Question 1
Under the DSM-5, the two core symptom domains required for a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder are:
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Correct answer: B - Deficits in social communication and restricted, repetitive behaviors
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Under the DSM-5, the two core symptom domains required for a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder are:
Correct answer: B - Deficits in social communication and restricted, repetitive behaviors
A therapist stops presenting a demand after a learner completes one step of a task, and the learner begins completing that step more often. This is an example of:
Correct answer: D - Negative reinforcement
A team begins placing a child's screaming on extinction. In the first two sessions, the screaming becomes louder and more frequent than before. The team should:
Correct answer: A - Continue the procedure consistently, because this increase is expected
A learner has begun waiting for the therapist to point to the correct answer before responding, rather than answering on their own. This outcome is BEST described as:
Correct answer: D - Prompt dependence
To reduce a student's hitting, a technician reinforces the student for keeping their hands folded in their lap, since folded hands cannot occur at the same time as hitting. This procedure is called:
Correct answer: C - Differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior (DRI)
An observer scores an interval as an occurrence if the behavior happens at any point during that interval. Compared to continuous measurement, this recording method tends to:
Correct answer: B - Overestimate how much the behavior actually occurs
During a math lesson, a student rips up the worksheet. The teacher removes the worksheet and sends the student to sit alone, and worksheet-ripping happens more and more each day. The behavior is MOST likely maintained by:
Correct answer: B - Escape from the academic task
A learner engages in repetitive hand-flapping just as often when they are alone in a room as when others are present. This pattern MOST strongly suggests the behavior serves which function?
Correct answer: A - Automatic
An FBA determines that a student's disruptive behavior is maintained by escape from difficult work. Which replacement skill BEST matches this function?
Correct answer: D - Teaching the student to ask for a short break from the work
A parent asks an ABAT to increase the number of reinforcers in their child's behavior plan because progress seems slow. The MOST appropriate response is to:
Correct answer: A - Explain that the supervisor must review and revise the plan
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