BCBA

BCBA practice questions, page 4 of 8, with answer review and explanations.

Question 16

Talking out in class results in a child losing a star on his star chart. The loss of a star appears to be an attempt to implement a(n) __________________ procedure.

  1. Response cost
  2. Negative reinforcement
  3. Aversion therapy
  4. Errorless learning

Question 17

A DRI schedule designed to decrease the frequency of running around class and tapping other children on the head involves:

  1. Arranging for the child to earn a reinforcer in the absence of these behaviors
  2. Providing a reinforcer contingent on being on task and sitting quietly in his seat
  3. Changing the seating arrangement of the class
  4. Ensuring the child had breakfast that morning

Question 18

Gradually transferring stimulus control from prompts to other discriminative stimuli is a process called __________________.

  1. Shaping
  2. Modeling
  3. Maintenance
  4. Fading

Question 19

Requiring a student who disrupts the class by throwing papers and tipping over chairs to clean the mess up and then clean the rest of the room by sweeping and cleaning desktops is a(n) __________________ procedure.

  1. Negative reinforcement
  2. Negative punishment
  3. Positive punishment
  4. Extinction

Question 20

The specific, or technical, name for the type of procedure used in the above question is:

  1. Restitution
  2. Stimulus shaping
  3. Over-correction
  4. Corporal punishment