Deck 13: Individual Strategies for Positive Behavior Supports

Question 1

A procedure in which a child who has exhibited inappropriate behavior is placed behind a screen for 3 minutes while the rest of the class continues with the activity is:

A) Isolation timeout.
B) Contingent observation timeout.
C) Seclusion timeout.
D) None of the above.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Caregivers sometimes reinforce inappropriate behaviors when they think they are providing punishing consequences.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The term punishment refers to any contingent consequence that decreases a behavior that it follows.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The differential reinforcement procedure which involves reinforcing a more appropriate form of the target behavior is:

A) DRO.
B) DRL.
C) DRI.
D) DRA.

Question 5

The systematic removal of reinforcers contingent on inappropriate behavior is a behavior reduction procedure called .

A) Extinction
B) Timeout
C) Response cost
D) Positive practice

Question 6

Ecological manipulation is the monitoring and modification of the classroom environment that facilitates acceptable behavior.

Question 7

Moving a disruptive student away from the group art activity (which he enjoys) for a brief period of time is considered .

A) Extinction
B) Timeout
C) Response cost
D) Positive practice

Question 8

The differential reinforcement procedure that involves reinforcing topographically competing behaviors is:

A) DRO.
B) DRL.
C) DRI.
D) DRH.
True/False

Question 9

Which statement about IDEA 2004 requirements for a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) is most accurate?

A) The law requires a target behavior and performance criteria.
B) The law requires behavior intervention plans be individualized.
C) The law requires behavior intervention plans provide the use of a positive behavior support technique
D) The law has no specific requirements.

Question 10

List three strategies related to interrupting the behavior chain. Provide an example that illustrates each.

Question 11

Explain what is meant by extinction burst and spontaneous recovery.

Question 12

A student who wrote on his/her desk is directed to wash all twenty desks in the classroom. This is an example of:

A) Extinction.
B) Timeout.
C) Response cost.
D) Overcorrection.

Question 13

Ignoring the behavior is the most important factor related to the efficacy of extinction.
Short Answer

Question 14

Punishment refers to universal consequences that are aversive to everyone.

Question 15

A hall monitor asks Joe to walk down the hall 5 times after catching Joe running down the hall to the cafeteria. This is an example of:

A) Restitution overcorrection.
B) Contingent observation timeout.
C) Positive practice overcorrection.
D) None of the above.

Question 16

The differential reinforcement procedure for behavior reduction which has as its goal the reduction of the rate of a target behavior to an acceptable level is:

A) DRO.
B) DRL.
C) DRI.
D) DRA.

Question 17

List and discuss the guidelines for implementing a behavior reduction program.

Question 18

Since all behavior serves a function we can assume that challenging/inappropriate behaviors serve a function as well.

Question 19

A procedure that gradually reduces the frequency of a target behavior by withholding reinforcement for a previously reinforced behavior is referred to as?

A) Extinction
B) Timeout
C) Response cost
D) Overcorrection

Question 20

List and explain 5 strategies recommended by Long and Newman as a part of the ecological manipulation of the classroom.

Question 21

Discuss the problems associated with the use of medications to control inappropriate behavior.

Question 22

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of timeout from positive reinforcement.

Question 23

Distinguish between the following behavior reduction strategies: Timeout, response cost, and extinction.