RBT Certification Exam Definitions. Q&A 2023 Update

RBT Certification Exam Definitions. Q&A 2023 Update Graphing Data - Correct Answer:client's name, program information, therapist initials Probe Data - Correct Answer:doing one trial to make sure a child can do something (i.e. spell his or her name) - record yes or no Reinforcement - Correct Answer:presentation of a reinforcing stimulus or a removal of an aversive stimulus (contingent on the occurrence of a behavior) resulting in an increased or maintained rate of the behavior in the future Intermittent Reinforcement - Correct Answer:periodic reinforcement; subject does not know when reinforcement will occur for a specific behavior. Most powerful schedule of reinforcement - Correct Answer:Intermittent Reinforcement Punishment - Correct Answer:presentation of an aversive stimulus or removal of a positive reinforcer as a consequence for behavior that reduces the future rate of behavior Rate - Correct Answer:a measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against some other quantity or measure Positive Reinforcement - Correct Answer:the presentation of a stimulus contingent on the occurrence of a behavior that results in an increase in the rate of that behavior over time Negative Reinforcement - Correct Answer:the increase in rate or future probability of a behavior that occurs when there is a removal of a reinforcing stimulus contingent on a response. Negative Punishment - Correct Answer:the decrease in rate or future probability of a behavior that occurs when there is a removal of a reinforcing stimulus contingent on a response Extinction - Correct Answer:the process by which a behavior reverts to prereinforcement levels; the permanent removal of the reinforcing stimulus Behavior - Correct Answer:an act that can be clearly defined and observed. Examples include: laughing, crying, jumping, smiling etc. Dead man test - Correct Answer:"if a dead man can do it, it ain't behavior, and if a dead man can't do it, then it is behavior" Operant conditioning - Correct Answer:conditioning in which the desired behavior or increasingly closer approximations to it are followed by a rewarding or reinforcing stimulus Discrete trial teaching - Correct Answer:a method of teaching in simplified and structured steps. Instead of teaching an entire skill at once, it is broken down and built back up using trials that teach one step at a time. Natural Environment Training (NET) - Correct Answer:when specific skills are worked on within the context in which they naturally occur. Partial-interval recording - Correct Answer:a procedure used to record behavior if it occurs at any point during an interval Whole-interval recording - Correct Answer:a procedure used to record behavior only if it consistently occurred the entire interval ____ interval recording underestimates behavior - Correct Answer:Whole-interval ____ interval recording overestimates behavior - Correct Answer:Partial-interval Momentary time sampling - Correct Answer:a procedure that records behavior only if it occurs during the last 5 seconds of an interval Continuous measurement - Correct Answer:measurement conducted in a manner such that all instances of the response class(es) of interest are detected during the observation period Differential reinforcement - Correct Answer:reinforcing a behavior in the presence of one stimulus while not reinforcing in the presence of another stimulus Functions of behavior - Correct Answer:refers to the source of environmental reinforcement for behavior Social attention - Correct Answer:function of behavior that is motivated by desire for attention from another person Tangibles - Correct Answer:function of behavior that is motivated by desire for an object Escape or Avoidance - Correct Answer:function of behavior that is motivated by desire to get away from a situation Sensory Stimulation "Stimming" - Correct Answer:function of behavior that is motivated by self stimulation --only purpose is as a vehicle for internal pleasure Mand - Correct Answer:request for reinforcement (verbal, pointing etc)...