RBT exam 2023
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
