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The carpal bones are found in the feet.

Jane shows up in the emergency room stating that she tripped over a large rock while hiking, fell forward, and caught herself on her hands to cushion the fall. She is complaining of significant pain in her right wrist (in the area of the distal portion of her radius bone). What type of fracture does she most likely have?

The C1 cervical vertebrae that articulates with the occipital condyles of the skull is the atlas. 

What is the primary utility of differential reinforcement?

What is a backup reinforcer in the context of a token economy?

You would like to implement an interval DRO procedure with a student with autism to decrease hand flapping so that you can get the student to attend to work more consistently. You conduct baseline observations and find that the student stops hand flapping for about 2 minutes on average. What would an appropriate initial DRO interval be?

What is a consequence of using punishment and extinction as primary methods for reducing problem behaviors?

Reinforcing in-seat behavior for a child who frequently engages in out-of-seat behavior is an example of DRI.

Formal properties of language involve the topography of the verbal response whereas the functional properties involve the causes of the response.

In the “Coupons for Cursing” strategy described in Box 28.1 of the chapter, what behavioral principle is primarily being utilized?