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  1. A CTA documents that a learner's self-injurious behavior occurs most often during math activities. This information comes from which type of FBA?

    Answer: Descriptive (ABC) assessment

    Descriptive assessments, such as ABC (Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence) recording, identify patterns in naturalistic settings without manipulation.

  2. Which reinforcement-based strategy reinforces a behavior that is physically impossible to perform at the same time as the problem behavior?

    Answer: DRI

    Differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior (DRI) reinforces a response that physically cannot co-occur with the problem behavior.

  3. A trainer notices that praise has lost its effectiveness as a reinforcer for a learner. This reduction in reinforcer value is called:

    Answer: Satiation

    Satiation occurs when a reinforcer is delivered so frequently that it loses its motivating value.

  4. Which concept from applied behavior analysis refers to the degree to which learned behaviors are maintained over time after training ends?

    Answer: Maintenance

    Maintenance refers to the persistence of a behavior after the formal training or intervention has been discontinued.

  5. A CTA uses planned ignoring to decrease a learner's attention-seeking outbursts. For this to be effective, the CTA must ensure:

    Answer: All individuals in the environment also withhold attention during the behavior

    Extinction for attention-maintained behavior only works if all sources of social attention are consistently withheld during the behavior.

  6. During chaining instruction, which method teaches the entire behavior chain in each session but provides assistance on every step?

    Answer: Total task chaining

    Total task chaining practices all steps of the chain in every session, with prompts provided on steps the learner cannot yet complete independently.

  7. A behavior support plan specifies that tangible reinforcers should be withheld before sessions to increase their motivating value. This practice is called:

    Answer: Establishing operations / motivating operations

    Establishing operations (a type of motivating operation) are environmental events that temporarily increase the value of a reinforcer and the behavior that has produced it.