ABAT Procedures and Intervention 3

Question 1

In a backward chaining procedure, instruction begins with which step?

Accepted Answer

The last step of the task analysis

Answer

Backward chaining starts training at the final step so the learner always completes the chain and contacts the natural reinforcer immediately.

Question 2

Which antecedent intervention involves presenting several high-probability requests before a low-probability request to increase compliance?

Accepted Answer

Behavioral momentum

Answer

Behavioral momentum uses a sequence of easy, frequently followed requests to build compliance momentum before introducing a difficult demand.

Question 3

Stimulus generalization has occurred when a learned behavior:

Accepted Answer

Occurs in the presence of novel stimuli not used during training

Answer

Stimulus generalization occurs when a response trained with one stimulus spreads to new, similar stimuli in the learner's natural environment.

Question 4

In shaping, which principle determines which responses should receive reinforcement?

Accepted Answer

Successive approximations progressively closer to the target behavior are reinforced

Answer

Shaping reinforces each progressive step toward the final target, gradually raising the criterion as the learner's performance improves.

Question 5

Non-contingent reinforcement (NCR) is classified as which type of behavioral intervention?

Accepted Answer

Antecedent-based intervention

Answer

NCR delivers reinforcement on a fixed-time or variable-time schedule independent of behavior, thereby reducing the motivating operation for problem behavior before it occurs.

(ABAT) Applied Behavior Analysis Test Practice Test

(ABAT) Applied Behavior Analysis Test Practice Test

ABAT Procedures and Intervention 3