ABA Ethics Midterm Questions with
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Describe Sunland Miami Scandal - ✔✔In 1972 a hospital that provided service to individuals with
developmental disabilities was investigated due to allegations of abuse. The director of the hospital (Dr.
E) had set guidelines for the employees to follow which lead to the occurrences of abused within the
hospital. Patients were subjected to forced public masturbation, forced public homosexual acts, forced
washing of the mouth with soap, beatings with a wooden paddles, etc.
What is Behavior Modification - ✔✔treatment approach based on the principles of operant conditioning
that replaced undesirable behaviors with more desirable ones through positive or negative
reinforcement
What is the Blue Ribbon Committee - ✔✔a group of people who investigate, study or analyze a given
question. This was created due to the Sunland Miami Scandal
What were the Blue Ribbon Committee Recommendations - ✔✔- unannounced visits to residential
institutions
- Collection of information on key personnel
- Peer review of all behavior plans
- Experimental treatments would be further reviewed
- Prohibition of certain bizarre examples of punishment
- Abandon seclusion in favor of positive and appropriate time-out techniques
Describe Wyatt vs. Stickney - ✔✔Bryce State Hospital in Alabama had over 5,000 patients. Due to lack of
funding, there was not enough staff to take care of all patients. It had been discovered that patients
were being abused and a judge ruled that there needed to be an established treatment for individuals
with disabilities, staff to patient ratio and adequate training
, Describe what happened at Fernald School - ✔✔Massachusetts school that were subjected to unsanitary
situation and were not given appropriate access to reinforcers. Gave the boys radioactive oatmeal but
was never disclosed with the families.
Describe what happened at Bridgewater State Hospital (Titicut Follies) - ✔✔Inmates were abused by the
guards and staff. They were forced fed with a tube, unsanitary conditions, etc.
What is Counter-control - ✔✔human operant behavior as a response to social aversive control
What are the core ethical principles - ✔✔1. Do no harm
2. Respect autonomy
3. Benefit others
4. Be just
5. Be truthful
6. Accord dignity
7. Treat others with caring and compassion
8. Pursuit of excellence
9. Accept responsibility
What are the 3 divisions of ethics - ✔✔Normative ethics, Metaethics, Practical ethics
True/False: "Behavior modifiers" do not focus on the function of behavior and instead, use default
technology to alter behavior - ✔✔True
True/False: The Blue Ribbon Committee was formed as a result of reports of abuse at Miami Sunland -
✔✔True
True/False: Counter-control refers to actions that resist being controlled in a social situation - ✔✔True
100% Correct Answers | Latest Version
2024 | Verified
Describe Sunland Miami Scandal - ✔✔In 1972 a hospital that provided service to individuals with
developmental disabilities was investigated due to allegations of abuse. The director of the hospital (Dr.
E) had set guidelines for the employees to follow which lead to the occurrences of abused within the
hospital. Patients were subjected to forced public masturbation, forced public homosexual acts, forced
washing of the mouth with soap, beatings with a wooden paddles, etc.
What is Behavior Modification - ✔✔treatment approach based on the principles of operant conditioning
that replaced undesirable behaviors with more desirable ones through positive or negative
reinforcement
What is the Blue Ribbon Committee - ✔✔a group of people who investigate, study or analyze a given
question. This was created due to the Sunland Miami Scandal
What were the Blue Ribbon Committee Recommendations - ✔✔- unannounced visits to residential
institutions
- Collection of information on key personnel
- Peer review of all behavior plans
- Experimental treatments would be further reviewed
- Prohibition of certain bizarre examples of punishment
- Abandon seclusion in favor of positive and appropriate time-out techniques
Describe Wyatt vs. Stickney - ✔✔Bryce State Hospital in Alabama had over 5,000 patients. Due to lack of
funding, there was not enough staff to take care of all patients. It had been discovered that patients
were being abused and a judge ruled that there needed to be an established treatment for individuals
with disabilities, staff to patient ratio and adequate training
, Describe what happened at Fernald School - ✔✔Massachusetts school that were subjected to unsanitary
situation and were not given appropriate access to reinforcers. Gave the boys radioactive oatmeal but
was never disclosed with the families.
Describe what happened at Bridgewater State Hospital (Titicut Follies) - ✔✔Inmates were abused by the
guards and staff. They were forced fed with a tube, unsanitary conditions, etc.
What is Counter-control - ✔✔human operant behavior as a response to social aversive control
What are the core ethical principles - ✔✔1. Do no harm
2. Respect autonomy
3. Benefit others
4. Be just
5. Be truthful
6. Accord dignity
7. Treat others with caring and compassion
8. Pursuit of excellence
9. Accept responsibility
What are the 3 divisions of ethics - ✔✔Normative ethics, Metaethics, Practical ethics
True/False: "Behavior modifiers" do not focus on the function of behavior and instead, use default
technology to alter behavior - ✔✔True
True/False: The Blue Ribbon Committee was formed as a result of reports of abuse at Miami Sunland -
✔✔True
True/False: Counter-control refers to actions that resist being controlled in a social situation - ✔✔True
