Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 4 Differential Reinforcement, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.
A learner calls out to obtain teacher attention. The teacher reinforces raising a hand to get attention. In this scenario, raising a hand and calling out can occur at the same time, so the alternative is not physically incompatible with the target behavior. Which procedure is being used?
DRA
DRI
DRO
DRL
A plan delivers reinforcement if calling out is absent at the check-in moment at the end of each interval, even if it occurred earlier in that interval. Which procedure best describes this arrangement?
Whole-interval DRO
Spaced-responding DRL
Momentary DRO
Full-session DRL
A learner’s questions are appropriate, but they occur so often that the team wants to reduce their frequency without eliminating them. Which procedure is the closest fit?
DRA
DRI
DRO
DRL
True or false: In DRA, the selected alternative behavior must be physically impossible to perform at the same time as the target behavior.
True
False
When defining a behavior for a plan, specify what counts as an instance and how it will be .
Select all statements that accurately describe DRL procedures.
The behavior may still occur, but reinforcement depends on meeting a lower-rate criterion.
The goal is always to eliminate the behavior completely.
Interval DRL evaluates whether the response count stays at or below a criterion in each interval.
Full-session DRL evaluates whether the total count for the session meets the criterion.
Select all statements that accurately describe DRO interval arrangements.
Whole-interval DRO reinforces only if the target behavior is absent throughout the interval.
Momentary DRO checks whether the target behavior is absent at the end of the interval.
A written DRO plan should clarify whether timing resets or continues after the target behavior occurs.
Whole-interval DRO reinforces even if the target behavior occurs once during the interval.
True or false: Under continuous reinforcement (FR 1), every occurrence of the selected response is reinforced.
True
False
An interval DRL plan sets a criterion of no more than four appropriate requests in a class session. What is the maximum number of requests that meets the criterion?
When selecting a replacement response, choose one that can reasonably obtain the same as the target behavior.
A newly taught replacement response is now reliable. What is an appropriate next step if the team’s data continue to show success?
Keep reinforcement at the initial frequency indefinitely, regardless of data.
Gradually make reinforcement less frequent while monitoring whether the response remains stable.
Stop reinforcing the response as soon as it occurs consistently once.
Change the criterion unpredictably so the learner does not anticipate reinforcement.
A learner pushes work away when trying to escape a difficult task. Describe a differential-reinforcement plan that teaches the learner to request a break instead. Include the procedure, how the replacement response should be established, and one way to monitor the plan.
True or false: Whenever differential reinforcement is used, the implementer should automatically withhold reinforcement for problem behavior, even if this is not part of the written plan.
True
False
A learner sometimes grabs materials using either hand. While the materials are present, the plan reinforces keeping both hands clasped together. Which feature makes this a DRI procedure?
Reinforce any appropriate alternative, even if it can occur at the same time as the target behavior.
Reinforce a behavior that cannot physically occur at the same time as the target behavior.
Reinforce only when the target behavior is absent for a specified interval.
Reinforce the target behavior when its rate falls below a preset criterion.
A learner's questions are appropriate, but they occur so frequently that they interrupt instruction. The goal is to reduce their frequency, not eliminate questions. Which approach best fits?
Require that the learner make no requests during the class period.
Reinforce every request so the learner uses the behavior more often.
Reinforce the learner for meeting a defined lower-rate criterion for appropriate requests.
Reinforce any behavior that is physically incompatible with making a request.
A plan delivers reinforcement if the target behavior is absent when the interval ends, without requiring it to have been absent throughout the entire interval. What DRO schedule is this?
A learner's appropriate requests are reinforced only when at least a specified amount of time has passed since the previous request. Which DRL schedule is being used?
A learner pushes work away when trying to escape a difficult task. The team wants to teach a safe way to request a break and reinforce that response. Which procedure is the closest fit?
Teach and reinforce an appropriate break request as an alternative way to obtain a break.
Reinforce only intervals in which the learner does not push work away, without teaching a replacement.
Reinforce a lower rate of pushing work away while allowing it to continue.
Reinforce a behavior that is physically incompatible with pushing work away, without considering what outcome the learner needs.
A team is considering differential reinforcement but has described the concern only as “being disruptive.” What should it do first?
Choose a reinforcer before describing the behavior.
Select a procedure based only on a general label for the behavior.
Define what counts as an instance of the behavior and how it will be measured.
Begin reducing reinforcement so the behavior changes quickly.
In the calling-out example, a team uses DRA to reinforce hand-raising. Which two behaviors should the team record to monitor the plan?