Registered Behavior Technician Exam Flashcards

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

• Focuses on applying behavioral principles to address socially significant issues.
• Aims for meaningful and measurable behavioral change.

Behavior Theory

• Revolves around understanding human actions based on observable phenomena.

Behavior

• Encompasses all activities exhibited by living organisms.

Deprivation State

• Occurs when individuals cannot access desired items or stimuli at will.

Three-Term Contingency (ABC)

• Consists of Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequence, foundational for behavior analysis.

Discriminative Stimuli

• Serve as cues influencing operant behavior by signaling likely outcomes.

Reasons for Behavior

• Primarily categorized into escape and gain motivations.

Motivating Operations (MO)

• Environmental variables that modify the effectiveness of reinforcers or punishers.
• They also affect the frequency of related behaviors.

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD)

• Refers to impairments in intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviors.

Replacement Behaviors

• Designed to substitute unwanted behaviors with more acceptable alternatives.

Functional Communication Training (FCT)

• Teaches communication skills to reduce challenging behaviors.

Verbal Behavior Training

• Develops essential communication abilities aligned with language functions, including mands and tacts.

Task Analysis

• Involves breaking down tasks into manageable steps for effective teaching and reinforcement.

Pivotal Skills

• Fundamental abilities that facilitate learning new concepts or skills.

Joint Attention

• A social interaction where two individuals focus on the same stimulus simultaneously.

Behavioral Shaping

• Gradual reinforcement of successive approximations towards a desired behavior.

Differential Reinforcement

• Involves reinforcing desired behaviors while decreasing undesired ones.

Reinforcement Schedules

• Continuous (CRF): Reinforcement follows every response.
• Fixed Ratio (FR): Requires a set number of responses for reinforcement.
• Fixed Interval (FI): Enforces reinforcement after a specified time period.
• Variable Ratio (VR): Reinforcement occurs after a varying number of responses.
• Variable Interval (VI): Reinforcement is delivered after an average elapsed time.

Extinction

• Involves withdrawing reinforcement to reduce undesirable behaviors.

Differential Reinforcement Types

• DRI: Reinforces alternative behaviors that cannot coexist with problem behaviors.
• DRA: Similar to DRI but does not require behaviors to be incompatible.
• DRO: Reinforces any appropriate behavior during a set time frame without the problem behavior.
• DRL: Reduces frequency but maintains appropriate behavior.
• DRH: Reinforces higher frequency behaviors.

Escape Extinction

• Prevents individuals from avoiding undesirable tasks or situations.

Spontaneous Recovery

• Reappearance of previously extinguished behaviors under certain conditions.

Response Blocking

• Involves preventing harmful behavior without significant feedback.

Types of Punishment

• Type One (Positive): Adds a stimulus to decrease a behavior.
• Type Two (Negative): Removes a stimulus to reduce behavior.

Token Economics

• Utilizes tokens as a reinforcer for desired behaviors, promoting positive behavior changes.

Stimulus Control

• Behavior differs based on presence or absence of specific stimuli.

Operant Conditioning

• Emphasizes controlling future behavior through consequences.

Discriminative Stimuli Concepts

• Naturally Occurring: Unconscious stimuli influencing behavior.
• Planned: Intentional cues designed to facilitate certain behaviors.

Stimulus Class

• A collection of stimuli sharing certain characteristics.

Stimulus Equivalence

• Recognition of untrained stimuli to produce correct responses.

Prompting Techniques

• Most to Least Prompting: Start with maximum assistance, reducing over time.
• Least to Most Prompting: Begin with minimal help, increasing if necessary.
• Time Delay: Transitioning prompts through time intervals.

Data Types in ABA

• Baseline Data: Collected before intervention begins.
• Rate/Density: Frequency of behavior per time unit.
• Duration: Total time behavior is observed.
• Latency: Time taken for behavior to commence after a cue.
• Topography: Describes the physical appearance of behaviors.

Recording Methods

• Anecdotal Recording: Observational notes for behavioral insights.
• Continuous Data Recording: Every instance of behavior is documented.
• Interval Recording: Recorded if the behavior occurs during specified intervals.
• Permanent Product Recording: Tangible results of behavior are measured.

Special Techniques

• Errorless Learning: Reduces mistakes by providing prompts to ensure success.
• Intensive Trial Teaching: Focuses on reinforcing small steps for skill acquisition.

Generalization

• Behavior transfer across different environments, individuals, or circumstances.

Incident Reporting Rules

• Critical for documenting events clearly, completely, and timely for appropriate audiences.

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