Ch13 functional assessment

Question 1

functional assessment

Answer 1

the process of gathering info about the antecedents and consequences that are functionally related to the occurrence of the problem behavior

Question 2

What is the primary purpose of a functional assessment?

Answer 2

Primary purpose of a FA is to ID the function of the problem behavior

Question 3

Social positive reinforcement

Answer 3

when a positively reinforcing consequences is delivered by another person after the target behavior and as a result the behavior is more likely to occur

Question 4

Social Negative reinforcement

Answer 4

when another person terminates an aversive interaction, task, or activity after the occurrence of a target behavior, and as a result, the behavior is said to be manipulated by social negative reinforcement

Question 5

Automatic positive reinforcement

Answer 5

When the behavior produces a positively reinforcing consequence automatically, and the behavior is strengthened

Question 6

Automatic negative reinforcement

Answer 6

occurs when the target behavior automatically