ABA 602 Final Exam Questions with Answers (100% Correct
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The disadvantages of using a time-out room can include —Answer: A. Emotional outburst
B. Lost instructional time.
C. Negative public perception.
D. The student may require physical escorts to the room
E. All of the above
New parents put a child to bed. The child begins to cry, so the parents comfort the child and
allow the child to sleep in bed with them. Thus, when they put the child to bed in the future,
she is more likely to cry. What has occurred in this situation? —Answer: The parents have
positively reinforced crying
Which of the following are examples of automatic reinforcement? —Answer: Fidgeting with
your pencil due to boredom.
Singing or humming, rocking, nail biting, etc... are nervous habits
Which of the following are is/are conditioned reinforcers? —Answer: Money and Tokens
Assume you have a student in class, who becomes severely aggressive whenever another
student takes his toys away from him. When Ben hits them, the other children tend to return the
toys they took away from him. What can be said about this situation? —Answer: Ben's
aggression has been positively reinforced by the children returning the toy to him.
Which of the following represents an example of the Premack Principle? —Answer: Telling a
child to eat his vegetables, then he can have dessert.
Unconditioned reinforcers are: —Answer: Stimuli, such as food and water that are inherently
reinforcing for individuals.
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,The Premack Principle is useful for: —Answer: Increasing low probability behaviors.
What is the advantage of using generalized conditioned reinforcers? —Answer: They are less
susceptible to satiation because they can be exchanged for a wide variety of other reinforcers.
One can identify whether an argument is circular reasoning: —Answer: A). By evaluating the
direction of the relation (e.g., Sally's off-task behavior is due to her attention deficit disorder vs.
Sally's attention deficit disorder causes her off-task behavior).
B). By evaluating whether the two components of the argument can be separated and whether
one can be manipulated to determine the effect on the other.
Both A and B
You haven't eaten in 4 hours. You are driving home and see a McDonalds. You stop at the
McDonalds and buy a hambrger. You are no longer hungry. What is the Behavior, according to
the 4-term contingency? —Answer: Buying a hamburger is the BEHAVIOR
EO = Eating 4 hours ago
SD = Driving home
Rs = Buying a hamburger (action)
Sr = No longer feeling hungry (feelings)
Elsa conducted a preference assessment for Jordan, a 5 year old boy with autism with whom
she works. She brought 10 items with her, however, she only presented one stimuli at a time to
Jordan. Once it was presented, she recorded his reaction to it. Shortly afterwards, she would
remove the first item and present the next item. She would then record Jordan's reaction to that
new stimulus.
What for of preference assessment is this? —Answer: Naturalistic Free Operant Observation
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, You look outside and see that the weather is cold. You decide to grab your coat so that you are
warmer when you leave. After you leave the house, you realize you are warmer because you
have your jacket. In the scenario, what is the Discriminative Stimulus (SD) according to the 4-
term Contingency —Answer: Seeing you coat in the presence of cold weather
True/False The behavior that occurs temporally closest to the presentation of a renforcer will be
strenghthened its presentation —Answer: True
True/False Establishing Operations are relatively consistent and do not tend to change over
time. —Answer: False
True/False In order for reinforcement to work, the individual must be aware that reinforcement
has occurred. —Answer: False
Negative reinforcement involves: —Answer: Removing an aversive stimulus contingent upon
a behavior
Positive and Negative Reinforcement are similar in that: —Answer: They both produce an
increase in responding.
They both involve a stimulus change following a target behavior.
They can either be conditioned or unconditioned
George's house was very cold so he put on a jacket, which made him feel warm. George's
behavior of putting on a jacket was _________________. —Answer: Positive Reinforced
In the previous question with George, what is the discriminative stimulus (SD)? —Answer:
Presence of the jacket
Tony touched the hot stove and immediately pulled his finger away to avoid burning himself.
The behavior of pulling his finger away was likely ________________. —Answer: Negatively
Reinforced
You are participating in a conference and you want to leave before the last presenter begins.
The doors to leave are guarded and the only way to leave before the final presenter begins
would be during the short 5 minute intermission when the lights come on and the guards move
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Answers)
The disadvantages of using a time-out room can include —Answer: A. Emotional outburst
B. Lost instructional time.
C. Negative public perception.
D. The student may require physical escorts to the room
E. All of the above
New parents put a child to bed. The child begins to cry, so the parents comfort the child and
allow the child to sleep in bed with them. Thus, when they put the child to bed in the future,
she is more likely to cry. What has occurred in this situation? —Answer: The parents have
positively reinforced crying
Which of the following are examples of automatic reinforcement? —Answer: Fidgeting with
your pencil due to boredom.
Singing or humming, rocking, nail biting, etc... are nervous habits
Which of the following are is/are conditioned reinforcers? —Answer: Money and Tokens
Assume you have a student in class, who becomes severely aggressive whenever another
student takes his toys away from him. When Ben hits them, the other children tend to return the
toys they took away from him. What can be said about this situation? —Answer: Ben's
aggression has been positively reinforced by the children returning the toy to him.
Which of the following represents an example of the Premack Principle? —Answer: Telling a
child to eat his vegetables, then he can have dessert.
Unconditioned reinforcers are: —Answer: Stimuli, such as food and water that are inherently
reinforcing for individuals.
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,The Premack Principle is useful for: —Answer: Increasing low probability behaviors.
What is the advantage of using generalized conditioned reinforcers? —Answer: They are less
susceptible to satiation because they can be exchanged for a wide variety of other reinforcers.
One can identify whether an argument is circular reasoning: —Answer: A). By evaluating the
direction of the relation (e.g., Sally's off-task behavior is due to her attention deficit disorder vs.
Sally's attention deficit disorder causes her off-task behavior).
B). By evaluating whether the two components of the argument can be separated and whether
one can be manipulated to determine the effect on the other.
Both A and B
You haven't eaten in 4 hours. You are driving home and see a McDonalds. You stop at the
McDonalds and buy a hambrger. You are no longer hungry. What is the Behavior, according to
the 4-term contingency? —Answer: Buying a hamburger is the BEHAVIOR
EO = Eating 4 hours ago
SD = Driving home
Rs = Buying a hamburger (action)
Sr = No longer feeling hungry (feelings)
Elsa conducted a preference assessment for Jordan, a 5 year old boy with autism with whom
she works. She brought 10 items with her, however, she only presented one stimuli at a time to
Jordan. Once it was presented, she recorded his reaction to it. Shortly afterwards, she would
remove the first item and present the next item. She would then record Jordan's reaction to that
new stimulus.
What for of preference assessment is this? —Answer: Naturalistic Free Operant Observation
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, You look outside and see that the weather is cold. You decide to grab your coat so that you are
warmer when you leave. After you leave the house, you realize you are warmer because you
have your jacket. In the scenario, what is the Discriminative Stimulus (SD) according to the 4-
term Contingency —Answer: Seeing you coat in the presence of cold weather
True/False The behavior that occurs temporally closest to the presentation of a renforcer will be
strenghthened its presentation —Answer: True
True/False Establishing Operations are relatively consistent and do not tend to change over
time. —Answer: False
True/False In order for reinforcement to work, the individual must be aware that reinforcement
has occurred. —Answer: False
Negative reinforcement involves: —Answer: Removing an aversive stimulus contingent upon
a behavior
Positive and Negative Reinforcement are similar in that: —Answer: They both produce an
increase in responding.
They both involve a stimulus change following a target behavior.
They can either be conditioned or unconditioned
George's house was very cold so he put on a jacket, which made him feel warm. George's
behavior of putting on a jacket was _________________. —Answer: Positive Reinforced
In the previous question with George, what is the discriminative stimulus (SD)? —Answer:
Presence of the jacket
Tony touched the hot stove and immediately pulled his finger away to avoid burning himself.
The behavior of pulling his finger away was likely ________________. —Answer: Negatively
Reinforced
You are participating in a conference and you want to leave before the last presenter begins.
The doors to leave are guarded and the only way to leave before the final presenter begins
would be during the short 5 minute intermission when the lights come on and the guards move
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