EDF 6226 BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS EXAM 2
PRACTICE GUIDE UPDATED 2026 TESTED
SOLUTIONS
⫸ Social Positive Reinforcement SR+ is also known as Answer:
attention
⫸ Automatic Positive reinforcement provides what? Answer: sensory
stimulation
⫸ A behavior is assumed to be maintained by __________ _________
only after social reinforcers have been ruled out Answer: automatic
reinforcement
⫸ Behaviors that directly terminate aversive stimulation are therefore
maintained by ________ _________ that is an automatic outcome of the
response Answer: negative reinforcement
⫸ Automatic ________ reinforcement terminates _________ stimuli
Answer: negative; aversive
, ⫸ _________ ________ _________ can account for behaviors that are
either appropriate or harmful Answer: Automatic negative reinforcement
⫸ ________ enables hypotheses about the relations among specific
types of environmental events and behaviors Answer: FBA
⫸ FBA's are designed to obtain information about the ________
(________) a behavior serves for a person Answer: purposes; functions
⫸ What is used to identify the type and source of reinforcement for
challenging behaviors as the basis for intervention to decrease the
occurrences of those behaviors? Answer: FBA
⫸ 3 strategic approaches of an FBA Answer: Alter antecedent variables,
alter consequent variables, teach alternative behaviors
⫸ What is the overarching term for the type of assessment used to
hypothesize the relations among environmental events and behaviors?
Answer: FBA
⫸ 3 methods of an FBA Answer: Functional (experimental) analysis,
descriptive assessments, indirect assessment
⫸ What is the ONLY method of an FBA that allows practitioners to
confirm hypotheses regarding functional relations between problem
behavior and environmental events?
APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS EXAM 2
PRACTICE GUIDE UPDATED 2026 TESTED
SOLUTIONS
⫸ Social Positive Reinforcement SR+ is also known as Answer:
attention
⫸ Automatic Positive reinforcement provides what? Answer: sensory
stimulation
⫸ A behavior is assumed to be maintained by __________ _________
only after social reinforcers have been ruled out Answer: automatic
reinforcement
⫸ Behaviors that directly terminate aversive stimulation are therefore
maintained by ________ _________ that is an automatic outcome of the
response Answer: negative reinforcement
⫸ Automatic ________ reinforcement terminates _________ stimuli
Answer: negative; aversive
, ⫸ _________ ________ _________ can account for behaviors that are
either appropriate or harmful Answer: Automatic negative reinforcement
⫸ ________ enables hypotheses about the relations among specific
types of environmental events and behaviors Answer: FBA
⫸ FBA's are designed to obtain information about the ________
(________) a behavior serves for a person Answer: purposes; functions
⫸ What is used to identify the type and source of reinforcement for
challenging behaviors as the basis for intervention to decrease the
occurrences of those behaviors? Answer: FBA
⫸ 3 strategic approaches of an FBA Answer: Alter antecedent variables,
alter consequent variables, teach alternative behaviors
⫸ What is the overarching term for the type of assessment used to
hypothesize the relations among environmental events and behaviors?
Answer: FBA
⫸ 3 methods of an FBA Answer: Functional (experimental) analysis,
descriptive assessments, indirect assessment
⫸ What is the ONLY method of an FBA that allows practitioners to
confirm hypotheses regarding functional relations between problem
behavior and environmental events?
