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A boy sees another child playing with a toy in a specific way. The next day, when in his own classroom, the boy plays with the toy in that same way, even when told not to, regardless of reinforcement.

BONUS QUESTION [2 pts] – In the Shrestha et al. (2012) study, it was predicted that a combination of what two procedures would result in an increase in theparticipant’s ability to independently prepare and serve himself a bowl of Weetbix (a local breakfast cereal) and clean up afterwards?

Why is it important to end every shaping session on a high note?

A method designed to lessen behavior by unlinking one element of the chain from the next so that one link no longer serves as a discriminative stimulus for the next link, nor as the reinforcer for the prior link.

Teaching new behavior by differentially reinforcing successive approximations toward the behavioral objective describes:

BONUS QUESTION [2 pts.] – Explain how tokens are earned when increasing behavior within a token economy. Explain how tokens are earned when reducing behavior within a token economy.

Match the following definitions and examples to their group contingency.

Watch the video and answer the questions at the end in the submission box below. https://player.vimeo.com/video/1158962076?fl=ml&fe=ec

Watch the video and answer the questions at the end in the submission box below. https://player.vimeo.com/video/1158957644?fl=ml&fe=ec

What is the physical event of producing an acoustic symbol that is formed into phonemes?