Pearson RBT Exam 2023-2024 /Complete Questions
And Answers (A+)
Quiz :behavior - Answer :anything a person does that can be observed and
measured
Quiz :instructional control - Answer :the likelihood your instructions elicit a
correct response from your client. you are building a history of reinforcing
compliance
Quiz :positive reinforcement - Answer :the contingent presentation of a
stimulus immediately following a response that increases the likelihood of the
response in the future
Quiz :negative reinforcement - Answer :the removal, termination, or
postponement of a stimulus, which increases the likelihood of the response in
the future
Quiz :primary/unconditioned reinforcers - Answer :items or activities that are
naturally reinforcing. no learning takes place for these to be reinforcing
Quiz :secondary/conditioned reinforcers - Answer :items or activities that
acquire reinforcing properties when paired with primary reinforcers. learning
takes place to make these reinforcing.
Quiz :positive punishment - Answer :a consequence that follows a behavior
and decreases the rate of that behavior
Quiz :negative punishment - Answer :the act of withdrawing an event
contingent on a behavior that decreases the rate of that behavior
Quiz :principles of reinforcement - Answer :deprivation/satiation, immediacy,
size, contingency
Quiz :deprivation - Answer :the reinforcer will be more effective because the
client has been deprived of it. establishing operations
Quiz :immediacy - Answer :a reinforcer must be delivered immediately
following a behavior to make sure you are actually reinforcing that behavior.
, Quiz :size - Answer :the amount of reinforcement given must be worthwhile,
or appropriate for the activity
Quiz :contingency - Answer :the reinforcer should only be delivered when a
desired behavior occurs
Quiz :continuous reinforcement - Answer :the target behavior occurs and is
reinforced after every occurrence
Quiz :intermittent reinforcement - Answer :the target behavior occurs, and
reinforcers follow some of the occurrences
Quiz :ratio - Answer :the rate of responding/amount of responses
Quiz :interval - Answer :a set length of time
Quiz :variable - Answer :average
Quiz :fixed - Answer :set amount
Quiz :token economy - Answer :a system whereby participants earn
generalized conditioned reinforcers as a consequence for specific behaviors
Quiz :extinction - Answer :happens when the reinforcement for a previously
reinforced behavior is withheld, terminated, or removed
Quiz :extinction burst - Answer :a temporary increase in the rate of a behavior
following implementation of am extinction behavior
Quiz :spontaneous recovery - Answer :the reappearance of the "extinguished"
behavior after a period in which the behavior has not been reinforced
Quiz :DRI: differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior -
Answer :reinforce behavior incompatible with an undesirable behavior
Quiz :DRA: differential reinforcement of alternative behavior -
Answer :reinforce a behavior that is an appropriate alternative to an
undesirable behavior
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