Capella University - PSYCHOLOGY PSY 7712 1)A functional assessment should include, at a minimum:   a              Demographic information and educational program details

Capella University - PSYCHOLOGY PSY 7712

1)A functional assessment should include, at a minimum:

 

a              Demographic information and educational program details.

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Reasons for referral and intervention strategies that have been b            employed in the past, with the student's response to the

.               interventions.

 

 

c              Descriptive information pertaining to the challenging behavior and

.               the relevant environments.

 

 

d             All of the above.

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QUESTION 2

Antecedent events are also described as              , or events that                

behavior.

 

a              Behavioral topographies,

.               facilitate.

 

 

b             Faulty explanations, do not

.               trigger.

 

 

c              Triggers, guide.

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d             Consequences, help.

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QUESTION 3

Common functions for noncompliance might include:

 

a              Getting attention.

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b             Escaping or avoiding a disliked

.               situation.

 

 

c              Communicating.

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d             All of the above.

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QUESTION 4      

Compliance training may involve all of the following, except:

 

a              A spontaneous, unstructured

.               teaching format.

 

 

b             Simple commands.

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c              Reinforcement of compliance.

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d             Graduated proximity.

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QUESTION 5

Direct, descriptive observations done in                environment will target variables that occur        to and those that                                the challenging and/or appropriate behavior of concern.

 

a              The contrived, prior, follow.

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b             The natural, prior, follow.

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c              A standardized, relative,

.               influence.

 

 

 

 

d             None of the other answers is

.               correct.

 

 

QUESTION 6                      

                Environmental events that occur prior to, or at the same time as, the described challenging or appropriate behavior are known as:

 

a              Consequences

.               :

 

 

b             Behaviors:

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c              Situational

.               events:

 

 

d             Antecedents.

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QUESTION 7      

                Functional assessment is based upon all of the following assumptions except:

 

a              Challenging behavior is related to specific antecedents and

.               consequences in the immediate environment.

 

 

b             Punishment is the first resort when attempting to reduce

.               challenging behavior.

 

 

c              The likelihood of challenging behavior may be increased by internal

.               and external setting events.

 

 

d             Challenging behavior may serve a function for the student.

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QUESTION 8

                In chronological order, these are the three basic steps in functional assessment:

 

a              Isolate, observe, punish.

.

 

 

b             Assess behavior and context, develop a functional hypothesis,

.               design an intervention.

 

 

c              Interview parents, design an intervention, gather data.

.

 

 

d             Change the environment, observe the behavior in isolation, design

.               an intervention.

 

 

QUESTION 9

Nonvocal individuals may communicate by:

 

a              Picture communications.

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b             Challenging behaviors.

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c              Augmentative

.               communication.

 

 

d             All of the above.

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QUESTION 10

                The hypotheses one develops after reviewing one's functional assessment data should address:

 

a              The purpose the behavior serves for the

.               student.

 

 

 

 

b             Possible skill deficits.

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c              How the behavior is related to

.               environmental variables.

 

 

d             All of the other answers are correct.

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QUESTION 11

This is the most correctly written statement for use when recording on an A- B-C report:

 

a              Alicia gets angry when Sean enters the room.

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b             Francis vomits more in the morning than he does in the afternoon.

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c              Marcia self-injures when the teacher presents a difficult task.

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d             Mary sits three inches from Lewis on the mat and takes his hand.

.               Lewis yanks his hand away and spits in her face.

 

 

 

QUESTION 12

When identifying functions for a challenging behavior,

 

a              Team members should be able to explain why they selected a

.               particular function.

 

 

b             Team members do not need to explain why alternative functions

.               were ruled out.

 

 

c              Team members should be able to identify a psychological diagnosis

.               or disorder that provides a mentalistic explanation for the selected

 

 

behavioral function.

 

 

d             All of the above.

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QUESTION 13

                                Which common mistake in the functional assessment process is made by many teams?

 

Identifying the function of behavior as positive reinforcement, a              negative reinforcement, and/or sensory regulation/sensory

.               stimulation.

 

 

b             Identifying the function of behavior based on antecedent-behavior-

.               consequence sequences.

 

 

c              Identifying the function of behavior based on the topography of the

.               student's behavior.

 

 

d             All of the above.

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