Question
Difficulty: medium. Skill: apply. Type: applied scenario.
The team is choosing an intervention for grabbing preferred items. Assessment and stakeholder feedback must be considered under mitigating unwanted effects of reinforcement, extinction, and punishment. What should the BCBA prioritize? The case file includes 11 recent sessions, 3 implementers, and 4 settings.
AClassify the consequence by whether behavior increases or decreases and whether a stimulus is added or removed in relation to adolescent's grabbing preferred itemsCorrect answer
BTell everyone to try harder and review the case next month
CTreat the most recent data point as proof of the final conclusion
DBase the decision on the descriptive label for grabbing preferred items and bypass mitigating unwanted effects of reinforcement, extinction, and punishment
Explanation
Answer AThe clue is the combination of ABC data from three outings, grabbing preferred items, and the required task: Mitigating unwanted effects of reinforcement, extinction, and punishment. The case file includes 11 recent sessions, 3 implementers, and 4 settings. Classify the consequence by whether behavior increases or decreases and whether a stimulus is added or removed in relation to adolescent's grabbing preferred items is best because it answers that clue through reinforcement and punishment by behavior change instead of treating the scenario as a generic behavior problem. On exam items like this, name the decision point first, then eliminate options that rely on one report, a label, a familiar protocol, or an action that skips the relevant data check.
Why this question is hard
ClueKey scenario clueThe clue is the combination of ABC data from three outings, grabbing preferred items, and the required task: Mitigating unwanted effects of reinforcement, extinction, and punishment. The case file includes 11 recent sessions, 3 implementers, and 4 settings.
TrapCommon trapVague delayed feedback does not create a measurable plan for improvement.
NextIf you missed it, review Reinforcement and punishment by behavior changeThen answer a few related scenarios before moving back to broad practice.
Why the other choices are weaker
BChoice BVague delayed feedback does not create a measurable plan for improvement.
CChoice CA single point rarely supports a strong conclusion without considering trend, variability, and context.
DChoice DThis is weaker because the label does not answer the Mitigating unwanted effects of reinforcement, extinction, and punishment decision point or test Reinforcement and punishment by behavior change.
Study tags
Reinforcement and punishment by behavior changeMitigating unwanted effects of reinforcement, extinction, and punishmentpositive reinforcementnegative reinforcement
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