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ABA Therapy
RBT Exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ABA Therapy (Applied Behavioral Analysis) | A therapy that uses scientific principles to teach and reinforce positive behaviors and reduce negative ones. |
| Continuous Measurement | Frequency, Latency, Duration, IRT |
| Discontinuous Measurement | Whole interval, partial interval, momentary time sampling |
| Latency | Time between SD and response |
| Frequency | How many times behavior occurs |
| IRT (inter-response time) | Time between responses |
| Duration | How long behavior occurs |
| Whole interval | Behavior occurs for the whole time |
| Partial interval | Behavior occurs at any point |
| Momentary time sampling | Behavior happens at a specific moment |
| Listener response | form of receptive language where a person is taught to respond to verbal instructions or questions |
| Discrimination training | differentiate between 2 or more stimuli |
| Preference assessment | Identifying the biggest reinforcers |
| Single stimulus | Providing one item then recording response |
| Multiple stimulus without replacement (MSWO) | The item chosen is not replaced, but removed |
| Multiple stimulus with replacement (MSW) | The item chosen out of the array is replaced |
| Paired stimulus | Provide 2 options. once one is chosen provide another 2 until all options have been paired together. |
| Free operant observation | Observing during downtime |
| Differential reinforcement | Reinforces one specific behavior while putting all other responses on extinction |
| Differential reinforcement of alterative behavior (DRA) | Reinforcing an appropriate alternative behavior that serves the same function |
| Differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior (DRI) | Reinforcing a behavior that is incompatible with problem behavior |
| Differential reinforcement of other behaviors (DRO) | Reinforcing the absence of the target behavior |
| DRL | Reinforce gradually decreasing rates of behavior |
| DRH | reinforces incremental increases in the rate of that behavior |
| Tacting | Seeing something and saying what it is |
| Manding | Asking for something |
| Echoic | Copying words or sounds |
| Intra-verbal | conversing with others by responding to their verbal behavior |
| Textual | Writing or typing |
| Autoclitic | Modifying one's own verbal behavior for emphasis or clarity |
| Verbal operants | Functional units of language defined used to analyze and teach language (B.F Skinner) |
| Pairing |