Behavior Reduction Strategies Flashcards
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A learner engages in elopement (running away) in the school hallway. The BCBA instructs staff to stand near the door before transitions to block exit attempts. This is an example of:
Answer: Environmental modification as an antecedent strategy
Positioning staff to prevent elopement before it can occur is an environmental/antecedent modification that reduces the opportunity for the behavior.
Response cost is classified as which type of behavioral procedure?
Answer: Negative punishment
Response cost involves removing a previously earned reinforcer (e.g., tokens) contingent on problem behavior, making it a negative punishment procedure.
A technician is instructed to redirect a learner to a quiet area following an aggressive episode and return them to the activity after 3 minutes of calm. This procedure is called:
Answer: Exclusionary time-out
Exclusionary time-out involves removing the learner from the reinforcing environment to a separate, less reinforcing location contingent on problem behavior.
Which of the following would be considered a CONTRAINDICATION for using time-out as a behavior reduction strategy?
Answer: The learner has a history of elopement and leaving the area could be dangerous
Time-out is contraindicated when the learner's behavior or safety history makes removal from the environment dangerous or when the current environment is not reinforcing.
A learner's disruption is maintained by escape. The technician is told to continue the demand and prompt the learner through it every time disruption occurs. This procedure uses:
Answer: Extinction by preventing escape
By preventing escape from the demand contingent on disruptive behavior, the technician places the escape-maintained behavior on extinction.
When a BCBA requires a behavior reduction procedure involving punishment, the technician's FIRST responsibility is to:
Answer: Implement the procedure as described and collect data accurately
The technician's role is to implement the BCBA-designed procedure with fidelity and collect accurate data so the BCBA can evaluate its effectiveness.
Positive practice overcorrection involves having the learner:
Answer: Practice the correct form of the behavior repeatedly following each instance of the problem behavior
Positive practice overcorrection requires the learner to repeatedly practice the appropriate alternative behavior contingent on the occurrence of the problem behavior.