ABAT Antecedent-Based Interventions 3

Question 1

Priming as an antecedent intervention involves:

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Exposing a learner to relevant stimuli or skills before a task or activity

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Providing reinforcement after a desired behavior

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Increasing task demands gradually over sessions

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Removing a discriminative stimulus for problem behavior

Question 2

When implementing noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) on a fixed-time (FT) schedule, reinforcement is delivered:

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At set time intervals independent of behavior

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After each instance of the target behavior

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At the end of every session regardless of behavior

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Only when the learner makes a verbal request

Question 3

Offering a learner choices among tasks or activities functions as an antecedent intervention primarily by:

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Reducing the aversiveness of demands and decreasing escape-motivated behavior

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Increasing escape extinction

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Providing contingent reinforcement for compliance

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Establishing a new schedule of reinforcement

Question 4

Visual schedules are classified as antecedent-based interventions because they:

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Provide advance information about upcoming activities, reducing uncertainty

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Deliver reinforcement following desired behavior

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Punish transition-related problem behavior

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Eliminate the need for all verbal prompts permanently

Question 5

A teacher gives a 5-minute warning before ending a preferred activity. This transition warning is an antecedent strategy because:

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It serves as a stimulus that prepares the learner for an upcoming change, reducing behavioral reactivity

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It punishes problem behavior occurring during transitions

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It provides contingent reinforcement for completing the transition smoothly

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It removes the preferred activity as a consequence

Question 6

Demand fading as an antecedent strategy involves:

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Beginning with minimal demands and gradually increasing them as compliance improves

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Increasing task demands rapidly to build tolerance quickly

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Removing all demands permanently from the instructional session

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Delivering demands contingent on desired behavior

Question 7

Interspersal training (interspersing easy tasks among difficult ones) is effective as an antecedent strategy primarily because:

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It increases the density of reinforcement and maintains behavioral momentum

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It eliminates the need for prompts on difficult tasks

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It reduces the total number of tasks a learner must complete

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It provides extinction for incorrect responses on difficult tasks