BCABA Verbal Behavior and Communication 2

Question 1

Functional communication training (FCT) teaches clients to:

Accepted Answer

Use an appropriate communicative response that accesses the same reinforcer as the problem behavior

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Eliminate all problem behavior through punishment

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Learn complex language grammar rules

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Respond to social stories about appropriate behavior

Question 2

A child has mastered tacting objects but struggles to answer 'what do you do with a spoon?' This deficit is in which verbal operant?

Accepted Answer

Intraverbal

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Tact

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Mand

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Echoic

Question 3

Stimulus generalization in verbal behavior occurs when:

Accepted Answer

A learned verbal response occurs to novel but similar stimuli

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The client responds differently to all new stimuli

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Only the trained stimulus controls the verbal response

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A verbal response is reinforced in one setting only

Question 4

The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is PRIMARILY designed to teach which verbal operant first?

Accepted Answer

Manding

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Tacting

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Intraverbal responding

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Echoic behavior

Question 5

Which augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system uses a grid display of symbols the client touches to generate speech output?

Accepted Answer

Speech-generating device (SGD)

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PECS

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Sign language

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Social story

Question 6

Verbal behavior intervention in ABA differs from traditional language therapy primarily because it:

Accepted Answer

Focuses on the function of language (operant class) rather than topography alone

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Uses only sign language to develop communication

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Relies exclusively on spontaneous language in natural settings

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Avoids using reinforcement to teach language skills