ABA Final: Functional Assessment Questions with
100% Verified Correct Answers
Functional Assessment - Correct Answer Process of gathering info about the A's and C's that are
functionally related to the occurrence of a problem behavior
Treatment Process for Decreasing Problem Behaviors - Correct Answer 1: identify and define target
behaviors to decrease and increase (interview & observation)
2: initiate data collection
3: complete function assessment (hyps. about A's and C's)
4: develop and implelment trt
5: evaluate effectiveness and implementation fidelity
Evaluation of treatment - Correct Answer Did problem behaviors decrease and desirable behaviors
increase?
If problem behaviors decreased and desirable behaviors increased? - Correct Answer Promote
maintenance and generalization
If problem behaviors didnt decrease and desirable behaviors didnt increase? - Correct Answer check
treatment fidelity
-was it implemented correctly? if yes then repeat functional assmt.
-retrain staff,
-more support,
-adjust tr. components,
-promote buy in
Behavioral Model - Correct Answer -behavior is influenced by A's and C's
-influenced by competing behaviors (concurrent operants)
-behavioral intervention is functional and addresses the ABCs and competing behaviors
What to assess in Functional Assessment - Correct Answer -antecedents
-behavior
-consequences
, Antecedents in functional assessment - Correct Answer -SDs, S deltas, MOs
-when, where, with whom, what circumstances or situations does the behavior occur
-assess social and environmental antecedents
Behavior in functional assessment - Correct Answer -problem behavior
-alternative behavior
-response effort
Consequences in functional assessment - Correct Answer -for problem behavior and alternative
behavior, positive or neg reinforcement
-what does person get/get out of following behavior
-assess social and environmental consequences
-factors to consider: schedule, magnitude and immediacy of reinforcement
Categories of reinforcement - Correct Answer -social positive reinforcement
-social negative reinforcement
-automatic positive reinforcement
-automatic negative reinforcement
Social positive reinforcement - Correct Answer attention, praise, reactions, activities, things mediated
by others
Social negative reinforcmenet - Correct Answer escape from tasks, activities, interactions mediated
by others
Automatic positive reinforcment - Correct Answer sensory stimulation, environmental stimuli and
events not mediated by others
Automatic negative reinforcmeent - Correct Answer relief from pain, anxiety, or other aversive
stimulation, escape from aversive enviro. stimuli not mediated by others
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