RBT Practice Test 2

Question 1

What type of consequential operation occurs when a stimulus is added to theenvironment and results in a decrease in behavior over time?

Accepted Answer

Positive Punishment

Answer

Positive punishment involves the *addition* of a stimulus to the environment *following* a behavior. If this addition results in a *decrease* in the future likelihood of that behavior, it is defined as positive punishment. The term 'positive' refers to adding something, and 'punishment' refers to the decrease in behavior.

Question 2

Mass trials are represented by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A therapist continuously shows the same SD to a student, encouraging the same specific conduct trial after trial until the student completes 5 requested right trials in a row.

Answer

Mass trials are a discrete trial teaching (DTT) strategy where the same discriminative stimulus (SD) is presented repeatedly to a learner, prompting the same target response multiple times in a row. This method is used to establish new skills or increase fluency by providing numerous opportunities for practice and reinforcement of a single target behavior. The goal is to build strong stimulus-response associations.

Question 3

What does the term "response latency" mean?

Accepted Answer

The delay of time between a stimulus and a given response.

Answer

Response latency is a temporal dimension of behavior measurement that refers to the time elapsed from the presentation of a stimulus (e.g., an instruction or SD) to the initiation of the target response. It measures how quickly a behavior begins after a cue. For example, if a teacher says "touch nose," latency would be the time until the student starts to move their hand towards their nose.

Question 4

Reinforcers that get their reinforcing properties by combining with another reinforcer are referred to as _________________.

Accepted Answer

Conditioned

Answer

Conditioned reinforcers, also known as secondary reinforcers, are stimuli that acquire their reinforcing properties through association with primary (unconditioned) reinforcers or other established conditioned reinforcers. For example, praise or money are not inherently reinforcing but become so because they have been paired with access to unconditioned reinforcers like food or comfort.

Question 5

What are the four behavioral functions?

Accepted Answer

Sensory, Escape, Attention, and Tangibles

Answer

The four primary functions of behavior, often remembered by the acronym SEAT, are Sensory (automatic reinforcement), Escape (avoiding or terminating aversive stimuli), Attention (gaining social interaction), and Tangibles (accessing desired items or activities). Understanding these functions is crucial for conducting functional behavior assessments and developing effective interventions.