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QABA FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED
PASS <LATEST VERSION>
The temporary reappearance of a behavior that was previously
extinguished for a period of time. ......ANSWER........spontaneous
recovery
A signaled (SD) contingency for behavior that indicates that
engaging in the behavior will prevent and/or delay the onset of
an aversive stimulus. ......ANSWER........Discriminated avoidance
A type of conditioned motivating operation that is established
when an environmental variable establishes another event as a
reinforcer or punisher, meaning that a deprived item can only be
acquired by a secondary stimulus, establishing the reinforcing
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effectiveness of the secondary stimulus, and evoking the
necessary behaviors to contact the secondary stimulus.
......ANSWER........transitive MO (CMO-T)
The agreement of participation by a client who is unable to give
legal consent for their own participation. ......ANSWER........assent
A branch of behavior analysis that deals with research on basic
processes and principles and is mainly conducted in laboratories.
......ANSWER........Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB)
Behaviors that, when acquired, result in the individual accessing
new environments and, therefore, new stimulus controls and
contingencies(i.e., reinforcement). ......ANSWER........behavior cusp
A philosophical assumption underlying the science of behavior
analysis that focuses on practical solutions (e.g., if it works, don't
fix it), which at the level of behavior, involves the relation
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between the setting (A) and the behavior (B) is because of the
consequence (C). ......ANSWER........pragmatism
A dimension of ABA, which explains that any behavior change
should persist across time, settings, behaviors, and people that
differ from the original intervention conditions.
......ANSWER........generality
Measurement is trustworthy when the measurement that produces
data is applicable and specific to the target behavior of interest
and the relevant dimension of that behavior; in other words, you
measure what you set out to measure. ......ANSWER........validity
A systematic and objective observation method of staff
performance used to ensure procedural fidelity and
effectiveness of training and to assess for areas of needed
support. ......ANSWER........performance monitoring
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The presence of a competing or distracting stimulus that
interferes with the acquisition of a skill/stimulus control of
another stimulus. ......ANSWER........overshadowing
A specific sequence of discrete responses/behaviors that, when
linked together, form a terminal behavior. Each discrete
response/behavior is associated with a particular stimulus
condition(SD), and each response and the associated SD serve
as an individual component of the chain.
......ANSWER........behavior chain
A process that occurs when a response is followed immediately
by the removal of a stimulus (or a decrease in the intensity of a
stimulus) that results in a decrease in the future frequency of
similar responses under similar conditions.
......ANSWER........negative punishment
QABA FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED
PASS <LATEST VERSION>
The temporary reappearance of a behavior that was previously
extinguished for a period of time. ......ANSWER........spontaneous
recovery
A signaled (SD) contingency for behavior that indicates that
engaging in the behavior will prevent and/or delay the onset of
an aversive stimulus. ......ANSWER........Discriminated avoidance
A type of conditioned motivating operation that is established
when an environmental variable establishes another event as a
reinforcer or punisher, meaning that a deprived item can only be
acquired by a secondary stimulus, establishing the reinforcing
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effectiveness of the secondary stimulus, and evoking the
necessary behaviors to contact the secondary stimulus.
......ANSWER........transitive MO (CMO-T)
The agreement of participation by a client who is unable to give
legal consent for their own participation. ......ANSWER........assent
A branch of behavior analysis that deals with research on basic
processes and principles and is mainly conducted in laboratories.
......ANSWER........Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB)
Behaviors that, when acquired, result in the individual accessing
new environments and, therefore, new stimulus controls and
contingencies(i.e., reinforcement). ......ANSWER........behavior cusp
A philosophical assumption underlying the science of behavior
analysis that focuses on practical solutions (e.g., if it works, don't
fix it), which at the level of behavior, involves the relation
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between the setting (A) and the behavior (B) is because of the
consequence (C). ......ANSWER........pragmatism
A dimension of ABA, which explains that any behavior change
should persist across time, settings, behaviors, and people that
differ from the original intervention conditions.
......ANSWER........generality
Measurement is trustworthy when the measurement that produces
data is applicable and specific to the target behavior of interest
and the relevant dimension of that behavior; in other words, you
measure what you set out to measure. ......ANSWER........validity
A systematic and objective observation method of staff
performance used to ensure procedural fidelity and
effectiveness of training and to assess for areas of needed
support. ......ANSWER........performance monitoring
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The presence of a competing or distracting stimulus that
interferes with the acquisition of a skill/stimulus control of
another stimulus. ......ANSWER........overshadowing
A specific sequence of discrete responses/behaviors that, when
linked together, form a terminal behavior. Each discrete
response/behavior is associated with a particular stimulus
condition(SD), and each response and the associated SD serve
as an individual component of the chain.
......ANSWER........behavior chain
A process that occurs when a response is followed immediately
by the removal of a stimulus (or a decrease in the intensity of a
stimulus) that results in a decrease in the future frequency of
similar responses under similar conditions.
......ANSWER........negative punishment
