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ABA 626 National University FINAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST
UPDATED VERSION JUST RELEASED
When thirsty, a toddler screamed until a sibling finally brought the toddler a drink. Which
form of an extinction procedure would be the most appropriate to use in this circumstance?
Extinction of behavior maintained by
positive reinforcement
Mr. Goldstein decides to give his students points, usable for extra free time, when they raise
their hands and wait to be called on. He discovers that more students raise their hand and
fewer students blurt out answers when he awards points than when he does not. This finding
seems to show
Functional Relation between points and hand raising.
If a behavior analyst wants to develop a behavior intervention plan based on the strongest
possible, empirically-derived information about the target behavior, they are most likely to do
so only after demonstrating
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experimental control over the behavior
a functional relation between an independent variable and the behavior, and a reliable change
in the behavior given repeated manipulation of particular aspect of the environment.
Renee is not fond of reading, but for each book she read her teacher gave points that could be
exchanged for a variety of things she liked. At a certain point in the school year, the teacher
decided that reading should be intrinsically reinforcing by now, and discontinued the point
system. The fact that Renee subsequently read less probably is an indicator of
Extinction
True of False: Reinforcement and punishment are specific behavior-change tactics that should
be part of every practitioner repertoire
False
Analog conditions are used in a functional analysis because:
they allow the practitioner to better control the environmental variable that may be related to
the problem behavior.
Appropriate functional alternatives to problem behavior:
produce the same reinforcer for the individual
True or False: The highest level of scientific understanding is prediction or the ability to
establish a correlation between events
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False
When a student was given a work sheet in class, the child whined and crawled under the
desk. The student remained under the desk until the teacher removed the work sheet and
provided no other work. Which form of an extinction procedure would be the most
appropriate to use in this circumstance? Extinction of behavior maintained by
Negative Reinforcement
A child spent most of the classroom free time sitting on the floor rocking while waving a toy
fan at eye level making the light coming from the window appear to "flicker". Which form of
an extinction procedure would be the most appropriate to use in this circumstance?
Extinction of behavior maintained by
Automatic Reinforcement
An adult with intellectual and developmental disabilities gets up frequently during the night
to talk and check on awake overnight staff in the group home. When an extinction procedure
is implemented and staff no longer talk with the individual during the night, the individual
gets up even more frequently for the first three nights. This secondary effect of extinction is
referred to as a/an
Extinction Burst
Which behavior is likely to have the greatest resistance to extinction
ABA 626 National University FINAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST
UPDATED VERSION JUST RELEASED
When thirsty, a toddler screamed until a sibling finally brought the toddler a drink. Which
form of an extinction procedure would be the most appropriate to use in this circumstance?
Extinction of behavior maintained by
positive reinforcement
Mr. Goldstein decides to give his students points, usable for extra free time, when they raise
their hands and wait to be called on. He discovers that more students raise their hand and
fewer students blurt out answers when he awards points than when he does not. This finding
seems to show
Functional Relation between points and hand raising.
If a behavior analyst wants to develop a behavior intervention plan based on the strongest
possible, empirically-derived information about the target behavior, they are most likely to do
so only after demonstrating
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experimental control over the behavior
a functional relation between an independent variable and the behavior, and a reliable change
in the behavior given repeated manipulation of particular aspect of the environment.
Renee is not fond of reading, but for each book she read her teacher gave points that could be
exchanged for a variety of things she liked. At a certain point in the school year, the teacher
decided that reading should be intrinsically reinforcing by now, and discontinued the point
system. The fact that Renee subsequently read less probably is an indicator of
Extinction
True of False: Reinforcement and punishment are specific behavior-change tactics that should
be part of every practitioner repertoire
False
Analog conditions are used in a functional analysis because:
they allow the practitioner to better control the environmental variable that may be related to
the problem behavior.
Appropriate functional alternatives to problem behavior:
produce the same reinforcer for the individual
True or False: The highest level of scientific understanding is prediction or the ability to
establish a correlation between events
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False
When a student was given a work sheet in class, the child whined and crawled under the
desk. The student remained under the desk until the teacher removed the work sheet and
provided no other work. Which form of an extinction procedure would be the most
appropriate to use in this circumstance? Extinction of behavior maintained by
Negative Reinforcement
A child spent most of the classroom free time sitting on the floor rocking while waving a toy
fan at eye level making the light coming from the window appear to "flicker". Which form of
an extinction procedure would be the most appropriate to use in this circumstance?
Extinction of behavior maintained by
Automatic Reinforcement
An adult with intellectual and developmental disabilities gets up frequently during the night
to talk and check on awake overnight staff in the group home. When an extinction procedure
is implemented and staff no longer talk with the individual during the night, the individual
gets up even more frequently for the first three nights. This secondary effect of extinction is
referred to as a/an
Extinction Burst
Which behavior is likely to have the greatest resistance to extinction
