ABAT - Applied Behavior Analysis Skill Acquisition Programming Questions and Answers 5

Question 1

A mastery criterion of '80% correct across 3 consecutive sessions with 2 different therapists' addresses which two dimensions of skill acquisition?

Accepted Answer

Accuracy and generalization across trainers

Answer

The 80% criterion ensures accuracy, while the requirement for 2 different therapists confirms that the skill generalizes beyond a single instructor.

Question 2

Errorless learning differs from trial-and-error learning primarily because errorless learning:

Accepted Answer

Provides prompts that prevent incorrect responses from occurring

Answer

Errorless learning uses immediate, controlling prompts to ensure the learner responds correctly, preventing error patterns from being practiced or reinforced.

Question 3

Which schedule of reinforcement should be used during the initial acquisition phase of a new skill to maximize learning rate?

Accepted Answer

Continuous reinforcement (CRF)

Answer

Continuous reinforcement (CRF), where every correct response is reinforced, produces the fastest acquisition of new behaviors.

Question 4

A task analysis for tooth brushing lists 15 steps. Data show the learner independently completes steps 1–6 and 12–15 but consistently needs prompts on steps 7–11. The therapist should focus intervention on:

Accepted Answer

Steps 7–11 only, since those are the steps not yet mastered

Answer

Intervention should target only the steps that have not reached mastery (steps 7–11), rather than re-teaching already mastered steps and wasting instructional time.

Question 5

Response generalization is demonstrated when a learner:

Accepted Answer

Produces a different but functionally equivalent response to the same stimulus

Answer

Response generalization occurs when a different topography of behavior (not the trained response) is emitted in the presence of the training stimulus.

(ABAT) Applied Behavior Analysis Test Practice Test

(ABAT) Applied Behavior Analysis Test Practice Test

ABAT - Applied Behavior Analysis Skill Acquisition Programming Questions and Answers 5