ABA 602 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The disadvantages of using a time-out room can include
The parents have positively reinforced crying - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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?
Fidgeting with your pencil due to boredom.
Singing or humming, rocking, nail biting, etc... are nervous habits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the
following are examples of automatic reinforcement?
Money and Tokens - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the following are is/are conditioned reinforcers?
Ben's aggression has been positively reinforced by the children returning the toy to him. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅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?
Telling a child to eat his vegetables, then he can have dessert. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the
following represents an example of the Premack Principle?
Stimuli, such as food and water that are inherently reinforcing for individuals. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Unconditioned reinforcers are:
Increasing low probability behaviors. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Premack Principle is useful for:
,They are less susceptible to satiation because they can be exchanged for a wide variety of other
reinforcers. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What is the advantage of using generalized conditioned
reinforcers?
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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅One can identify whether an argument is circular reasoning:
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) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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?
Naturalistic Free Operant Observation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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?
Seeing you coat in the presence of cold weather - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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
True - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True/False The behavior that occurs temporally closest to the
presentation of a renforcer will be strenghthened its presentation
, False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True/False Establishing Operations are relatively consistent and do not
tend to change over time.
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True/False In order for reinforcement to work, the individual must be
aware that reinforcement has occurred.
Removing an aversive stimulus contingent upon a behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Negative
reinforcement involves:
They both produce an increase in responding.
They both involve a stimulus change following a target behavior.
They can either be conditioned or unconditioned - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Positive and Negative
Reinforcement are similar in that:
Positive Reinforced - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 _________________.
Presence of the jacket - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In the previous question with George, what is the
discriminative stimulus (SD)?
Negatively Reinforced - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tony touched the hot stove and immediately pulled his
finger away to avoid burning himself. The behavior of pulling his finger away was likely
________________.
Discriminated avoidance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 away from the door. As soon as the lights go on, you get up from your seat and leave,
thus avoiding the final presenter. If you attempt to leave any other time of the conference, you will be
told to return to your seat by the guards. This situation would be similar to which of the following?
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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The disadvantages of using a time-out room can include
The parents have positively reinforced crying - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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?
Fidgeting with your pencil due to boredom.
Singing or humming, rocking, nail biting, etc... are nervous habits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the
following are examples of automatic reinforcement?
Money and Tokens - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the following are is/are conditioned reinforcers?
Ben's aggression has been positively reinforced by the children returning the toy to him. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅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?
Telling a child to eat his vegetables, then he can have dessert. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the
following represents an example of the Premack Principle?
Stimuli, such as food and water that are inherently reinforcing for individuals. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Unconditioned reinforcers are:
Increasing low probability behaviors. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Premack Principle is useful for:
,They are less susceptible to satiation because they can be exchanged for a wide variety of other
reinforcers. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What is the advantage of using generalized conditioned
reinforcers?
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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅One can identify whether an argument is circular reasoning:
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) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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?
Naturalistic Free Operant Observation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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?
Seeing you coat in the presence of cold weather - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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
True - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True/False The behavior that occurs temporally closest to the
presentation of a renforcer will be strenghthened its presentation
, False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True/False Establishing Operations are relatively consistent and do not
tend to change over time.
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True/False In order for reinforcement to work, the individual must be
aware that reinforcement has occurred.
Removing an aversive stimulus contingent upon a behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Negative
reinforcement involves:
They both produce an increase in responding.
They both involve a stimulus change following a target behavior.
They can either be conditioned or unconditioned - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Positive and Negative
Reinforcement are similar in that:
Positive Reinforced - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 _________________.
Presence of the jacket - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In the previous question with George, what is the
discriminative stimulus (SD)?
Negatively Reinforced - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tony touched the hot stove and immediately pulled his
finger away to avoid burning himself. The behavior of pulling his finger away was likely
________________.
Discriminated avoidance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 away from the door. As soon as the lights go on, you get up from your seat and leave,
thus avoiding the final presenter. If you attempt to leave any other time of the conference, you will be
told to return to your seat by the guards. This situation would be similar to which of the following?
