PEARSON RBT CERTIFICATION TEST
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ instructional control. Answer: the likelihood your instructions elicit
a correct response from your client. you are building a history of
reinforcing compliance
◉ positive reinforcement. Answer: the contingent presentation of a
stimulus immediately following a response that increases the
likelihood of the response in the future
◉ negative reinforcement. Answer: the removal, termination, or
postponement of a stimulus, which increases the likelihood of the
response in the future
◉ primary/unconditioned reinforcers. Answer: items or activities
that are naturally reinforcing. no learning takes place for these to be
reinforcing
◉ secondary/conditioned reinforcers. Answer: items or activities
that acquire reinforcing properties when paired with primary
reinforcers. learning takes place to make these reinforcing.
,◉ positive punishment. Answer: a consequence that follows a
behavior and decreases the rate of that behavior
◉ negative punishment. Answer: the act of withdrawing an event
contingent on a behavior that decreases the rate of that behavior
◉ principles of reinforcement. Answer: deprivation/satiation,
immediacy, size, contingency
◉ deprivation. Answer: the reinforcer will be more effective because
the client has been deprived of it. establishing operations
◉ immediacy. Answer: a reinforcer must be delivered immediately
following a behavior to make sure you are actually reinforcing that
behavior.
◉ size. Answer: the amount of reinforcement given must be
worthwhile, or appropriate for the activity
◉ contingency. Answer: the reinforcer should only be delivered
when a desired behavior occurs
◉ continuous reinforcement. Answer: the target behavior occurs
and is reinforced after every occurrence
, ◉ intermittent reinforcement. Answer: the target behavior occurs,
and reinforcers follow some of the occurrences
◉ ratio. Answer: the rate of responding/amount of responses
◉ interval. Answer: a set length of time
◉ variable. Answer: average
◉ fixed. Answer: set amount
◉ token economy. Answer: a system whereby participants earn
generalized conditioned reinforcers as a consequence for specific
behaviors
◉ extinction. Answer: happens when the reinforcement for a
previously reinforced behavior is withheld, terminated, or removed
◉ extinction burst. Answer: a temporary increase in the rate of a
behavior following implementation of am extinction behavior
◉ spontaneous recovery. Answer: the reappearance of the
"extinguished" behavior after a period in which the behavior has not
been reinforced
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ instructional control. Answer: the likelihood your instructions elicit
a correct response from your client. you are building a history of
reinforcing compliance
◉ positive reinforcement. Answer: the contingent presentation of a
stimulus immediately following a response that increases the
likelihood of the response in the future
◉ negative reinforcement. Answer: the removal, termination, or
postponement of a stimulus, which increases the likelihood of the
response in the future
◉ primary/unconditioned reinforcers. Answer: items or activities
that are naturally reinforcing. no learning takes place for these to be
reinforcing
◉ secondary/conditioned reinforcers. Answer: items or activities
that acquire reinforcing properties when paired with primary
reinforcers. learning takes place to make these reinforcing.
,◉ positive punishment. Answer: a consequence that follows a
behavior and decreases the rate of that behavior
◉ negative punishment. Answer: the act of withdrawing an event
contingent on a behavior that decreases the rate of that behavior
◉ principles of reinforcement. Answer: deprivation/satiation,
immediacy, size, contingency
◉ deprivation. Answer: the reinforcer will be more effective because
the client has been deprived of it. establishing operations
◉ immediacy. Answer: a reinforcer must be delivered immediately
following a behavior to make sure you are actually reinforcing that
behavior.
◉ size. Answer: the amount of reinforcement given must be
worthwhile, or appropriate for the activity
◉ contingency. Answer: the reinforcer should only be delivered
when a desired behavior occurs
◉ continuous reinforcement. Answer: the target behavior occurs
and is reinforced after every occurrence
, ◉ intermittent reinforcement. Answer: the target behavior occurs,
and reinforcers follow some of the occurrences
◉ ratio. Answer: the rate of responding/amount of responses
◉ interval. Answer: a set length of time
◉ variable. Answer: average
◉ fixed. Answer: set amount
◉ token economy. Answer: a system whereby participants earn
generalized conditioned reinforcers as a consequence for specific
behaviors
◉ extinction. Answer: happens when the reinforcement for a
previously reinforced behavior is withheld, terminated, or removed
◉ extinction burst. Answer: a temporary increase in the rate of a
behavior following implementation of am extinction behavior
◉ spontaneous recovery. Answer: the reappearance of the
"extinguished" behavior after a period in which the behavior has not
been reinforced
