ABA glossary

Free-operant preference assessment

A preference assessment in which the person has free access to all items at once for a set time while the observer records engagement with each.

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For 5 minutes, the RBT records how long Mia plays with each toy on the mat.

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RBT B.1 · Behavior AssessmentRun preference assessments: paired-stimulus, multiple-stimulus, and free-operant
BCBA F.4 · Behavior AssessmentDesigning and evaluating preference assessments

Competing-stimulus assessment
Displacement
Motivating operation
Multiple-stimulus with replacement
Multiple-stimulus without replacement
Paired-stimulus preference assessment

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