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🧯RBT 2026 STUDY GUIDE
RBT Behavior Reduction Study Guide
Review response functions, antecedent procedures, differential reinforcement, extinction, punishment, and emergency procedures.
8 key ideas8 flashcards5 practice questions
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The procedure must fit what maintains the response.
access follows
task ends or pauses
response itself produces an effect
Key ideas to know
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Common response functions include access to attention, access to items or activities, escape, and automatic reinforcement.
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Antecedent procedures alter events before a response according to the written plan.
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Noncontingent reinforcement delivers a stated reinforcer on a time schedule rather than after the target response.
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Differential reinforcement strengthens one response class while withholding reinforcement for another under the plan.
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Functional communication training teaches a communication response that produces the relevant outcome.
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Extinction withholds the reinforcer that previously maintained a response.
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An extinction burst may include a temporary rise in rate, intensity, duration, or variation after extinction begins.
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Crisis or emergency procedures must be trained, approved, and followed exactly, with required reporting afterward.
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→Extinction means ignoring every response
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It means withholding the maintaining reinforcer, which may not be attention.
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→An extinction burst proves the procedure has failed
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A temporary rise can occur, but safety and supervisor communication remain necessary.
Flashcards
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1What are four common response functions?Show answer ＋
Attention, items or activities, escape, and automatic reinforcement.
2What does an antecedent procedure alter?Show answer ＋
Events that occur before a response.
3What is noncontingent reinforcement?Show answer ＋
Delivery of a stated reinforcer on a time schedule rather than after the target response.
4What is differential reinforcement?Show answer ＋
Reinforcing one response class while withholding reinforcement for another under the plan.
5What is functional communication training?Show answer ＋
Teaching a communication response that produces the relevant outcome.
6What is extinction?Show answer ＋
Withholding the reinforcer that previously maintained a response.
7What is an extinction burst?Show answer ＋
A temporary rise or variation in responding after extinction begins.
8May an RBT invent an emergency response?Show answer ＋
No. Use trained and approved emergency procedures.
Explain it in your own words
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01Why must extinction match the response function?
The procedure must withhold the consequence that actually maintained the response.
02A response rises briefly after extinction begins. What should the RBT do?
Follow the written plan, collect data, follow safety procedures, and report the pattern to the supervisor.
03How does functional communication training reduce a response?
It teaches a safer communication response that accesses the same relevant outcome.
04Why should a technician not add punishment independently?
Procedure selection requires authorized clinical review, consent processes, training, and oversight.
05What should follow an emergency procedure?
Secure immediate safety, collect the required facts, and report according to the approved protocol.
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