ABA Terms

What is an SD?

• Discriminative Stimulus; the antecedent stimulus that has stimulus control

• Discontinued Stimulus; the consequence stimulus that has stimulus contol

• Disprove stimulus; the behavior stimulus that has stimulus control

• Disobey stimulus; the antecedent stimulus that has stimulus control

what are functional replacement behaviors?

• Clapping hands

• Raising hand

• Touching head

• All of the above

what is positive reinforcement?

• the act of rewarding a positive behavior to encourage it more

• occurs when something unpleasant or uncomfortable is removed or taken away

• remove a pleasant stimulus to decrease a behavior.

• giving an undesirable consequence after an unwanted behavior 

what is an example of a prompt hierarchy?

• Verbal prompt

• physical prompt

• gesture prompt

• verbal, gesture, modeling

what is an establishing operation?

• is a motivating operation that decreases the value of a reinforcer

• is a motivating operation that increases the value of a reinforcer 

• makes the removal of itself a reinforcement in itself

• makes something else into a reinforcement but does not change itself

what is extinction?

• the fading away and eventual elimination of undesirable behaviors

• Anything that is applied as a consequence that diminishes a behavior

when/ where could you use aba?

• School setting

• Clinic setting

• At home

• All of the above

What is negative punishment?

• giving an undesirable consequence after an unwanted behavior

• occurs when something unpleasant or uncomfortable is removed or taken away

• remove a pleasant stimulus to decrease a behavior

• the act of rewarding a positive behavior to see a change

what does abc of data mean?

• Analysis; benefit; contingency

• Always; better; cold

• Applied; behavior; contingency

• Antecedent; behavior; consequence

what is assent withdrawal?

• is a motivating operation that decreases the value of a reinforce

• is a motivating operation that increases the value of a reinforcer

• the expression demonstration of disapproval or unwillingness to participate

• the act of rewarding a positive behavior