RBT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Applied Behavior Analysis -- Answer ✔✔ The science in which tactics derived from the
principles of behavior are applied systematically to improve socially significant behavior
and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for behavior change.
The scientific study of principles of learning and behavior.
Behavior -- Answer ✔✔ An activity of living organisms.
What an individual does (how they respond in the situation).
It is observable and measurable.
7 Dimensions of ABA -- Answer ✔✔ 1. Applied
2. Behavioral
3. Analytic
4. Technological
5. Conceptual Systems
6. Effective
7. Generality
,Response -- Answer ✔✔ Specific instance of behavior.
4 types of Responses:
1. Correct
2. Incorrect
3. Non-Response
4. Prompted
Respondent Behavior -- Answer ✔✔ Untaught or unconditioned responses. Reflex.
Respondent Conditioning -- Answer ✔✔ New stimuli can acquire the ability to elicit
responses.
Occurs through pairing of two stimuli.
Stimulus - Stimulus Pairing (S - S)
Unconditioned Stimulus -- Answer ✔✔ A stimulus that elicits an unconditioned
response.
i.e. Food is an unconditioned stimulus for a hungry animal and salivation is the
unconditioned response.
Unconditioned Response -- Answer ✔✔ A behavior that occurs naturally due to a given
stimulus.
i.e. Dogs salivating in the presence of food; yelping upon being bitten by an insect.
,Conditioned Stimulus -- Answer ✔✔ A previously neutral stimulus that, after repeated
association with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits the response produced by the
unconditioned stimulus itself.
Conditioned Response -- Answer ✔✔ A behavior that does not come naturally, but
must be learned by the individual by pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned
stimulus.
Unconditioned Reinforcers -- Answer ✔✔ (AKA primary reinforcers) Stimuli that do
not require learning. (i.e. food, water, warmth, sleep, sexual stimulation)
Conditioned Reinforcers -- Answer ✔✔ (AKA secondary reinforcers) Neutral stimuli
that have been paired with unconditioned reinforcers, or other conditioned reinforcers
and through repeated pairing become reinforcers themselves. (i.e. stickers, sound,
people)
Generalized Conditioned Reinforcers -- Answer ✔✔ Stimuli that have been paired with
a variety of unconditioned and conditioned reinforcers. (i.e. praise, attention, money,
tokens)
Operant Behavior -- Answer ✔✔ Behavior that is controlled or influenced by
consequences.
Behavior whose future frequency is determined by a history of consequences.
, Operant Conditioning -- Answer ✔✔ A type of learning where behavior is controlled by
consequences.
Behavior followed by pleasant consequences tends to be repeated.
Behavior followed by unpleasant consequences tends not to be repeated.
Mand Training -- Answer ✔✔ (AKA request training) Training by asking for what you
want.
Reinforcers -- Answer ✔✔ Pleasant events that follow a behavior that make behavior
more likely to occur in the future.
Reinforcers strengthen behavior.
Punishers -- Answer ✔✔ Unpleasant events that follow a behavior and decrease the
likelihood that a behavior will happen again in the future.
4 - Part Contingency of Operant Learning -- Answer ✔✔ 1. MO - Motivating Operation
2. Antecedent
3. Behavior
4. Consequence
Motivating Operation -- Answer ✔✔ (AKA setting event) Contextual factors or
conditions that influence behavior.
Influence how an individual is going to react. (i.e. Being deprived of food and water)
ANSWERS
Applied Behavior Analysis -- Answer ✔✔ The science in which tactics derived from the
principles of behavior are applied systematically to improve socially significant behavior
and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for behavior change.
The scientific study of principles of learning and behavior.
Behavior -- Answer ✔✔ An activity of living organisms.
What an individual does (how they respond in the situation).
It is observable and measurable.
7 Dimensions of ABA -- Answer ✔✔ 1. Applied
2. Behavioral
3. Analytic
4. Technological
5. Conceptual Systems
6. Effective
7. Generality
,Response -- Answer ✔✔ Specific instance of behavior.
4 types of Responses:
1. Correct
2. Incorrect
3. Non-Response
4. Prompted
Respondent Behavior -- Answer ✔✔ Untaught or unconditioned responses. Reflex.
Respondent Conditioning -- Answer ✔✔ New stimuli can acquire the ability to elicit
responses.
Occurs through pairing of two stimuli.
Stimulus - Stimulus Pairing (S - S)
Unconditioned Stimulus -- Answer ✔✔ A stimulus that elicits an unconditioned
response.
i.e. Food is an unconditioned stimulus for a hungry animal and salivation is the
unconditioned response.
Unconditioned Response -- Answer ✔✔ A behavior that occurs naturally due to a given
stimulus.
i.e. Dogs salivating in the presence of food; yelping upon being bitten by an insect.
,Conditioned Stimulus -- Answer ✔✔ A previously neutral stimulus that, after repeated
association with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits the response produced by the
unconditioned stimulus itself.
Conditioned Response -- Answer ✔✔ A behavior that does not come naturally, but
must be learned by the individual by pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned
stimulus.
Unconditioned Reinforcers -- Answer ✔✔ (AKA primary reinforcers) Stimuli that do
not require learning. (i.e. food, water, warmth, sleep, sexual stimulation)
Conditioned Reinforcers -- Answer ✔✔ (AKA secondary reinforcers) Neutral stimuli
that have been paired with unconditioned reinforcers, or other conditioned reinforcers
and through repeated pairing become reinforcers themselves. (i.e. stickers, sound,
people)
Generalized Conditioned Reinforcers -- Answer ✔✔ Stimuli that have been paired with
a variety of unconditioned and conditioned reinforcers. (i.e. praise, attention, money,
tokens)
Operant Behavior -- Answer ✔✔ Behavior that is controlled or influenced by
consequences.
Behavior whose future frequency is determined by a history of consequences.
, Operant Conditioning -- Answer ✔✔ A type of learning where behavior is controlled by
consequences.
Behavior followed by pleasant consequences tends to be repeated.
Behavior followed by unpleasant consequences tends not to be repeated.
Mand Training -- Answer ✔✔ (AKA request training) Training by asking for what you
want.
Reinforcers -- Answer ✔✔ Pleasant events that follow a behavior that make behavior
more likely to occur in the future.
Reinforcers strengthen behavior.
Punishers -- Answer ✔✔ Unpleasant events that follow a behavior and decrease the
likelihood that a behavior will happen again in the future.
4 - Part Contingency of Operant Learning -- Answer ✔✔ 1. MO - Motivating Operation
2. Antecedent
3. Behavior
4. Consequence
Motivating Operation -- Answer ✔✔ (AKA setting event) Contextual factors or
conditions that influence behavior.
Influence how an individual is going to react. (i.e. Being deprived of food and water)
