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Behavioral Intervention Workshop 1

Behavior Management > Quiz

Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _____________________
Directions: Select the one best answer choice for each question.
1. Behavior:
a. is an action that is observable and measureable.
b. cannot always be observed.
c. refers on to appropriate actions.
d. refers only to inappropriate actions.
2. The correct sequence of a behavior chain is:
a. AntecedentConsequenceBehavior.
b. BehaviorAntecedentConsequence.
c. AntecedentBehaviorConsequence.
d. ConsequenceAntecedentBehavior.
3. Reinforcement is:
a. feedback or consequence that decreases future behavior.
b. unpleasant feedback or consequence about a students performance.
c. feedback or consequence that increases future behavior.
d. is only given by adults in the school environment.
4. According to the principles of ABA:
a. Some behaviors do not have an underlying need.
b. Appropriate behaviors can be learned.
c. Behavior will be repeated when it is punished.
d. All behaviors should be reduced.
5. Negative attention, such as a verbal reprimand, is often intended to be a punishment, but if the
function is attention:
a. when you give the reprimand the behavior will not happen again in the future.
b. the reprimand will decrease the problem behavior.
c. after the reprimand the student will reflect deeply on where they went wrong.
d. the reprimand can serve as a reinforcer, perpetuating or increasing the problem
behavior.

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6. Extinction (no longer offering reinforcement) for a problem behavior, plus reinforcing a
replacement behavior is used to: (Please circle two)
a. Decrease appropriate behavior.
b. inrease appropriate behavior.
c. increase inappropriate behavior.
d. decrease inappropriate behavior.
7. Behavior change involves:
a. changing only the behavior of students.
b. teaching only appropriate behaviors.
c. changing the behavior of adults and students.
d. reducing only inappropriate behaviors.
8. A behavior plan is implemented that involves no longer reinforcing the problem behavior. The
behavior escalates in the first few days.
a. It is a bad behavior plan, if it were a good intervention the behavior would stop
immediately
b. This could be an extinction burst.
c. Take out the part that requires you to withhold reinforcement for the problem behavior.
d. Offer the student a big reinforcer to calm down.
9. A verbal reprimand or lecture is not punishment if it:
a. increases the occurrence of the problem behavior..
b. does not decreases the occurrence of the problem behavior.
c. builds student and teacher rapport during class time.
d. both a and b.
10.Data collection is a critical component when working on a behavior change effort because it:
a. enables the teacher to objectively analyze what is happening and modify the
intervention.
b. assists yearly evaluations of the teachers classroom management by the principal.
c. enables the teacher to determine if additional punishment is necessary for the student.
d. is usually required for office referrals and other reports on student behavior each year.