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An adult with intellectual and developmental disabilities gets up frequently during the night to talk and check on awake overnight staff in the group home. When an extinction procedure is implemented and staff no longer talk with the individual during the night, the individual gets up even more frequently for the first three nights. This secondary effect of extinction is referred to as a/an

A BCBA was recruited to work with a young boy who climbed on top of all the furniture at his home. The BCBA trained the young boy’s mother on the following procedure. When the boy climbs on top of any piece of furniture, immediately pull him down. Tell him, “No climbing” and gently lead him to the chair at the corner of the room with the booster seat attached and sit him in the chair for 2 min. Do not talk to or look at him while he is sitting in the chair. Do not allow his siblings or others to interact with him. Also, turn off the television while he is in the chair. When 2 minutes have passed, the child may get up from the chair and resume his previous activities. The boy’s rate of furniture climbing decreased shortly after his mother began implementing the procedure. This procedure most closely exemplifies

Naji is participating in a research study where he plays a computer game for points that can be turned in later for cash. He is instructed to press the Y key to earn points. If Naji presses the Y key at the right time, a $ briefly appears on the screen. The appearance of each $ equals +20 points. Key presses are reinforced if they occur after a 6 s unmarked time period. The time resets after each reinforced key press. How should we expect Naji’s response pattern to look?

Which of the following examples illustrates socially mediated negative reinforcement?

Contingent observation involves the

Which are factors that influence the efficacy of punishment? (mark all that apply)

Which must-have feature would need to be included in order for a fowl to be in the feature stimulus class of “duck”?

Negative punishment involves a decrease in the future rates of behavior due to the

A teacher was sitting with a student while they were eating their snack. The teacher rubbed their nose and sniffed. Within one second the student rubbed their nose and sniffed in the same way. Since the student’s nose rubbing and sniffing was physically the same as the teacher’s, they shared

The key difference between nonexclusion and exclusion time-out is