ABAT Antecedent-Based Interventions 3

Question 1

Priming as an antecedent intervention involves:

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

Priming pre-exposes the learner to content, materials, or routines before the activity, increasing familiarity and reducing problem behavior.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

At set time intervals independent of behavior

Answer

Fixed-time NCR delivers reinforcement at regular, predetermined intervals regardless of what behavior is occurring at that moment.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Reducing the aversiveness of demands and decreasing escape-motivated behavior

Answer

Choice making reduces the aversive quality of demands by giving the learner some control, thereby weakening the EO for escape behavior.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Provide advance information about upcoming activities, reducing uncertainty

Answer

Visual schedules serve as antecedent stimuli that reduce uncertainty about upcoming activities, lowering anxiety and transition-related problem behavior.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

The warning signal is an antecedent stimulus that allows the learner to prepare for the transition, reducing abrupt changes that trigger problem behavior.

(ABAT) Applied Behavior Analysis Test Practice Test

(ABAT) Applied Behavior Analysis Test Practice Test

ABAT Antecedent-Based Interventions 3