1. Summer Behavior Institute Intensive Focus on Behavioral Theory
Day 2
Brandi Simonsen, Adam Feinberg,
Jen Freeman, & Susannah Everett

2. You Have a Quiz
Number your paper 1-12 and be ready to write the letter corresponding to the correct answer.

3. Quiz: Theoretical Foundations
Answer Key
Multiple Choice: Please answer the following questions by circling the best answer.
Which theorist is best known for discovering the role of consequences in affecting future behavior, identifying the three-term contingency, and documenting the theory of Operant Conditioning:
Pavlov
Skinner
Thorndike
Watson
All of the following are dimensions of ABA (described by Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968) except:
Applied: focus on socially significant problems
Technological: clear and complete description of behavioral intervention or application
Constructivist: attempts to document how learners construct meaning from interacting with others and their environment
Conceptual system: demonstration of relevance to the mechanism or behavioral principle involved in behavioral intervention or application

4. Quiz: Antecedents Answer Key c a d b e
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. c
3. ____ An antecedent stimulus that increases the probability of a behavior due to its previous association with differential availability of reinforcement for that behavior
4. ____ An antecedent stimulus that (a) increases the effectiveness of a reinforcer and (b) evokes behaviors that have previously resulted in that reinforcement
5. ____An antecedent stimulus that does not affect behavior because it is not associated with the availability of reinforcement or punishment
6. ____ An antecedent stimulus that (a) decreases the effectiveness of a reinforcer and (b) abates behaviors that have previously resulted in that reinforcement
7. ____ An antecedent stimulus that decreases the probability of a behavior due to its previous association with differential availability of punishment for that behavior
a) Establishing operation (EO)
b) Abolishing operation (AO)
c) Discriminative stimulus (SD)
d) S-delta (S)
e) SD- a d b e

5. Quiz: Antecedents Answer Key i j f g h
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. i
8. ____ when removal of a stimulus, contingent on a response, functions to decrease the likelihood of similar behavior in the future
9. ____ when reinforcement is withheld, from a previously reinforced behavior, and decreases the likelihood of similar behavior in the future
10. ____ when presentation of a stimulus, contingent on a response, functions to increase the likelihood of similar behavior in the future
11. ____ when removal of a stimulus, contingent on a response, functions to increase the likelihood of similar behavior in the future
12. ____ when presentation of a stimulus, contingent on a response, functions to decrease the likelihood of similar behavior in the future
f) Positive reinforcement
g) Negative reinforcement
h) Positive punishment
i) Negative punishment
j) Extinction j f g h