SPCE 611 FINAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Quiz 1
Q1: Look at the following graph from a functional analysis of Brittany's eye poking. What
would you conclude is probably the function of Brittany's eye poking? - Answers -
automatic reinforcement
Q2: Look at the following graph from a functional analysis of Michael's head hitting.
Based on your conclusions about its maintaining conditions, an intervention most likely
to be effective in reducing self-injury would be - Answers - noncontingent attention and
learning to request attention
Q3: Look at the following graph from a functional analysis of Tony's dropping to the
floor. Based on your conclusions about its maintaining conditions, an intervention most
likely to be effective in reducing dropping would be - Answers - reducing task effort and
teaching Tony to sign "Break" during non-preferred activities
Q4: Conducting a descriptive functional behavior assessment may involve (select all
that apply) - Answers - implementing a scatterplot
continuous recording of the problem behavior in relation to naturally occurring events
providing a narrative description of the problem behavior in the environment in which it
occurs
Q5: Look at the following graph from a functional analysis of Sammy's biting. What
would you conclude is the function of Sammy's biting? Select all that apply. - Answers -
both social positive reinforcement and social negative reinforcement
Q6: A default technology is - Answers - the term used to refer to the intervention that
individuals may resort to using that are increasingly intrusive, coercive, and punishment-
based
Q7: Analog conditions are used in a functional analysis because - Answers - they allow
the practitioner to better control the environmental variables that may be related to the
problem behavior
Q8: Look at the following graph from a functional analysis of Laurie's mouthing of
clothing and other inedible objects. Based on the results so far, the next steps you might
take would be to - Answers - consider developing an intervention for automatically
reinforced behavior
, Q9: An FBA can be considered a form of reinforcer assessment. - Answers - True
Q10: Assessment of the function of a behavior can yield useful information with respect
to intervention strategies that are likely to be effective. - Answers - True
Q11: Behavior analysts may get interesting information from descriptive and indirect
assessments, but these do not provide a basis for developing functional hypotheses. -
Answers - False
Q12: One concern about functional analysis that is not a concern with descriptive
assessment is the chance of getting a false positive. - Answers - False
Q13: FBA methods can be classified into two types 1) functional analysis and 2)
descriptive assessment. - Answers - False
Q14: For each numbered statement, select all answers that may apply.
Recording procedure used to record the extent to which a target behavior occurs more
often at a particular time than others. - Answers - Scatterplots
Q14: Observers record occurrences of the targeted problem behaviors and selected
environmental events in the natural routine during a period of time. - Answers - ABC
continuous
Q14: Data are collected only when behaviors of interest are observed. - Answers - ABC
narrative recording
Q14: Uses precise measures and in some cases the correlations may reflect casual
relations. - Answers - ABC continuous recording
Q14: Recording is open ended. - Answers - ABC narrative recording
Q14: Data are collected for several days and then analyzed for pattern across time
periods. - Answers - scatterplots
Q14: Asks informants to estimate the extent to which behavior occurs under specified
conditions. - Answers - behavior rating scales
Quiz 2 - Answers -
Q1: Your dog sits at the front door indicating he wants to go outside. You immediately
begin looking for the dog's leash, so you can take him for a walk. In relation to looking
for a leash, your dog sitting at the front door is a... - Answers - CMO-T
Q2: Conditioned motivating operations have - Answers - value-altering effects that are a
function of a learning history
ANSWERS
Quiz 1
Q1: Look at the following graph from a functional analysis of Brittany's eye poking. What
would you conclude is probably the function of Brittany's eye poking? - Answers -
automatic reinforcement
Q2: Look at the following graph from a functional analysis of Michael's head hitting.
Based on your conclusions about its maintaining conditions, an intervention most likely
to be effective in reducing self-injury would be - Answers - noncontingent attention and
learning to request attention
Q3: Look at the following graph from a functional analysis of Tony's dropping to the
floor. Based on your conclusions about its maintaining conditions, an intervention most
likely to be effective in reducing dropping would be - Answers - reducing task effort and
teaching Tony to sign "Break" during non-preferred activities
Q4: Conducting a descriptive functional behavior assessment may involve (select all
that apply) - Answers - implementing a scatterplot
continuous recording of the problem behavior in relation to naturally occurring events
providing a narrative description of the problem behavior in the environment in which it
occurs
Q5: Look at the following graph from a functional analysis of Sammy's biting. What
would you conclude is the function of Sammy's biting? Select all that apply. - Answers -
both social positive reinforcement and social negative reinforcement
Q6: A default technology is - Answers - the term used to refer to the intervention that
individuals may resort to using that are increasingly intrusive, coercive, and punishment-
based
Q7: Analog conditions are used in a functional analysis because - Answers - they allow
the practitioner to better control the environmental variables that may be related to the
problem behavior
Q8: Look at the following graph from a functional analysis of Laurie's mouthing of
clothing and other inedible objects. Based on the results so far, the next steps you might
take would be to - Answers - consider developing an intervention for automatically
reinforced behavior
, Q9: An FBA can be considered a form of reinforcer assessment. - Answers - True
Q10: Assessment of the function of a behavior can yield useful information with respect
to intervention strategies that are likely to be effective. - Answers - True
Q11: Behavior analysts may get interesting information from descriptive and indirect
assessments, but these do not provide a basis for developing functional hypotheses. -
Answers - False
Q12: One concern about functional analysis that is not a concern with descriptive
assessment is the chance of getting a false positive. - Answers - False
Q13: FBA methods can be classified into two types 1) functional analysis and 2)
descriptive assessment. - Answers - False
Q14: For each numbered statement, select all answers that may apply.
Recording procedure used to record the extent to which a target behavior occurs more
often at a particular time than others. - Answers - Scatterplots
Q14: Observers record occurrences of the targeted problem behaviors and selected
environmental events in the natural routine during a period of time. - Answers - ABC
continuous
Q14: Data are collected only when behaviors of interest are observed. - Answers - ABC
narrative recording
Q14: Uses precise measures and in some cases the correlations may reflect casual
relations. - Answers - ABC continuous recording
Q14: Recording is open ended. - Answers - ABC narrative recording
Q14: Data are collected for several days and then analyzed for pattern across time
periods. - Answers - scatterplots
Q14: Asks informants to estimate the extent to which behavior occurs under specified
conditions. - Answers - behavior rating scales
Quiz 2 - Answers -
Q1: Your dog sits at the front door indicating he wants to go outside. You immediately
begin looking for the dog's leash, so you can take him for a walk. In relation to looking
for a leash, your dog sitting at the front door is a... - Answers - CMO-T
Q2: Conditioned motivating operations have - Answers - value-altering effects that are a
function of a learning history
