Behavior Reduction Strategies Flashcards
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A client's problem behavior is maintained by escape from demands. Which extinction procedure is MOST appropriate?
Answer: Continuing to present the demand and not allowing escape following the problem behavior
For escape-maintained behavior, extinction involves preventing escape from the demand following the behavior — the demand remains in place regardless of the problem behavior.
Which of the following accurately describes differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior (DRI)?
Answer: Reinforcing a specific behavior that cannot physically co-occur with the problem behavior
DRI reinforces a specific behavior that is physically incompatible with the problem behavior — the two behaviors cannot occur at the same time. This directly competes with the problem behavior.
An RBT notices that a client's problem behavior always occurs approximately 10 minutes into a work session. The behavior function is escape. Which antecedent modification might reduce the behavior?
Answer: Intersperse easy tasks and high-preference activities within the session to reduce task aversiveness
Interspersing easy or preferred tasks reduces the aversiveness of demand situations, decreasing the motivation to escape. This is an antecedent modification that alters the establishing operation for escape-maintained behavior.
When implementing a DRO procedure, a client engages in the target problem behavior 2 minutes into a 5-minute interval. What should the RBT do?
Answer: Reset the interval timer and begin the 5-minute interval again
In a DRO reset procedure, the timer is reset each time the problem behavior occurs, maintaining the requirement that a full interval of no problem behavior must occur before reinforcement is delivered.
Which of the following is an example of an environmental modification to prevent self-injurious behavior?
Answer: Placing protective equipment (e.g., a helmet) on the client during high-risk activities
Environmental modifications such as protective equipment reduce the harmful consequences of self-injurious behavior. This is an antecedent-focused safety strategy, not a consequence-based intervention.
A behavior intervention plan states that the RBT should use planned ignoring for a client's verbal protests during transitions. Under which function would planned ignoring be MOST effective?
Answer: Attention-maintained verbal protests
Planned ignoring is a form of extinction for attention-maintained behavior. It involves withholding all social attention following the behavior, which removes the maintaining reinforcer for attention-maintained responses.