FREE BCBA Foundational Knowledge and Interpretation Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which statement best describes recovery from punishment?

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After punishment is discontinued, sometimes the behavior that experienced the punishment contingency will recover.

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When the punishment contingency is implemented, the behavior of interest may initially increase in rate, followed by a rapid decline in frequency.

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After punishment is discontinued, the behavior of interest may gradually reappear, only to disappear on its own, regardless of existing environmental contingencies.

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The period of time the implementer of the punishment contingency requires to "recover" from the emotional side effects of using punishment.

Question 2

Extinction may involve which of the following:

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All of the above

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Increase in rate of target behavior

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Increase in intensity of target behavior

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Increase in a variety of behaviors

Question 3

The principle of ________ determines the degree to which a person's behavior repertoire maximizes short and long-term reinforcers for that individual and for others and minimizes short and long-term punishers.

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Habilitation

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Normalization

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Functionality

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Justification

Question 4

A stimulus change that does not elicit respondent behavior is ____________.

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Neutral stimulus

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Discriminative stimulus

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S-delta

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Punishing stimulus

Question 5

Which form of verbal behavior is evoked by a verbal discriminative stimulus and has point-to-point correspondence and formal similarity with the response?

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Echoic

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Mand

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Tact

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Intraverbal

Question 6

Which form of verbal behavior is evoked by a verbal discriminative stimulus and does not have point-to-point correspondence with that verbal stimulus?

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Intraverbal

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Mand

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Tact

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Echoic

Question 7

Little Peter was walking along the fence of his uncle's dairy farm. Peter reached up and grabbed the wire along the fence, not realizing it was electrified. After recovering from the pain caused by the shock, Peter never again touched the fence wires. Which statement best describes the shock stimulus felt by Peter?

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Positive punishment

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Negative reinforcement

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Negative punishment

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Bad judgement

Question 8

A contingency contract:

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specifies how two people will behave toward each other

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is a verbal agreement between two individuals

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often causes scapegoating among learners and peers

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depends largely on the use of punishment for its effectiveness

Question 9

All of the following are limitations of the multiple baseline design except:

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The behavior under study must be within the subject's repertoire already

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It may not reveal the functional relationship, even if one exists

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Verification of predicted behavior change must be inferred from other behaviors

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It is weaker than the reversal design

Question 10

The primary reason one might consider using a level system with a token system is that:

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Doing so can foster self-management

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Doing so makes it easier to withdraw the token economy

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Level systems are more preferred for all learners

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Level systems are easier to manage