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The roles and responsibilities of the RBT include which of the following?
Ans: All of the above
(deliver discrete trial instruction and incidental teaching, record data,
and implement behavior interventions plans as written as a BCBA)
True/False: An RBT can practice independently of a BCBA
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Ans: False
Rate is...
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Ans: the total count per a unit of time
Duration is...
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Ans: the time from when the behavior begins to when it ends.
Latency is...
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Ans: the time between the presentation of a stimulus and the
occurrence of a behavior
Which of the following is a continuous recording method?
Ans: All of the above
(duration, rate/frequency, and latency)
calculate frequency/rate per hour and minute for a behavior that
occurred 120 times over a 2 hour observation
Ans: 60 per hour, 1 per minute
partial-interval recording is...
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Ans: When the behavior must occur at least once during the interval to
be recorded
Whole-interval recording is....
Ans: when the behavior must occur for the entire interval to be
recorded.
Momentary time sampling is....
Ans: when the behavior must be occurring at the end of the interval to
be recorded.
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Inter-response time is...
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Ans: The time between the end of one instance of the behavior and the
beginning of the next occurrence of behavior.
which recording method would you expect to use when a target behavior
is set to increase?
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Ans: whole-interval recording
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Which recording method would you expect to use when a target behavior
is set to decrease?
Ans: Partial-interval recording
true or false? Partial interval recording has the tendency to under-
estimate the frequency of a target behavior while whole interval
recording has the tendency to over-estimate the frequency of the target
behavior?
Ans: False
Which of the following are examples of "permanent products" that can be
used to collect data using permanent product recording procedures.
Ans: Number of broken windows and folded shirts
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True/False: permanent product recording is one of the lease cumbersome
data recording methods
Ans: True
Choose the best operational definition for a tantrum
Ans: Any instance of the client crying and hitting himself in the head
with a closed fist which makes a sound that can be heard within five feet.
Instance must last longer than 30 seconds and are separated by 30
seconds of non-occurrence.
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Define behavior:
Ans: The activity of living organisms; human behavior includes
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everything that people do.
define environment:
Ans: the conglomerate of real circumstances in which the organism or
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references part of the organism exists; behavior cannot occur in the
absence of environment.
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List the four functions of behavior:
Ans: Social positive (attention/access), Social negative (escaping),
Automatic Positive (sensory stimulation), Automatic Negative (pain
attenuation)
A client gets out of his seat every time a demand is placed. When he gets
out of his seat his teacher says, "Oh you need a break", and does not
follow through with her demand. This client's out of seat behavior most
likely serves what function?
Ans: Social negative (escape)
A client frequently spits. You notice that he spits during work times,
when he is on a break, when he is playing with his favorite toys, during