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  1. The term 'behavior' in ABA is defined as:

    Answer: Any activity of an organism that can be measured and observed

    ABA defines behavior broadly as any observable and measurable activity of a living organism, including verbal, motor, and physiological responses.

  2. A behavior that is maintained by escape from an aversive stimulus is operating under which type of reinforcement?

    Answer: Negative reinforcement

    Negative reinforcement increases the future probability of a behavior by removing or avoiding an aversive stimulus contingent on that behavior.

  3. The seven dimensions of ABA, as outlined by Baer, Wolf, and Risley (1968), include all of the following EXCEPT:

    Answer: Theoretical

    The seven dimensions are Applied, Behavioral, Analytic, Technological, Conceptually Systematic, Effective, and Generality — 'Theoretical' is not one of them.

  4. A functional relation in ABA is established when:

    Answer: Repeated demonstrations show that the independent variable reliably produces changes in the dependent variable

    A functional relation (experimental control) is established through repeated demonstrations that manipulating the independent variable changes the dependent variable.

  5. Which of the following BEST describes the principle of reinforcement?

    Answer: A stimulus change following a behavior that increases the future probability of that behavior

    Reinforcement is defined by its effect: it is a stimulus change occurring after a behavior that increases the future probability of that behavior.

  6. Punishment in ABA is defined as:

    Answer: A stimulus change following a behavior that decreases the future probability of that behavior

    Punishment is functionally defined as a stimulus change following a behavior that decreases that behavior's future probability — it may be aversive or pleasant but must reduce behavior.