ABAT - Applied Behavior Analysis Skill Acquisition Programming Questions and Answers 3

Question 1

A therapist teaches a child to wash hands by first teaching the last step (turning off the faucet), then adding each preceding step one at a time. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Backward chaining

Answer

Backward chaining begins instruction with the last step of the task analysis, allowing the learner to complete the chain and contact the terminal reinforcer from the start.

Question 2

Which prompting hierarchy is considered 'least-to-most' and begins with the least intrusive prompt before escalating?

Accepted Answer

Verbal → gestural → model → partial physical → full physical

Answer

Least-to-most prompting starts with the most independent level (verbal) and escalates to more intrusive prompts only if the learner does not respond correctly.

Question 3

Stimulus generalization in skill acquisition programming is considered successful when a learner:

Accepted Answer

Emits the target behavior in the presence of novel stimuli not present during training

Answer

Stimulus generalization occurs when a behavior trained under one set of stimuli also occurs in the presence of similar, untrained stimuli.

Question 4

A behavior analyst is using a constant time delay procedure. After mastering 0-second delay trials, the prompt is now delivered exactly 4 seconds after the discriminative stimulus on every trial. This describes:

Accepted Answer

Constant time delay with a fixed 4-second interval

Answer

Constant time delay uses a single fixed delay interval (here, 4 seconds) after baseline 0-second trials, unlike progressive time delay which increases the delay in steps.

Question 5

Which of the following best describes 'stimulus control transfer' in skill acquisition?

Accepted Answer

Shifting control of a behavior from a prompt to the natural discriminative stimulus

Answer

Stimulus control transfer is the process of systematically fading prompts so that the natural SD, rather than the prompt, comes to control the target behavior.

(ABAT) Applied Behavior Analysis Test Practice Test

(ABAT) Applied Behavior Analysis Test Practice Test

ABAT - Applied Behavior Analysis Skill Acquisition Programming Questions and Answers 3