Behavior Change Procedures Flashcards

Noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) reduces problem behavior primarily by which mechanism?

Answer: Abolishing the motivating operation for the reinforcer maintaining problem behavior

NCR delivers reinforcement on a time-based schedule regardless of behavior, which abolishes the motivating operation for that reinforcer, reducing the problem behavior it was maintaining.

Which punishment procedure involves removing access to positive reinforcers contingent on a problem behavior?

Answer: Response cost

Response cost is a form of negative punishment in which a specified amount of a reinforcer is removed contingent on a target behavior, decreasing that behavior.

What is the difference between 'restitutional overcorrection' and 'positive practice overcorrection'?

Answer: Restitutional requires restoring the environment beyond its original state; positive practice requires repeated practice of correct behavior

Restitutional overcorrection requires the learner to restore the environment to a better-than-original state, while positive practice requires repeated correct practice of an appropriate alternative.

Which procedure involves briefly removing the learner from access to all sources of reinforcement contingent on problem behavior?

Answer: Exclusionary time-out

Exclusionary time-out physically removes the learner from the reinforcing environment to a less reinforcing setting contingent on problem behavior.

Antecedent-based interventions aim to reduce problem behavior by modifying which part of the three-term contingency?

Answer: Antecedent conditions and motivating operations

Antecedent-based interventions change triggering conditions or motivating operations before the behavior occurs, preventing the problem behavior from being evoked.

Which procedure delivers reinforcement for progressively lower rates of a behavior, aiming to reduce but not eliminate it?

Answer: DRL

Differential reinforcement of low rates (DRL) delivers reinforcement when a behavior occurs fewer times than a criterion within an interval, reducing but not eliminating the behavior.