RBT Mock Exam #3 » Quizzma

Welcome to the RBT Mock Exam #3! This test is designed to assess your knowledge. Below, you will find a series of questions.

Select the correct answer for each question that best describes the behavior or scenario presented.

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is:

An evidence-based model that applies the science of behavior.
A theoretical approach that prioritizes intuition over empirical evidence in understanding behavior.
A medical treatment that focuses on medication to alter brain chemistry and manage behavior.
A philosophical study that explores ethical implications of actions without practical application in behavior modification.

What is shaping?

The reinforcement of closer and closer approximations of a desired response.
A cognitive strategy that involves changing one's thoughts to improve emotional and behavioral responses.
The process of using punishment to decrease the frequency of an undesired behavior.
A learning method where two different stimuli are linked together to produce a new learned response.

"If a behavior is followed closely in time by a stimulus event and as a result the future frequency of that type of behavior increases in similar conditions" best describes which of the following?

Punishment
Generalization
Extinction
Reinforcement

Providing a learner with an iPad following a correct response that results in an increase in correct responses best describes which of the following?

Positive Reinforcement
Negative Punishment
Positive Punishment
Negative Reinforcement

What is operant behavior?

Behavior that operates on the environment, producing consequences; based on a previous learning history.
A fixed pattern of responses to specific stimuli that is genetically hardwired and does not change with learning.
Behavior that is reflexively triggered by specific stimuli without prior learning or consequences.

"The occurrence of a response produces the removal, termination, reduction, or postponement of a stimulus, which leads to an increase in the future occurrence of that response" best describes which of the following?

Positive Punishment
Positive Reinforcement
Negative Reinforcement
Negative Punishment

Providing a learner with a break following a correct response that increases correct responses is most likely an example of which of the following?

Positive Reinforcement
Negative Reinforcement
Positive Punishment
Negative Punishment

What is radical behaviorism?

Cognitive Psychology: Focuses primarily on internal mental processes, including thought, memory, and problem-solving, without necessarily linking these processes directly to external behaviors.
Humanistic Psychology: Emphasizes personal growth, free will, and the concept of self-actualization, often focusing on conscious experiences.
Structuralism: Aims to break down mental processes into the most basic components, primarily through introspection, without emphasizing the role of behavior.
Seeks to understand ALL human behavior, private (thoughts and feelings) and public (observable).

"A previously neutral stimulus change that has acquired the capability to function as a reinforcer through stimulus-stimulus pairing with one or more unconditioned reinforcers or conditioned reinforcers" best describes which of the following?

Neutral Stimulus
Conditioned Reinforcer
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Primary Reinforcer

"A stimulus change that can increase the future frequency of behavior without prior pairing with any other form of reinforcement" best describes which of the following?

Discriminative Stimulus
Secondary Reinforcer
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Conditioned Reinforcer

"A reinforcer delivered contingent upon the first behavior following the time period where the time period is fixed" describes which schedule of reinforcement?

Fixed Interval
Variable Ratio
Fixed Ratio
Variable Interval

Scalloped patterns of responding are typically associated with which schedule of reinforcement?

Variable Ratio
Fixed Ratio
Fixed Interval
Variable Interval

"A reinforcer delivered contingent upon the first behavior following the time period where the time period is variable" describes which schedule of reinforcement

Fixed Interval
Variable Interval
Variable Ratio
Fixed Ratio

Which schedule of reinforcement requires the completion of a specified, unvarying number of responses to produce a reinforcer?

Fixed Ratio
Variable Interval
Fixed Interval
Variable Ratio

Which schedule of reinforcement requires the completion of a variable number of responses to produce a reinforcer?

Fixed Interval
Fixed Ratio
Variable Interval
Variable Ratio

How much supervision does an RBT need monthly?

"A reinforcer delivered contingent upon the first behavior following the time period where the time period is fixed" describes which schedule of reinforcement?

Variable Interval
Fixed Interval
Variable Ratio
Fixed Ratio

Scalloped patterns of responding are typically associated with which schedule of reinforcement?

Fixed Ratio
Variable Ratio
Fixed Interval
Variable Interval

Which schedule of reinforcement requires the completion of a specified, unvarying number of responses to produce a reinforcer?

Fixed Ratio
Variable Ratio
Variable Interval
Fixed Interval

Having a learner select which items they like prior to teaching following a systematic protocol to identify hierarchy of potential preferences is known as which of the following?

Contingency Mapping
Reinforcer Sampling
Formal Preference Assessment
Informal Observation

One problem with informal interviews to identify potential reinforcers is they are not:

Costly
Reliable
Too specific
Time-consuming

Providing a learner with a series of choices between two items in an effort to identify potential reinforcers best describes which of the following?

Single Stimulus Preference Assessment
Multiple Stimulus Without Replacement (MSWO)
Paired Stimulus Preference Assessment
Free Operant Preference Assessment

When compared to formal preference assessments, research on in-the-moment reinforcer analysis has shown it to be:

Less Accurate
More efficient
More Time-Consuming
Less Effective

Watching others access stimuli contingent upon a response best describes which of the following?

Differential Reinforcement
Contingency Contracting
Observational Pairing
Direct Instruction

Which token economy is in place when the learner is unaware of how many tokens are required prior to exchanging?

Standard Exchange
Variable Ratio
Fixed Ratio
Magic Number

Removing a token contingent upon a response that results in a decrease in the probability of that response in the future is an example of which of the following?

Positive Reinforcement
Positive Punishment
Negative Punishment
Negative Reinforcement

Behavior a client engages in that could cause harm to themselves or others is sometimes referred to as:

Prosocial Behavior
Aberrant Behavior
Adaptive Behavior
Functional Communication

Minshawi and colleagues (2014) reported that up to _____ individuals with ASD display self-injurious behavior.

This type of definition describes changes in the environment related to the behavior:

Functional
Structural Definition
Descriptive Definition
Topographical Definition

Which four functions are commonly included in historical literature on functional analysis?

Social Approval, Knowledge Acquisition, Sensory Avoidance, and Compliance
Physical Exercise, Cognitive Stimulation, Emotional Expression, and Social Interaction
Access to attention, access to tangibles, escape, and automatic
Habit Formation, Skill Development, Stress Reduction, and Environmental Exploration

What are the three components of active listening?