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Jose says, “Skinner started writing his book, Verbal Behavior, in 1934. However, the book was not published until . . . ” and Mark says, “1957.” This is an example of a(n):

Hope goes to the music store to purchase an instrument. While she is there, she sees a blue guitar, a red bass guitar, and a brown banjo. This is an example of a:

When Joey’s cat starts scratching at his leg, Joey grabs her and puts her on his lap. What effect did the antecedent have on Joey’s behavior?     

When Joey’s cat starts scratching at his leg, Joey grabs her and puts her on his lap. What effect did the antecedent have on Joey’s behavior?     

Which of the following is an example of a fixed-time schedule?

Which of the following is an example of a fixed-time schedule?

Charlotte is waiting for a car to pick her up from school. The principal calls out, “Charlotte in third grade. Orange cone.” Charlotte walks down the sidewalk and stands next to the orange cone. Charlotte’s mom pulls her car to the waiting area, and Charlotte gets into the car to go home. Which of the following describes the function of the response?

Bianca arrives at the beach and the parking lot is empty. She looks out her window and sees a sign that says, “Beach closed due to red tide. All violators will be fined.” In the past, when the sign was up and Bianca went on the beach anyway, she received a ticket and a $500 fine. Bianca does not make enough money at her current summer job to pay a $500 fine. Whenever she sees this sign and has no money, Bianca does not go to the beach. Which of the following is functioning as an SDP in this scenario?

Henry is a BCBA attending a client session. He notices that the client, Samra, has not shown progress for voiding on the toilet in two weeks of a toileting schedule. Henry decides to pause the current schedule target, conduct an updated preference assessment, collect a new baseline time for the schedule, and choose a new target time for starting the new schedule. Which of the seven dimensions of behavior analysis does this scenario demonstrate?

Pippa is the behaver. Which of the following is an example of an antecedent?