1. Summer Behavior Institute Intensive Focus on Behavioral Theory
Day 3
Brandi Simonsen, Adam Feinberg,
Jen Freeman, & Susannah Everett

2. You Have a Quiz
Number your paper 1-8 and be ready to write the letter corresponding to the correct answer.

3. Quiz: Measuring Behavior
Answer Key
Multiple Choice: Please answer the following questions by circling the best answer.
When selecting a target behavior, it is important to consider social significance. All of the following are important questions to ask except:
Does the behavior increase access to SR in the natural environment?
Does the instructor enjoy teaching the behavior?
Is the behavior age appropriate?
Is the behavior an important prerequisite for other functional skills?
True/False: A function-based operational definition describes responses by their common effect or outcome in the environment.
True
False
Event-based recording is appropriate when behaviors are:
countable (occur at a low enough rate to be counted)
discrete (have a clear beginning and ending)
comparable (each instance of behavior is similar in duration & intensity)
all of the above
none of the above

4. Quiz: Measuring Behavior
Answer Key
Matching: Please write the letter corresponding to terms in the left column in the appropriate blank in the right column corresponding to the correct definition or descriptor.
4. ____ the amount of time elapsed between the onset of the SD and the beginning of the behavior
5. ____ changes in the rates of behavior over time
6. ____ the intensity of a behavior
a) latency
b) magnitude (force)
c) celeration a c b

5. Quiz: Antecedent Strategies
Answer Key
Multiple Choice: Please answer the following questions by circling the best answer.
An additional antecedent stimulus that improves the probability of a correct response in the presence of the SD is a:
Prompt SD
SD-
MO or Setting Event
Which of the following are setting event strategies:
Minimize the likelihood of the setting event
Neutralize the setting event
Withhold the SD
All of the above
None of the above