Behavior Reduction Interventions Flashcards

Noncontingent Reinforcement (NCR) reduces problem behavior by:

Answer: Delivering reinforcement on a fixed time schedule regardless of behavior

NCR delivers the maintaining reinforcer on a time-based schedule independent of behavior, which abolishes the motivating operation for the problem behavior.

The high-probability (high-p) instructional sequence reduces noncompliance by:

Answer: Presenting several easy, high-compliance requests before the target low-compliance request

The high-p sequence builds behavioral momentum by issuing a series of requests the individual almost always complies with before issuing the target low-p request.

A practitioner places a student's preferred snacks out of sight to reduce food-seeking problem behavior during instruction. This antecedent modification targets which variable?

Answer: Motivating operation (MO)

Removing the sight of preferred food items reduces the establishing operation (a type of MO) that momentarily increases the reinforcing value of food and the behavior that produces it.

Offering a student choices (e.g., which assignment to do first) functions as an antecedent intervention primarily because it:

Answer: Reduces the aversiveness of the demand context and increases motivation

Choice-making reduces the abolishing operation for escape by making the task situation less aversive, thereby decreasing escape-motivated problem behavior.

Which antecedent strategy involves enriching the environment with freely available items and activities to reduce problem behavior maintained by access to tangibles?

Answer: Noncontingent access / environmental enrichment

Environmental enrichment provides continuous free access to preferred tangibles, reducing the establishing operation and thereby decreasing problem behavior maintained by tangible reinforcement.

Predictable schedules and visual structure are antecedent interventions that primarily address behavior maintained by:

Answer: Escape from uncertainty or transitions

Visual schedules and predictable routines reduce anxiety and problem behavior by removing the aversiveness of uncertainty, which is a common establishing operation for escape-maintained behavior during transitions.

A therapist systematically reduces the number of high-p requests in the instructional sequence from five to three to one over several weeks. This reflects which process?

Answer: Thinning the high-p sequence

Thinning the high-p sequence gradually reduces the number of easy requests needed before the low-p request, working toward compliance without needing the full momentum-building sequence.