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Scotty nagged, picked his nose, pushed pencils into the drywall, made self-disparaging comments, and pulled his own hair.  These behaviors were maintaining over time, and all resulted in him getting attention from his parents (usually, their repeated pleadings to “Stop that, Scotty!”).  These behaviors all seemed to have the same   X  , but have very different    Y  .

Jane works from home. One of her duties is writing reports for companies. Once she is assigned the task of writing the report she is always given 3 weeks to complete the report. Jane typically puts the task off for a while, and then her time spent on the report gradually increases as the deadline approaches. Jane’s report writing is likely on what type of schedule?

  X   behavior is under the control of antecedents and consequences, while   Y   behavior is under the control of antecedents only. 

I drop a hammer on my toe and scream obscenities. My mother, who was standing behind me, slaps me on the shoulder. In the future when I am hurt I am less likely to scream obscenities. This is an example of:

Which of the following is most likely to function as an unconditioned reinforcer?

Rob was playing Devo, an 80’s era New Wave band, at the office on his new Android phone.  As Alicia walked by she commented on how much she loves 80’s music.  As a result, playing 80’s music occurs at a high rate.  Playing 80’s music, at the office, is mostly likely maintained by:

Which verbal operant is under the antecedent control of a non-verbal stimulus?

A set sequence of responses, which results in a terminal reinforcer after the final response, is maintained by a _______ schedule of reinforcement.

The elements of empiricism are X = experimentation Y = replication Z = generalization

The goal of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is to: