- Applied Behavior Analysis Autism Core Knowledge Questions and Answers Flashcards

A child is taught to ask for 'more' using a picture card when given access to a preferred item. Over sessions, the instructor begins delaying the presentation of the picture card to encourage spontaneous requests. This procedure is called:

Answer: Time delay prompting

Time delay prompting involves inserting a pause between the discriminative stimulus and the prompt, giving the learner the opportunity to respond before the prompt is delivered.

According to the BACB Ethics Code, when a client's treatment team disagrees about intervention goals, the behavior analyst's primary obligation is to:

Answer: Advocate for the client's best interests and rights

The BACB Ethics Code requires behavior analysts to prioritize the client's wellbeing and rights above other stakeholder preferences when conflicts arise.

A behavior technician is implementing a token economy with a child with autism. The tokens function as:

Answer: Generalized conditioned reinforcers

Tokens are generalized conditioned reinforcers because they are paired with many backup reinforcers, giving them broad reinforcing value independent of any single deprivation state.

During a preference assessment, a BCBA presents two items simultaneously and records which item the learner approaches first across many trials. This method is called:

Answer: Paired stimulus (forced choice) preference assessment

The paired stimulus (forced choice) preference assessment presents two items at a time and identifies relative preference based on approach responses across all possible pairs.

Stimulus overselectivity, commonly observed in individuals with autism, refers to:

Answer: Responding to only one or a limited subset of cues in a multi-element stimulus

Stimulus overselectivity occurs when a learner responds to only part of a compound stimulus, which can interfere with learning and generalization.

Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of a 'Behavior Intervention Plan' (BIP)?

Answer: To outline antecedent modifications, replacement behaviors, and consequence strategies based on the FBA

A BIP is a written plan derived from the FBA that specifies antecedent strategies, replacement behaviors to teach, and consequence procedures to address problem behavior.

A behavior analyst teaches a child with autism to greet peers first with a full physical prompt, then a model, then a gesture, and finally without any prompt. This is an example of which teaching strategy?

Answer: Most-to-least prompting

Most-to-least prompting begins with the most intrusive level of assistance and systematically fades to less intrusive prompts as the learner demonstrates competency.