EDF 6221 FINAL EXAM | QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ACCURATE ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATED
3 Dimensional Quantities - Answers -repeatability, temporal extent, temporal locus
Establishing Operation - Answers -Establishes the effectiveness of a particular type of
reinforcement or punishment
Abolishing Operation - Answers -Abolishes the effectiveness of a particular form of
reinforcement or punishment
"Effective" refers to - Answers -• "did it work?"
• produces practical results
• must reach clinical or social significance
• noticeable change
Latency - Answers -Measure how long for the behavior to occur after opportunity
presented
"Technological" refers to - Answers -Repeatability
• written descriptions of all procedure to sufficiently replicate
• detail and clarity
Continuous Measurement - Answers -Records all of the behavior as it actually occurs
during an observation.
Examples of Pseudoscience - Answers -• refrigerator mothers
• vaccines cause autism
• facilitated communication
7 Dimensions of ABA - Answers -1. Applied
2. Behavioral
3. Analytic
4. Technological
5. Conceptual Systems
6. Effective
7. Generality
ASD replaced what 3 previous disorders? - Answers -• Autistic disorder
• Aspergers
• Not otherwise specified
, Dimensions of Behavioral: - Answers -• observable and measurable responses
• precise definition that describes behavior and NOT the outcome
• document that the participants behavior has changed
Extinction - Answers -No longer providing reinforcement for a behavior that used to be
reinforced, resulting in a decrease in that behavior in the future.
Consequence - Answers -A stimulus that occurs in a persons environment immediately
following a behavior
Antecedent - Answers -A stimulus or event that occurred in a persons environment
immediately before a behavior
Behavior - Answers -Anything a person says or does a.k.a response
Founders of ABA - Answers -Baer, Wolf, and Risley
"Generalized" refers to - Answers -When a behavior proves durable overtime in a
variety of environments, or spreads to a variety of behaviors
Stimulus - Answers -Any object or event that occurs in a persons environment
• anything you can see, touch, taste, hear and or smell
Who is permitted to diagnose someone with ASD? - Answers -• medical doctor
• licensed psychologist
What was the original name of ASD? - Answers -Early infantile autism
"Analytic" refers to - Answers -Functional Relation
• there was an experimental control that is likely caused by the intervention or
arrangement of environmental events
• replicable
"Applied" refers to - Answers -Social Significance
• don't change behavior if it doesn't make participants life better
Permanent Product - Answers -measuring behavior after it has occurred by measuring
the effects the behavior produced on the environment
3 Distinct impairments in ASD - Answers -• communication
• social skills
• imaginative functions
Measurement - Answers -The process of applying quantitative labels to observed
properties of events using a standard set of rules.
ACCURATE ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATED
3 Dimensional Quantities - Answers -repeatability, temporal extent, temporal locus
Establishing Operation - Answers -Establishes the effectiveness of a particular type of
reinforcement or punishment
Abolishing Operation - Answers -Abolishes the effectiveness of a particular form of
reinforcement or punishment
"Effective" refers to - Answers -• "did it work?"
• produces practical results
• must reach clinical or social significance
• noticeable change
Latency - Answers -Measure how long for the behavior to occur after opportunity
presented
"Technological" refers to - Answers -Repeatability
• written descriptions of all procedure to sufficiently replicate
• detail and clarity
Continuous Measurement - Answers -Records all of the behavior as it actually occurs
during an observation.
Examples of Pseudoscience - Answers -• refrigerator mothers
• vaccines cause autism
• facilitated communication
7 Dimensions of ABA - Answers -1. Applied
2. Behavioral
3. Analytic
4. Technological
5. Conceptual Systems
6. Effective
7. Generality
ASD replaced what 3 previous disorders? - Answers -• Autistic disorder
• Aspergers
• Not otherwise specified
, Dimensions of Behavioral: - Answers -• observable and measurable responses
• precise definition that describes behavior and NOT the outcome
• document that the participants behavior has changed
Extinction - Answers -No longer providing reinforcement for a behavior that used to be
reinforced, resulting in a decrease in that behavior in the future.
Consequence - Answers -A stimulus that occurs in a persons environment immediately
following a behavior
Antecedent - Answers -A stimulus or event that occurred in a persons environment
immediately before a behavior
Behavior - Answers -Anything a person says or does a.k.a response
Founders of ABA - Answers -Baer, Wolf, and Risley
"Generalized" refers to - Answers -When a behavior proves durable overtime in a
variety of environments, or spreads to a variety of behaviors
Stimulus - Answers -Any object or event that occurs in a persons environment
• anything you can see, touch, taste, hear and or smell
Who is permitted to diagnose someone with ASD? - Answers -• medical doctor
• licensed psychologist
What was the original name of ASD? - Answers -Early infantile autism
"Analytic" refers to - Answers -Functional Relation
• there was an experimental control that is likely caused by the intervention or
arrangement of environmental events
• replicable
"Applied" refers to - Answers -Social Significance
• don't change behavior if it doesn't make participants life better
Permanent Product - Answers -measuring behavior after it has occurred by measuring
the effects the behavior produced on the environment
3 Distinct impairments in ASD - Answers -• communication
• social skills
• imaginative functions
Measurement - Answers -The process of applying quantitative labels to observed
properties of events using a standard set of rules.
