MAS stands for which assessment?

• A. Motivational Assessment Scale
• B. Motivation Analysis Scale
• C. Measurement of Social Behavior
• D. Functional Assessment Scale

Answer: (A)

The idea here is to identify what motivates a problem behavior and whether its occurrence is driven by specific reinforcing consequences. The Motivational Assessment Scale is a brief rating tool used to determine how much a behavior is maintained by different types of reinforcement, such as attention, escape from demands, access to tangibles, or sensory consequences. This helps guide which strategies to emphasize and whether a fuller functional analysis might be needed. The other options don’t match the established name of this assessment: they are not recognized scales used for this purpose, and they don’t correspond to the acronym MAS.