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#1. Sam, a newly certified BCBA, is working with a client who exhibits attention-seeking behaviors. To understand the environmental variables influencing these behaviors, Sam intentionally removes attention from the client, observes the subsequent increase in attention-seeking behaviors, and then provides attention contingent on a desired alternative behavior. Which of the following best describes the assessment strategy Sam is employing?
A functional analysis FA is a direct assessment method that involves systematically manipulating antecedents andor consequences to determine their effect on the target behavior By depriving the client of attention an antecedent manipulation to evoke attentionseeking behavior and then providing attention for a desired behavior Sam is directly testing hypotheses about the function of the behavior in a controlled manner This systematic manipulation allows for a more definitive identification of the maintaining variables function of the behavior compared to other assessment methods Indirect assessment gathers information through interviews or checklists without direct manipulation or observation Implementing a punishment procedure aims to decrease behavior by adding an aversive stimulus or removing a desirable one which is not the primary purpose of an FA though an FA may involve consequences A simple antecedent intervention modifies antecedents to prevent behavior but does not involve the systematic manipulation for functional identification that characterizes an FA
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