RBT - Registered Behavior Technician Reinforcement Principles and Schedules 1

Question 1

A client receives reinforcement after an unpredictable number of responses, sometimes after 2 responses and sometimes after 10. Which schedule is this?

Accepted Answer

Variable ratio schedule

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Fixed ratio schedule

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Fixed interval schedule

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Variable interval schedule

Question 2

Which of the following BEST describes negative reinforcement?

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Removing an aversive stimulus to increase a future behavior

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Delivering an aversive stimulus to decrease a behavior

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Withholding a preferred item to decrease a behavior

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Adding a preferred stimulus to increase a future behavior

Question 3

An RBT reinforces a client's appropriate requesting every time it occurs during initial skill acquisition. What schedule is this, and why is it used at this stage?

Accepted Answer

Continuous reinforcement (CRF); because it most efficiently builds a new behavior

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Variable ratio; because it produces the highest rates of responding

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Fixed interval; because it is easiest to implement

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Variable interval; because it creates the most resistance to extinction

Question 4

A behavior that was maintained on a continuous reinforcement schedule is placed on extinction. Compared to a behavior maintained on an intermittent schedule, how quickly will it extinguish?

Accepted Answer

More quickly, because the organism easily detects the change in contingency

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More slowly, because it received more total reinforcement

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At the same rate, because the extinction procedure is identical

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More quickly, because intermittent schedules always weaken behavior

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of a differential reinforcement procedure that specifically targets increasing the time between occurrences of a problem behavior?

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DRL - Differential Reinforcement of Low rates

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DRO - Differential Reinforcement of Other behavior

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DRI - Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible behavior

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DRH - Differential Reinforcement of High rates

Question 6

An RBT is fading a dense reinforcement schedule for a client who has mastered a skill. She moves from FR1 to FR3, then to FR5 over several sessions. What principle guides this process?

Accepted Answer

Schedule thinning

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Stimulus generalization

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Errorless teaching

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Behavioral momentum