RBT - Registered Behavior Technician Assessment Test #2 1

Question 1

A client who just ate a large meal shows little interest in working for food reinforcers. This change in the effectiveness of food as a reinforcer is best explained by:

Accepted Answer

An abolishing operation (AO)

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Stimulus discrimination

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Negative punishment

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Sensory extinction

Question 2

During a paired stimulus preference assessment, the RBT presents:

Accepted Answer

Two items side by side and records which item the client selects

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One item at a time and records approach or avoidance

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All available items in an open array simultaneously

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Items contingent on correct responding to identify reinforcers

Question 3

When a behavior that was previously reinforced no longer produces reinforcement, a sudden temporary increase in the rate, intensity, or duration of that behavior is called:

Accepted Answer

An extinction burst

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Spontaneous recovery

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Behavioral contrast

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Resurgence

Question 4

A client earns a token after every 4 correct responses, regardless of how much time has passed. This schedule of reinforcement is:

Accepted Answer

Fixed ratio (FR-4)

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Fixed interval (FI-4)

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Variable ratio (VR-4)

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Variable interval (VI-4)

Question 5

A stimulus in the presence of which a behavior has been reinforced in the past, and is therefore more likely to occur, is called a:

Accepted Answer

Discriminative stimulus (SD)

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Conditioned punisher

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S-delta (S∆)

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Unconditioned reinforcer

Question 6

Momentary time sampling differs from partial-interval recording in that the observer records behavior:

Accepted Answer

Only at the moment the interval ends

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If it occurs at any point during the interval

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Continuously throughout the entire interval

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As a frequency count within each interval