ABAT - Applied Behavior Analysis Core ABA Principles Questions and Answers 4

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:

Accepted Answer

Demonstrate experimental control by ruling out confounds

Answer

Staggering intervention introduction across baselines demonstrates that behavior change coincides with intervention onset, ruling out extraneous variables.

Question 2

The Premack Principle states that:

Accepted Answer

Higher-probability behaviors can serve as reinforcers for lower-probability behaviors

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Latency

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

Extinction burst

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

A learned behavior occurs in the presence of stimuli other than the original training stimulus

Answer

Stimulus generalization occurs when a conditioned response is elicited by stimuli similar to but not identical to the original discriminative stimulus.

(ABAT) Applied Behavior Analysis Test Practice Test

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ABAT - Applied Behavior Analysis Core ABA Principles Questions and Answers 4