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Stimulus salience

If you are interested in the amount of time it takes a student to begin a task after the teacher has given an instruction you would measure

With contingent exercise, the individual is

A behavioral practitioner puts an intervention in place with the intention of reducing a 2nd grader’s disruptive vocal stereotypy. After 2 weeks the child is emitting vocal stereotypy in 87% of intervals rather than 92%. The practitioner reasonably decided that the treatment was not

When a behavior analyst uses experimental manipulation to show that an intervention is effective for middle schoolers with developmental disabilities, the analyst can’t claim that it also works for high school students with learning disabilities unless they also demonstrate

One method of priority ranking various potential target behaviors is to use a(n)

If a behavior analyst wants to develop a behavior intervention plan based on the strongest possible, empirically-derived information about the target behavior, they are most likely to do so only after demonstrating

A behavior analyst who studies schedules of reinforcement in video games with college students in his lab is probably a(n)

A BCBA employed by a school district to conduct functional assessment and develop behavior intervention plans is working as a(n)

When a behavior analyst notices that a child in a pre-kindergarten classroom has a tantrum whenever a peer cries, the analyst may have gained understanding at the level of