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

Answer

FCT replaces problem behavior by teaching a communicative response (e.g., sign, PECS, speech) that earns the same maintaining reinforcer.

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

Answer

Answering questions about object functions requires intraverbal behavior — a verbal response to a verbal stimulus without point-to-point correspondence.

Question 3

Stimulus generalization in verbal behavior occurs when:

Accepted Answer

A learned verbal response occurs to novel but similar stimuli

Answer

Stimulus generalization means the verbal behavior trained with one stimulus extends to untrained stimuli that share similar properties.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Manding

Answer

PECS Phase I–III focuses on initiating requests (mands) by exchanging pictures to obtain desired items, leveraging motivating operations.

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)

Answer

Speech-generating devices (SGDs) produce synthesized or recorded speech when the user activates symbols on a display, supporting expressive communication.

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BCABA Verbal Behavior and Communication 2