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BCBA Exam Module F: Behavior Assessment Questions and CORRECT Answers 2024/2025
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BCBA Exam Module F: BehaviorAssessment
Discriminative Stimulus - ANSSignals the availability of reinforcement.
Free Operant - ANSA type of direct preference assessment where the learner engages with
items in the environment without manipulation from the assessor. The assessor records the
frequency and duration of engagement with items.
Motivation - ANSAn individual initiating and responding across social and learning situations
while exhibiting positive affect.
Maintained Behavior - ANSA behavior previously in an individual's repertoire that is kept in the
individual's repertoire and continues to occur over time in the absence of programmed
contingencies.
Stimulus Delta - ANSSignals the non-availability of reinforcement.
Reinforcers - ANSEnvironmental changes/stimuli which follow a behavior that increase the
likelihood that behavior will occur again in the future.
Intensity - ANSThe quantitative value of a stimulus or sensation, including the strength of any
behavior (such as an impulse or emotion) and the strength of an individual's performance in
some activity or field with reference to one or more of the following attributes: arousal,
commitment, effort, assertiveness, and attentional focus.
Social Signifigance - ANSExtent to which the behavior(s) to be changed and/or the methods to
effect behavior change are acceptable to the stakeholders (e.g., client, family, teachers).
Single Function Test (or experimental condition) FA - ANSA functional assessment method with
repeated exposure to the experimental and control conditions. Experimental and control
conditions are only evaluating one reinforcer. This is the best method if only one function is
hypothesized.
Established Behavior - ANSA behavior not previously in an individual's repertoire is added.
Ritualistic Behavior - ANSAn individual's free time and conversation is dominated by their
special interest or obsession.
, Multiple Stimulus Without Replacement - ANSA type of direct preference assessment where
several choices are presented simultaneously and the individual is able to choose and engage
with the selection for a predetermined amount of time. The selected item is then removed and
the learner is instructed to select another item.
Empathy - ANSThe ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Trial Based FA - ANSA functional assessment method that is best used for limited
environmental control. Assessment trials are short and conducted in the context of naturally
occurring activities within a day.
Single Stimulus (Successive Choice) - ANSA type of direct preference assessment where items
are presented one at a time. Approach and duration of engagement are recorded.
Pinpointing and Design of Intervention - ANSComponent of behavior assessment process.
Functional assessment process continues with the goal of developing the intervention and
pinpointing specific behaviors to be increased and/or decreased. Culminates pre-intervention
phase.
Narrative Observation - ANSObservation of the client in the natural environment that does not
include manipulation of variables. This method is often helpful in confirming that a problem
exists, identifying antecedent and consequence variables related to the problem behavior, and
identifying replacement behaviors. This process is a direct or descriptive assessment method.
Latency - ANSThe time between the onset of some environmental event (e.g., discriminative
stimulus) and the target response.
Pica - ANSThe ingestion of inedible objects.
Event Recording - ANSA measure of temporal locus; how many times a behavior occurs.
Behavioral Cusps - ANSThose behavior changes that result in long lasting changes for the
individual with associated meaningful implications; exposes individual to new reinforcers,
environments, etc. This is important when considering social significance.
Reinforcement - ANSA stimulus which follows a response that increases the future frequency of
that response.
Duration - ANSHow long a behavior occurs.
Pivotal Responses or Behaviors - ANSThose behaviors that when taught, result in meaningful,
subsequent changes in other non-targeted skills. This is important when considering social
significance.
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