Question 1

Another name for the Premack Principle is

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A)  grandma's law.
B)  proximity control.
C)  behavior momentum.
D)  backward chaining.
E)  punishment. A

Question 2

What is the best description of functional assessment?

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A)  Determine why a student is behaving the way he/she is.
B)  Determine the punishments to give the students when he/she acts out.
C)  Determine the number of days to suspend a student.
D)  Determine which teacher is to blame for the student's behavior.
E)  None of these. A

Question 3

Describe the ABC's of Functional Behavioral Assessment.

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A stands for the antecedent event. What happened before the target behavior occurred? B stands for behavior. What is the target behavior you want to change? C stands for the consequence. What happened after the target behavior? What rewards or reinforcements were used?

Question 4

A characteristic of Asperger's syndrome is

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A)  inability to read.
B)  poor academic skills.
C)  lack of interest in any subject.
D)  difficulty with social interaction.
E)  lack of speech.

Question 5

How can you teach the rules of your classroom?

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Question 6

Ways to teach students sensitivity to other students are

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A)  videos and CDs.
B)  pictures of faces.
C)  using gestures.
D)  social stories.
E)  All of these.

Question 7

What does FBA stand for?

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Question 8

Which of the following statements about social disorders is true?

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A)  Over 90 percent of students with learning disabilities have problems with social skills.
B)  All students with learning disabilities have social disorders.
C)  A social disorder may be more disabling than an academic problem.
D)  Students with learning disabilities never have social disabilities.
E)  None of these.

Question 9

Another name for Grandma's Law is

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Question 10

Which is a replacement behavior for a student who refuses to complete a math task?

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A)  Provide a math task that the student is able to complete independently.
B)  Have a classmate give student the math answers.
C)  Assign a one-on-one aide for the student.
D)  The student is allowed to skip math.
E)  None of these.

Question 11

Depression may be exhibited by the following symptoms:

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A)  loss of energy.
B)  loss of interest in friends.
C)  difficulty in concentration.
D)  feelings of helplessness.
E)  All of these.

Question 12

All of the following statements about suspension are true except which?

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A)  All students with learning disabilities are likely to be suspended.
B)  Students with disabilities have higher rates of suspension than youth without disabilities.
C)  Students with co-occurring OHI and learning disabilities are suspended more than students without disabilities of the same race.
D)  When students with learning disabilities find that academic tasks are too difficult, they may respond with disruptive behaviors that lead to suspension.
E)  None of these.

Question 13

The antecedent event is

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A)  the target behavior.
B)  what happens before the behavior occurs.
C)  what happens after the behavior.
D)  what happens during the behavior.
E)  None of these.

Question 14

Which is the first step of functional behavioral assessment?

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A)  Develop a plan of punishment for stopping the problem behavior.
B)  Develop a hypothesis about what conditions provoke the problem behavior.
C)  Identify the target problem behavior.
D)  Develop a plan to change the target behavior.
E)  Determine what seems to maintain the occurrence of the problem behavior.

Question 15

Describe the disadvantages of suspension.

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Question 16

Positive behavioral supports include the following:

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A)  rewards for students who follow the rules.
B)  days of suspension.
C)  time-out.
D)  punishment for inappropriate behavior.
E)  sending the student to the principal's office when the student misbehaves.

Question 17

Name two commonly used extrinsic reinforcers.

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Question 18

Which of the following is an example of reinforcement?

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A)  Praise
B)  Punishment
C)  Time-out
D)  Yelling at a student
E)  Taking away time to work on a computer

Question 19

Students with learning disabilities may exhibit these co-occurring behavior problems:

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A)  frustration.
B)  acting out behaviors.
C)  work refusal.
D)  inappropriate attention-seeking behaviors.
E)  All of these.

Question 20

Learning disabilities can co-occur with the following behavioral or emotional problems:

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A)  anxiety.
B)  depression.
C)  other mental health disorders.
D)  attentional problems.
E)  All of these.

Exam 6: Social Emotional and Behavioral Challenges