BACB ABA Principles and Concepts 2

Question 1

Which schedule of reinforcement delivers reinforcement after a fixed number of responses?

Accepted Answer

Fixed ratio

Answer

Fixed interval

Answer

Variable ratio

Answer

Variable interval

Question 2

What is the term for the decrease in responding that occurs during the interval following reinforcement on a fixed interval schedule?

Accepted Answer

Post-reinforcement pause

Answer

Extinction burst

Answer

Ratio strain

Answer

Behavioral contrast

Question 3

Which concept best describes responding maintained by a history of reinforcement continuing briefly into extinction before stopping?

Accepted Answer

Resistance to extinction

Answer

Spontaneous recovery

Answer

Behavioral momentum

Answer

Schedule thinning

Question 4

Stimulus control is said to be present when a behavior occurs more frequently in the presence of a specific stimulus than in its absence. What is that stimulus called?

Accepted Answer

Discriminative stimulus (SD)

Answer

S-delta

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Conditioned punisher

Answer

Motivating operation

Question 5

Which process involves the gradual increase in response requirements or decrease in reinforcement frequency to maintain behavior?

Accepted Answer

Schedule thinning

Answer

Stimulus fading

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Shaping

Answer

Differential reinforcement

Question 6

What term describes the phenomenon in which increasing behavior in one situation is accompanied by a decrease in another situation due to differential reinforcement?

Accepted Answer

Behavioral contrast

Answer

Generalization decrement

Answer

Extinction burst

Answer

Response induction