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Nelson is in the kitchen while dinner is cooking. The pasta sauce on the stove bubbles over the pot and spills onto the floor. Nelson wets a paper towel and wipes the sauce off the floor. The floor is now sparkling clean. Which of the following describes the topography of Nelson’s cleaning?

A kitchen timer starts beeping. This is an example of a(n):

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

When Becky pulls her sister’s hair, her sister turns around and scratches Becky’s face. Becky never pulls her sister’s hair again. This is an example of:

Marci is a classroom BCBA. As part of a visual analysis of teacher data, she notices that one student’s disruptive behavior has increased sharply since her last observation two weeks ago. She conducts an informal observation and notices that the teaching assistant removes the student from the area when they engage in these behaviors. Based on her knowledge of the functions of behavior, Marci tells the teaching assistant to use trained de-escalation procedures and antecedent modifications when the student engages in these behaviors instead of removing them from the area.  Which of the seven dimensions of behavior analysis does this scenario demonstrate?

Sura’s heart rate increases when she hears a loud bang from a firework. The sound of the firework is an example of a(n):

Sadie uses her automatic coffee maker rather than her French press because she prefers the taste of the coffee brewed in the automatic coffee maker. When Sadie presses the button on the automatic coffee maker, nothing happens. She unplugs and plugs in the coffee maker, but nothing happens. Sadie stops using the automatic coffee maker because it doesn’t brew coffee. This is an example of:

Olive hears a loud crash, sees smoke rising from the car in front of her, and hears a car horn before she sees a pedestrian dial emergency services on their phone. This is an example of a:

Harper is thirsty and loves sweet tea. Harper walks into a diner and rings the bell to alert the cashier that she is standing in line. Harper orders a large sweet tea and waits for the cashier to pour the tea from the pitcher into the cup and serve it to her. The tea is icy cold and sweet, just like Harper likes it. Which of the following describes the topography of the response?

Harper is thirsty and loves sweet tea. Harper walks into a diner and rings the bell to alert the cashier that she is standing in line. Harper orders a large sweet tea and waits for the cashier to pour the tea from the pitcher into the cup and serve it to her. The tea is icy cold and sweet just like Harper likes it. Which of the following describes the function of the response?