consequence-based strategies, the BCBA recommends removing all food from visible surfaces. This approach targets:

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The motivating antecedent stimulus that evokes the behavior

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The reinforcing consequence maintaining the behavior

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The topography of the target response

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The child's communication repertoire

Question 6

Before entering the cafeteria, where a student has a history of grabbing peers' food, a paraprofessional verbally reminds the student of the expected behavior and briefly practices the correct routine. This strategy is known as:

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Precorrection

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Response blocking

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Behavioral momentum

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Stimulus control transfer