ABAT exam Questions and Answers
100% Pass
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) ✔✔connected with IDEA - students spend as much time as
possible mainstreamed in general education courses
IEP Goals and objectives ✔✔one annual goal: 3 objectives // smaller benchmarks that the client
will meet throughout the year
Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) ✔✔federal law passed in 1975 // required
schools to provide education to eligible individuals // Purpose: FAPE - free and public education
3 term contingency ✔✔Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence
Matching Law ✔✔intensity of reinforcement matches the intensity of the unexpected demand
Satiation ✔✔Satisfaction "having your fill of something"
deprivation ✔✔no continuous access to item
,positive reinforcement ✔✔the reinforcement of a response by the addition or experiencing of a
pleasurable stimulus
negative reinforcement ✔✔increasing the strength of a given response by removing or
preventing a painful stimulus when the response occurs
positive punishment ✔✔the administration of a stimulus to decrease the probability of a
behavior's recurring
negative punishment ✔✔A response behavior is followed immediately by the removal of a
stimulus (or a decrease in the intensity of the stimulus), that decreases the future frequency of
similar responses under similar conditions.
schedules of reinforcement ✔✔different patterns of frequency and timing of reinforcement
following desired behavior
continous reinforcement ✔✔a type of learning in which behavior is reinforced each time it
occurs
, fixed interval ✔✔reinforces a response only after a specified time has elapsed
variable interval ✔✔reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals
fixed ratio ✔✔reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses
variable ratio ✔✔reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses
shaping ✔✔reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximations of the desired
behavior
forward chaining ✔✔used when the first steps are easier than the last. Fades prompts from first
steps, then second step, and so on. Client should independently complete the first steps and BI
prompts everything else
backward chaining ✔✔most commonly used. Fade prompts from the last steps and so on. BI
prompts all the beginning steps and client should independently complete the last steps
100% Pass
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) ✔✔connected with IDEA - students spend as much time as
possible mainstreamed in general education courses
IEP Goals and objectives ✔✔one annual goal: 3 objectives // smaller benchmarks that the client
will meet throughout the year
Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) ✔✔federal law passed in 1975 // required
schools to provide education to eligible individuals // Purpose: FAPE - free and public education
3 term contingency ✔✔Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence
Matching Law ✔✔intensity of reinforcement matches the intensity of the unexpected demand
Satiation ✔✔Satisfaction "having your fill of something"
deprivation ✔✔no continuous access to item
,positive reinforcement ✔✔the reinforcement of a response by the addition or experiencing of a
pleasurable stimulus
negative reinforcement ✔✔increasing the strength of a given response by removing or
preventing a painful stimulus when the response occurs
positive punishment ✔✔the administration of a stimulus to decrease the probability of a
behavior's recurring
negative punishment ✔✔A response behavior is followed immediately by the removal of a
stimulus (or a decrease in the intensity of the stimulus), that decreases the future frequency of
similar responses under similar conditions.
schedules of reinforcement ✔✔different patterns of frequency and timing of reinforcement
following desired behavior
continous reinforcement ✔✔a type of learning in which behavior is reinforced each time it
occurs
, fixed interval ✔✔reinforces a response only after a specified time has elapsed
variable interval ✔✔reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals
fixed ratio ✔✔reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses
variable ratio ✔✔reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses
shaping ✔✔reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximations of the desired
behavior
forward chaining ✔✔used when the first steps are easier than the last. Fades prompts from first
steps, then second step, and so on. Client should independently complete the first steps and BI
prompts everything else
backward chaining ✔✔most commonly used. Fade prompts from the last steps and so on. BI
prompts all the beginning steps and client should independently complete the last steps
