BCABA Verbal Behavior and Communication

Question 1

According to Skinner's analysis, a mand is a verbal operant controlled by:

Accepted Answer

A motivating operation and reinforced by a specific consequence

Answer

Mands are verbal behavior controlled by motivating operations (deprivation/aversive conditions) and reinforced by the specific item, action, or information requested.

Question 2

A child says 'ball' when she sees a ball on the shelf. This verbal response is BEST classified as a:

Accepted Answer

Tact

Answer

A tact is a verbal operant controlled by a non-verbal discriminative stimulus (an object, event, or property) and generalized reinforcement.

Question 3

When a therapist says 'What do you eat with?' and the client responds 'fork,' this is an example of a:

Accepted Answer

Intraverbal

Answer

An intraverbal is a verbal response controlled by another verbal stimulus without point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and response.

Question 4

Echoic behavior is verbal behavior that:

Accepted Answer

Reproduces the formal properties (sounds) of a verbal stimulus heard

Answer

An echoic is controlled by a verbal auditory stimulus and has point-to-point correspondence and formal similarity to the model.

Question 5

Teaching a child to request preferred items (manding) is considered foundational in early ABA language intervention because:

Accepted Answer

Manding is controlled by motivating operations and has built-in reinforcement that drives learning

Answer

Mand training leverages naturally occurring motivation and automatically provides the specific reinforcer, producing rapid and durable learning.

BCABA - Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst Practice Test

BCABA - Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst Practice Test

BCABA Verbal Behavior and Communication