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Behavioral Intervention Techniques Flashcards

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  1. A BCAT notices that a learner's problem behavior occurs almost exclusively during transitions between activities. The best antecedent strategy would be to:

    Answer: Provide a visual or verbal warning before transitions occur

    Priming the learner about upcoming transitions reduces the aversiveness of change, decreasing problem behavior.

  2. Which of the following is an example of positive punishment?

    Answer: Presenting a loud noise contingent on self-injury

    Positive punishment adds an aversive stimulus (loud noise) contingent on behavior to decrease future occurrences.

  3. Shaping involves reinforcing:

    Answer: Successive approximations of the target behavior

    Shaping reinforces behaviors that progressively resemble the target, gradually shifting criteria toward the goal.

  4. A technician stops delivering attention each time a child whines but finds the whining is getting louder and more frequent over the past week. This pattern suggests:

    Answer: The behavior is maintained by automatic reinforcement, not attention

    If extinction (withholding attention) does not decrease behavior, the behavior is likely maintained by a different function such as automatic reinforcement.

  5. Which of the following describes a naturalistic teaching approach?

    Answer: Teaching skills within the learner's natural environment using naturally occurring reinforcers

    Naturalistic teaching embeds instruction in everyday activities using reinforcers that are naturally relevant to the learner.

  6. A technician is implementing Pivotal Response Training (PRT). Which of the following is a core pivotal area targeted in PRT?

    Answer: Motivation and self-management

    PRT targets pivotal areas like motivation and self-management because improvements in these areas produce widespread gains across other skills.

  7. When a behavior has been placed on extinction and then reappears after a period of time with no reinforcement, this is called:

    Answer: Spontaneous recovery

    Spontaneous recovery is the temporary reappearance of an extinguished behavior after a rest period.