RBT FINAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
What is ABA? - ANSWER-The scientific study of principles of learning and behavior
What are two primary areas of study in ABA? - ANSWER-Experimental and Applied
ABA is a systemic approach for influencing ____________________ through the
identification of reliably related environmental variables, and the production of behavior
change techniques that make use of those findings - ANSWER-socially important
behavior
Seven Dimensions of ABA - ANSWER-(GET A CAB) Generality, Effective,
Technological, Applied, Conceptually systematic, Analytic, Behavioral
What is the RBT primarily responsible for? - ANSWER-Direct implementation of
behavior-analytic services
What are the 3 steps in becoming an RBT? - ANSWER-1. 40 hour training course 2.
Competency Assessment 3. RBT Board Certification Exam
What are the core symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder? - ANSWER-Social
challenges, communication difficulties, repetitive behaviors
What is a stakeholder? - ANSWER-A person or professional who has vested interest in
the development of a particular individual
As an RBT, expect ongoing supervision for a minimum of ______% of the hours spent
providing ABA services per month
and must include at least ____ face to face contacts per month - ANSWER-5; 2
Pairing period - ANSWER-creating a relationship through play and introducing
reinforcement
Discriminative Stimulus (SD) - ANSWER-A stimulus in the presence of which responses
of some type have been reinforced and in the absence of which the same type of
responses have occurred and not been reinforced
Target Behavior - ANSWER-the behavior that has been selected for change
Baseline data - ANSWER-Behavior levels prior to treatment or manipulation
, Stimulus - ANSWER-A change in environment
What is the behavior short hand? - ANSWER-bx
Behavior can be - ANSWER-Observed, described, and recorded
Behavior needs to pass the ___________ __________ - ANSWER-Dead man test
Dead Man Test - ANSWER-If a dead man can do it, it is not behavior
created by odgen lindsley
Behavior can be verbal, - ANSWER-non verbal, overt, covert, respondent, operant
Operational definition - ANSWER-Describing behavior and environment in observable
and measurable terms
Components of operational definition - ANSWER-Topography, intensity, temporal locus,
temporal extent, repeatability
Target behaviors should be ________________ defined in clear and explicit terms -
ANSWER-Operationally
Behavior is functionally related to the ____________ of which it occurs - ANSWER-
environment
Function - ANSWER-Why a behavior continues, what keeps it around
Determining the function of a behavior enables us to change the __________________,
which is how we change bx! - ANSWER-The environment
What are the 4 functions of behavior? - ANSWER-Attention, Access to tangibles,
Escape, Automatic (sensory)
Attention function - ANSWER-When behaviors result in immediate attention from others
Access to tangibles function - ANSWER-When behaviors result in access to reinforcing
materials or other stimuli
Escape function - ANSWER-When behaviors are learned as a result of their
effectiveness in terminating or postponing aversive events
Automatic (sensory) - ANSWER-When behaviors occur independent of the social
mediation of others
SOLUTIONS
What is ABA? - ANSWER-The scientific study of principles of learning and behavior
What are two primary areas of study in ABA? - ANSWER-Experimental and Applied
ABA is a systemic approach for influencing ____________________ through the
identification of reliably related environmental variables, and the production of behavior
change techniques that make use of those findings - ANSWER-socially important
behavior
Seven Dimensions of ABA - ANSWER-(GET A CAB) Generality, Effective,
Technological, Applied, Conceptually systematic, Analytic, Behavioral
What is the RBT primarily responsible for? - ANSWER-Direct implementation of
behavior-analytic services
What are the 3 steps in becoming an RBT? - ANSWER-1. 40 hour training course 2.
Competency Assessment 3. RBT Board Certification Exam
What are the core symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder? - ANSWER-Social
challenges, communication difficulties, repetitive behaviors
What is a stakeholder? - ANSWER-A person or professional who has vested interest in
the development of a particular individual
As an RBT, expect ongoing supervision for a minimum of ______% of the hours spent
providing ABA services per month
and must include at least ____ face to face contacts per month - ANSWER-5; 2
Pairing period - ANSWER-creating a relationship through play and introducing
reinforcement
Discriminative Stimulus (SD) - ANSWER-A stimulus in the presence of which responses
of some type have been reinforced and in the absence of which the same type of
responses have occurred and not been reinforced
Target Behavior - ANSWER-the behavior that has been selected for change
Baseline data - ANSWER-Behavior levels prior to treatment or manipulation
, Stimulus - ANSWER-A change in environment
What is the behavior short hand? - ANSWER-bx
Behavior can be - ANSWER-Observed, described, and recorded
Behavior needs to pass the ___________ __________ - ANSWER-Dead man test
Dead Man Test - ANSWER-If a dead man can do it, it is not behavior
created by odgen lindsley
Behavior can be verbal, - ANSWER-non verbal, overt, covert, respondent, operant
Operational definition - ANSWER-Describing behavior and environment in observable
and measurable terms
Components of operational definition - ANSWER-Topography, intensity, temporal locus,
temporal extent, repeatability
Target behaviors should be ________________ defined in clear and explicit terms -
ANSWER-Operationally
Behavior is functionally related to the ____________ of which it occurs - ANSWER-
environment
Function - ANSWER-Why a behavior continues, what keeps it around
Determining the function of a behavior enables us to change the __________________,
which is how we change bx! - ANSWER-The environment
What are the 4 functions of behavior? - ANSWER-Attention, Access to tangibles,
Escape, Automatic (sensory)
Attention function - ANSWER-When behaviors result in immediate attention from others
Access to tangibles function - ANSWER-When behaviors result in access to reinforcing
materials or other stimuli
Escape function - ANSWER-When behaviors are learned as a result of their
effectiveness in terminating or postponing aversive events
Automatic (sensory) - ANSWER-When behaviors occur independent of the social
mediation of others
