RBT 40-Hr Training APF Exam Questions and Answers| New Update with 100%
Correct Answers
BACB Behavior Analyst Certification Board
BCBA Board Certified Behavior Analyst
How do we refer to the clients? Individuals diagnosed with Autism
The main purpose of RBT Training? Improve the lives of individuals with Autism
The three branches of the science of behavior analysis? -Experimental Analysis of Behavior
-Behaviorism (Philosophy of Behavior)
-Applied Behavior Analysis
Who is commonly attributed for discovering the law of effect? Edward Thorndike
Who is commonly considered the father of behaviorism? John B. Watson
Which of the following is a dimension of ABA as outlined by Baer, Wolf and Risley (1968)?
Generality
What percentage of participants reached recovery in the Ivar Lovaas 1987 study? 47%
What was one of the primary lessons learned from Ivar Lovaas 1987? Need for parents to be
trained
,In the Lovaas (1987) Study, what was the criteria for best outcome? IQ, School Placement,
and diagnosis
What is ABA as a science? A systematic approach to UNDERSTANDING behavior of social
importance
What is ABA as a practice? The APPLICATION of behavior analytic principles to improve
socially important behaviors
Contingency A future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with
certainty
Intermittent Reinforcement occurs when a designated response is reinforced only some of
the time, partially reinforced
Prompt Extra or artificial stimuli that are presented immediately before or after the stimuli
that will eventually cue the child to display the target behavior in the expected environment
Examples of prompts Gestures, positional, visuals, verbals, partial physicals, full physicals.
Prompt Fading The gradual elimination of prompts that have been paired with an
instruction, allowing the student to independently respond
Objective not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing
facts
Dual relationship refers to any situation where multiple roles exist between a therapist and
a client. Examples of dual relationships are when the client is also a student, friend, family
member, employee or business associate of the therapist.
,Law of Recency that typically it is this final or most recent response that will be repeated
when the organism is next placed in that learning situation.
Overprompting Providing prompts or assistance when they don't need it.
What does over-prompting cause? For the child to not be able to develop independence
What were Edward Thorndike's contributions to ABA? -Law of effect
-Learning curves
-Law of Recency
-Trail and Error
-All mammals learn in a similar matter
What were Ivan Pavlov's contributions to ABA? -Classical Conditioning
-Types of Conditioning
-Systematic Desensitization
What is systematic desensitization? a treatment for phobias in which the patient is exposed
to progressively more anxiety-provoking stimuli and taught relaxation techniques.
stimulus response model Ivan Pavlov
What were John B Watsons' contributions to ABA? -Father of behaviorism
-Conditioned Emotional Responding
-Focused psychology on behavior rather than consciousness
-Analysis of language
, Response stimulus model B.F Skinner
What were B.F. Skinners contributions to ABA? Selection by Consequences
Satiation and Deprivation
Shaping (small approximations)
Analysis of verbal behavior
Cultural selection (culture impacts behavior)
Who are the holy Trinity of ABA? Baer, Wolf and Risley
In 1968 what journal did Baer, Wolf and Risley write? Some current dimensions of ABA
What are the seven dimensions of ABA? Applied,
Behavioral,
Analytic,
Technological,
Conceptually Systematic,
Effective,
Generality
What makes ABA "applied"? It is socially significant to learner
What makes ABA "behavioral"? Precise measurement (being objective) of behavior
What makes ABA "analytic"? Experimental Designs and exercising control over the
environment
Correct Answers
BACB Behavior Analyst Certification Board
BCBA Board Certified Behavior Analyst
How do we refer to the clients? Individuals diagnosed with Autism
The main purpose of RBT Training? Improve the lives of individuals with Autism
The three branches of the science of behavior analysis? -Experimental Analysis of Behavior
-Behaviorism (Philosophy of Behavior)
-Applied Behavior Analysis
Who is commonly attributed for discovering the law of effect? Edward Thorndike
Who is commonly considered the father of behaviorism? John B. Watson
Which of the following is a dimension of ABA as outlined by Baer, Wolf and Risley (1968)?
Generality
What percentage of participants reached recovery in the Ivar Lovaas 1987 study? 47%
What was one of the primary lessons learned from Ivar Lovaas 1987? Need for parents to be
trained
,In the Lovaas (1987) Study, what was the criteria for best outcome? IQ, School Placement,
and diagnosis
What is ABA as a science? A systematic approach to UNDERSTANDING behavior of social
importance
What is ABA as a practice? The APPLICATION of behavior analytic principles to improve
socially important behaviors
Contingency A future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with
certainty
Intermittent Reinforcement occurs when a designated response is reinforced only some of
the time, partially reinforced
Prompt Extra or artificial stimuli that are presented immediately before or after the stimuli
that will eventually cue the child to display the target behavior in the expected environment
Examples of prompts Gestures, positional, visuals, verbals, partial physicals, full physicals.
Prompt Fading The gradual elimination of prompts that have been paired with an
instruction, allowing the student to independently respond
Objective not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing
facts
Dual relationship refers to any situation where multiple roles exist between a therapist and
a client. Examples of dual relationships are when the client is also a student, friend, family
member, employee or business associate of the therapist.
,Law of Recency that typically it is this final or most recent response that will be repeated
when the organism is next placed in that learning situation.
Overprompting Providing prompts or assistance when they don't need it.
What does over-prompting cause? For the child to not be able to develop independence
What were Edward Thorndike's contributions to ABA? -Law of effect
-Learning curves
-Law of Recency
-Trail and Error
-All mammals learn in a similar matter
What were Ivan Pavlov's contributions to ABA? -Classical Conditioning
-Types of Conditioning
-Systematic Desensitization
What is systematic desensitization? a treatment for phobias in which the patient is exposed
to progressively more anxiety-provoking stimuli and taught relaxation techniques.
stimulus response model Ivan Pavlov
What were John B Watsons' contributions to ABA? -Father of behaviorism
-Conditioned Emotional Responding
-Focused psychology on behavior rather than consciousness
-Analysis of language
, Response stimulus model B.F Skinner
What were B.F. Skinners contributions to ABA? Selection by Consequences
Satiation and Deprivation
Shaping (small approximations)
Analysis of verbal behavior
Cultural selection (culture impacts behavior)
Who are the holy Trinity of ABA? Baer, Wolf and Risley
In 1968 what journal did Baer, Wolf and Risley write? Some current dimensions of ABA
What are the seven dimensions of ABA? Applied,
Behavioral,
Analytic,
Technological,
Conceptually Systematic,
Effective,
Generality
What makes ABA "applied"? It is socially significant to learner
What makes ABA "behavioral"? Precise measurement (being objective) of behavior
What makes ABA "analytic"? Experimental Designs and exercising control over the
environment
