FREE Procedures and Intervention Questions and Answers Flashcards

A behavior analyst wants to reduce a client's self-injurious behavior by teaching an alternative communicative response that serves the same function. This procedure is best described as:

Answer: Functional communication training (FCT)

FCT replaces problem behavior by teaching a functionally equivalent communication response that accesses the same reinforcer.

During a behavioral assessment, a practitioner systematically manipulates antecedent conditions across test and control conditions to identify the function of a behavior. This assessment is called:

Answer: Functional analysis (experimental)

A functional analysis (experimental functional analysis) involves direct manipulation of antecedent and consequence variables under controlled conditions to identify behavioral function.

A BCBA is using a procedure where the client must complete a previously reinforced response before gaining access to a preferred activity. This procedure is known as:

Answer: Premack principle

The Premack principle states that a high-probability behavior can serve as a reinforcer for a low-probability behavior.

An intervention involves removing all sources of reinforcement for a problem behavior while simultaneously reinforcing an alternative behavior. The reduction in problem behavior over time is primarily the result of:

Answer: Extinction

Extinction involves withholding the reinforcer that previously maintained the problem behavior, leading to a decrease in that behavior.

A practitioner provides a preferred item to a client on a fixed-time schedule regardless of the client's behavior to reduce escape-motivated aggression. This procedure is:

Answer: Noncontingent reinforcement (NCR)

NCR delivers reinforcers on a time-based schedule independent of behavior, reducing the motivation to engage in problem behavior to access that reinforcer.

When introducing a new skill, a behavior analyst provides full physical guidance and gradually removes prompts as the learner demonstrates the behavior independently. This prompt-fading strategy is called:

Answer: Most-to-least prompting

Most-to-least prompting begins with the most intrusive prompt and systematically fades to less intrusive prompts as the learner acquires the skill.

A behavior analyst increases the time between the presentation of a discriminative stimulus and delivery of a prompt to encourage independent responding. This procedure is called:

Answer: Time delay

Time delay inserts a pause between the SD and the prompt, giving the learner an opportunity to respond independently before assistance is provided.