ABAT - Applied Behavior Analysis Core ABA Principles Questions and Answers 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In a multiple baseline design across behaviors, a researcher introduces the intervention to one behavior at a time. The primary purpose of this staggered introduction is to:
- Reduce the number of data points needed
- Demonstrate experimental control by ruling out confounds (Correct answer)
- Speed up the intervention process
- Simplify data collection procedures
Correct answer: Demonstrate experimental control by ruling out confounds
Staggering intervention introduction across baselines demonstrates that behavior change coincides with intervention onset, ruling out extraneous variables.
Question 2: The Premack Principle states that:
- Higher-probability behaviors can serve as reinforcers for lower-probability behaviors (Correct answer)
- Behaviors that are reinforced intermittently are more resistant to extinction
- Punishers must be delivered immediately to be effective
- Stimulus generalization occurs automatically after discrimination training
Correct answer: Higher-probability behaviors can serve as reinforcers for lower-probability behaviors
The Premack Principle holds that access to a high-frequency preferred activity can reinforce a low-frequency less-preferred activity.
Question 3: Which measurement dimension captures how much time elapses between the onset of a stimulus and the initiation of a response?
- Duration
- Latency (Correct answer)
- Interresponse time
- Intensity
Correct answer: Latency
Latency measures the time between the presentation of a stimulus (or instruction) and the onset of the target response.
Question 4: A behavior that was previously reinforced is placed on extinction. Shortly after extinction begins, the behavior temporarily increases in rate or intensity. This phenomenon is called:
- Spontaneous recovery
- Extinction burst (Correct answer)
- Behavioral contrast
- Response generalization
Correct answer: Extinction burst
An extinction burst is the temporary increase in behavior rate or intensity that often occurs at the onset of an extinction procedure.
Question 5: Which of the following best describes 'stimulus generalization' in ABA?
- A learned behavior occurs in the presence of stimuli other than the original training stimulus (Correct answer)
- Different behaviors produce the same outcome across settings
- A reinforcer loses its value through repeated presentation
- Behavior increases under a new schedule without retraining
Correct answer: A learned behavior occurs in the presence of stimuli other than the original training stimulus
Stimulus generalization occurs when a conditioned response is elicited by stimuli similar to but not identical to the original discriminative stimulus.
Question 6: An RBT observes that a client engages in self-injurious behavior immediately before transitions between activities. In an ABC recording, the transition would be recorded as the:
- Behavior
- Consequence
- Antecedent (Correct answer)
- Setting event
Correct answer: Antecedent
In ABC data collection, the antecedent is the event that occurs immediately before the behavior and may trigger it.
Question 7: Which ethical principle requires behavior analysts to use the least restrictive, most effective intervention available?
- Beneficence
- Nonmaleficence
- Parsimony
- Least restrictive alternative (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Least restrictive alternative
The least restrictive alternative principle mandates selecting interventions that achieve goals with minimal intrusion on the individual's rights and freedom.
ABAT - Applied Behavior Analysis Core ABA Principles Questions and Answers 4
In a multiple baseline design across behaviors, a researcher introduces the intervention to one behavior at a time.
The primary purpose of this staggered introduction is to: