RBT Exam Review Lecture Notes

Introduction

• Purpose: Continuing review of RBT exam with 10 more questions.
• Resources:
  • RBT Exam Review website offers:
    • Three full practice exams
    • Tasklist study guide
    • RBT combo pack (best deal)
    • Competency study guide
• Engagement: Encouragement to ask questions and seek help.

Exam Question Breakdown

1. Motivating Operations

• Scenario: Annie loves candy but refuses tasks after eating a Snickers bar.
• Key Concept: Satiation
  • Definition: When a consequence loses value due to overconsumption.
  • Application: Annie experiences satiation, reducing candy's motivational value.

2. Calculating Percentages

• Scenario: Paul plays 30 of 50 notes correctly.
• Calculation:
  • Formula: (Correct notes / Total notes) * 100
  • Outcome: 60%
• Note: Importance of understanding basic math for the exam.*

3. Ethical Guidelines in Supervision Relationships

• Scenario: Wanting to date a BCBA supervisor.
• Guidance:
  • Terminate supervision immediately before pursuing a personal relationship.
  • BACB standards emphasize the need to separate professional relationships.

4. Promoting Discrimination

• Scenario: Anna grabs the wrong lunchbox.
• Intervention: BCBA places a blue dot on the correct lunchbox.
• Objective: Promote discrimination between stimuli (lunchboxes).

5. Measurement Procedures

• Scenario: Measuring how often a son asks the same question.
• Selection: Avoid using permanent product.
• Reason: Permanent product doesn't measure the frequency of behavior directly.

6. Demonstrating Imitation

• Scenario: Client imitates jumping.
• Criteria:
  • Immediate imitation without verbal SD.
• Example: Client immediately jumps after Dan jumps (no verbal SD involved).

7. Differential Reinforcement

• Focus: Absence of behavior.
• Type: DRO (Differential Reinforcement of Other behavior)
• Application: Reinforce when target behavior is not occurring.

8. Negative Reinforcement

• Scenario: Allergy medicine relieves symptoms.
• Process: Removal of aversive stimulus (runny nose) increases future behavior (taking medicine).

9. Intervention Hierarchy

• Options: Reinforcement, shaping, positive punishment, functional communication.
• Guidance: Use punishment last due to ethical concerns and lack of permanence.

10. RBT Role in ABA Services

• Allowed Tasks:
  • Assist with parent training, treatment planning, and assessments.
  • Main role: Implementation of plans.

Conclusion

• Call to Action: Work hard, study hard.
• Resources Reminder: Check the RBT Exam Review website for study materials.
• Engagement: Invited to ask questions and seek further clarification.