BCABA Verbal Behavior and Communication

Question 1

According to Skinner's analysis, a mand is a verbal operant controlled by:

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A motivating operation and reinforced by a specific consequence

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A verbal stimulus produced by another person

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A non-verbal discriminative stimulus in the environment

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Generalized conditioned reinforcement such as praise

Question 2

A child says 'ball' when she sees a ball on the shelf. This verbal response is BEST classified as a:

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Tact

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Mand

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Echoic

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Intraverbal

Question 3

When a therapist says 'What do you eat with?' and the client responds 'fork,' this is an example of a:

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Intraverbal

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Tact

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Mand

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Textual

Question 4

Echoic behavior is verbal behavior that:

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Reproduces the formal properties (sounds) of a verbal stimulus heard

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Copies written text and reads it aloud

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Labels objects in the environment

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Responds to questions asked by another person

Question 5

Teaching a child to request preferred items (manding) is considered foundational in early ABA language intervention because:

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Manding is controlled by motivating operations and has built-in reinforcement that drives learning

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Manding is easier to measure than other verbal operants

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Mands require no discriminative stimulus, simplifying instruction

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Manding directly trains reading and writing skills

Question 6

Which term describes verbal behavior under the control of written text that has point-to-point correspondence with the spoken response?

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Textual

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Transcription

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Intraverbal

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Tact