ABAT - Applied Behavior Analysis Antecedent-Based Interventions Questions and Answers 4

Question 1

When conducting a functional behavior assessment, the MAIN purpose of identifying antecedents is to:

Accepted Answer

Understand the events that set the occasion for problem behavior to occur

Answer

Antecedent identification in FBA reveals the conditions under which problem behavior is most likely to occur, guiding selection of antecedent-based interventions.

Question 2

Providing a student with a 'first-then' board (e.g., 'First work, then play') before a demand is presented is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A predictability-based antecedent intervention

Answer

First-then boards communicate the sequence and outcome, increasing predictability and thereby reducing escape-motivated problem behavior before the task begins.

Question 3

Task interspersal as an antecedent intervention involves:

Accepted Answer

Embedding preferred or easy tasks among difficult ones to maintain engagement

Answer

Task interspersal mixes mastered or easier items with novel or difficult ones, reducing the overall aversive value of the instructional session.

Question 4

A behavior analyst adjusts the lighting in a classroom and reduces background noise to decrease a student's stereotypic behavior. These modifications are best classified as:

Accepted Answer

Antecedent manipulations targeting sensory maintaining variables

Answer

Altering sensory aspects of the environment targets the antecedent stimuli that may evoke or maintain automatically reinforced stereotypic behavior.

Question 5

Which statement BEST describes how abolishing operations (AOs) are used in antecedent-based intervention design?

Accepted Answer

AOs decrease the reinforcing value of a maintaining consequence, reducing the motivation for problem behavior

Answer

Abolishing operations reduce the current effectiveness of a reinforcer, thereby decreasing the motivation to engage in behavior maintained by that reinforcer.

(ABAT) Applied Behavior Analysis Test Practice Test

(ABAT) Applied Behavior Analysis Test Practice Test

ABAT - Applied Behavior Analysis Antecedent-Based Interventions Questions and Answers 4