BEHAVIOR REDUCTION

The "Behavior Reduction" section of the Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) exam assesses your understanding of principles and techniques used in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to decrease or eliminate challenging behaviors exhibited by individuals. This section focuses on your knowledge of behavior reduction strategies and interventions.


To prepare for this section of the exam, you should study various concepts and techniques related to behavior reduction in ABA, including but not limited to:

  • Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)

    Understanding the process of identifying the function or purpose of challenging behaviors.

  • Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) Development

    Knowing how to create individualized plans to address challenging behaviors based on the results of the FBA.

  • Reinforcement

    Understanding the principles of reinforcement and how they can be applied to decrease challenging behaviors.

  • Punishment

    Understanding the principles of punishment and its ethical considerations in behavior reduction.

    Extinction: Knowing how to implement extinction procedures to decrease unwanted behaviors by withholding reinforcement.

  • Differential Reinforcement

    Understanding how to reinforce alternative behaviors while extinguishing the target behavior.

  • Antecedent Interventions

    Knowing how to modify environmental factors or antecedents to prevent the occurrence of challenging behaviors.

  • Response Interruption/Redirection

    Understanding techniques for interrupting or redirecting challenging behaviors as they occur.

  • Prompting and Prompt Fading

    Knowing how to provide prompts to assist individuals in exhibiting appropriate behaviors and gradually reducing the prompts over time.

  • Data Collection and Analysis

    Understanding the importance of collecting data to monitor behavior change and make data-driven decisions regarding behavior reduction strategies.

  • Extinction

    Knowing how to implement extinction procedures to decrease unwanted behaviors by withholding reinforcement.

Behavior Reduction Quiz

BEHAVIOR REDUCTION QUIZ

A) To teach new skills
B) To reduce or eliminate challenging behaviors
C) To conduct preference assessments
D) To collect baseline data

A) Using a token economy
B) Providing a break before a challenging task
C) Applying a time-out procedure
D) Delivering a reinforcer after appropriate behavior

A) Increasing the frequency of a behavior
B) Gradually reducing prompts
C) Withholding reinforcement for a previously reinforced behavior
D) Providing reinforcement for alternative behavior

A) Reinforcing on-task behavior with tokens
B) Ignoring attention-seeking behavior
C) Teaching a replacement behavior that serves the same function as the challenging behavior
D) Implementing a response cost procedure

A) Immediate reduction in the challenging behavior
B) Increase in the intensity or frequency of the behavior (extinction burst)
C) Permanent elimination of the behavior
D) Development of new challenging behaviors

A) Reinforcing the challenging behavior
B) Providing reinforcement only when the challenging behavior does not occur
C) Reinforcing a more appropriate behavior that serves the same function as the challenging behavior
D) Withholding reinforcement for all behaviors

A) Rearranging the environment to prevent challenging behavior
B) Teaching a replacement behavior
C) Applying a time-out after a challenging behavior occurs
D) Conducting a functional behavior assessment

A) To identify the preferred items or activities of the individual
B) To determine the function or purpose of a challenging behavior
C) To measure the frequency of a behavior
D) To teach new skills

A) Reinforcing sitting quietly instead of running around
B) Reinforcing all behaviors except the challenging behavior
C) Reinforcing a less frequent occurrence of the challenging behavior
D) Reinforcing any behavior other than the challenging behavior

A) To identify and describe the challenging behavior
B) To outline interventions for reducing challenging behavior and teaching replacement behaviors
C) To conduct preference assessments
D) To collect baseline data

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