BCABA Free Practice Test

A punishment contingency is LEAST likely to produce which effect?

1. A. Undesirable emotions may resul
2. B. Aggressive or violent behavior may be evoke
3. C. A more appropriate replacement behavior may develo
4. D. The person delivering the punisher may become an aversive stimulu

Correct Answer: C

A 4-year-old child is lying in bed at night while the parents are sitting in the living room talking to guests. The child begins to make loud noises. In the past, the parents have gone into the child's room to quiet him. The parents and guests agree to ignore the child completely and continue to talk. If the parents stick with this approach and the child stops making noises, the parents have successfully useD.

1. A. time-ou
2. B. planned ignorin
3. C. extinctio
4. D. negative reinforcemen

Correct Answer: C

Jamie frequently falls to the floor and screams at school. Preliminary behavioral assessment data indicate that his tantrums are maintained by attention and escape from demand situations. Jamie's behavior analyst wants to examine precisely how attention and escape conditions affect these behaviors. The behavior analyst does not want to conduct the analysis in Jamie's classroom because she would not be able to control for potentially important factors. Relating to this scenario, which statement is TRUE?

1. A. Analyses that involve experimental conditions are almost always conducted in the person's natural environmen
2. B. The behavior analyst could conduct the analysis in a vacant classroom, but the generality of the findings is an issue to be considere
3. C. The behavior analyst should conduct detailed interviews with the teacher and school staff to determine functional relation
4. D. Only if the analysis is conducted in Jamie's classroom can a reasonable hypothesis be generate

Correct Answer: B

An establishing operation is any change in the environment whicH.

1. A. momentarily alters the effectiveness of the consequence for a behavior that was previously followed by reinforcemen
2. B. alters the timing of a behavior and momentarily alters the frequency of the behavior that was previously followed by reinforcemen
3. C. alters the effectiveness of some object or event as reinforcement thus momentarily changing the likelihood of behavior that was previously followed by that reinforce
4. D. alters the effectiveness of some object or event as a contingency-shaped rule and at the same time changes the momentary frequency of the behavior that was previously followed by reinforcemen

Correct Answer: C

Speed, magnitude, durability and generality of effect are some of the MOST important

1. A. dimensions of behavior that lend themselves to quantification more readily than other
2. B. variables that are overlooked by other social sciences in solving problem
3. C. variables to consider when selecting reinforcers and punisher
4. D. components of treatment packages used in treating the most severe behavior problem

Correct Answer: C