RBT exam 2023 with Answers.
Even though she has a huge exam tomorrow, Mary decides to go out with her friends. She doesn't get home
until 2am and ends up failing her exam. Mary never stays out until 2am again before an exam. What influences
Mary's behavior? Answer- Positive punishment
positive reinforcement Answer- increasing behaviors by presenting positive reinforcers. A positive reinforcer is
any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response.
negative reinforcement Answer- the reinforcement of a response by the removal, escape from, or avoidance
of an unpleasant stimulus
positive punishment Answer- addition of something unpleasant
negative punishment Answer- taking away a pleasant stimulus to decrease or stop a behavior
magnitude Answer- A dad is teaching his son how to hammer nails into pieces of wood. The dad tells his son
that he needs to hit the nails harder. The dad is referring to what aspect of behavior?
Latency Answer- The sound of a gun firing signals sprinters to start running. What would the sprinters want to
reduce relative to the gun going off and beginning to run?
continuous measurement requires a certain amount of resources Answer- Which of the following aspects is a
disadvantage of using continuous measurement?
interresponse time (IRT) Answer- Amount of time that elapses between two consecutive instances of a
response class
Even though she has a huge exam tomorrow, Mary decides to go out with her friends. She doesn't get home
until 2am and ends up failing her exam. Mary never stays out until 2am again before an exam. What influences
Mary's behavior? Answer- Positive punishment
positive reinforcement Answer- increasing behaviors by presenting positive reinforcers. A positive reinforcer is
any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response.
negative reinforcement Answer- the reinforcement of a response by the removal, escape from, or avoidance
of an unpleasant stimulus
positive punishment Answer- addition of something unpleasant
negative punishment Answer- taking away a pleasant stimulus to decrease or stop a behavior
magnitude Answer- A dad is teaching his son how to hammer nails into pieces of wood. The dad tells his son
that he needs to hit the nails harder. The dad is referring to what aspect of behavior?
Latency Answer- The sound of a gun firing signals sprinters to start running. What would the sprinters want to
reduce relative to the gun going off and beginning to run?
continuous measurement requires a certain amount of resources Answer- Which of the following aspects is a
disadvantage of using continuous measurement?
interresponse time (IRT) Answer- Amount of time that elapses between two consecutive instances of a
response class
