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Many people familiar with behavior analysis say, “antecedent—behavior—consequence” as a way of stating the 3-term contingency.  What is the more technically sound way to state this this contingency?

Pairing leads to the development of:

I unexpectedly clap my hands loudly in class and a startled student jumps in her seat. About 30 seconds later, I clap my hands again, and she jumps again, but less.  A few minutes later, I clap again, and she does not jump at all. This scenario is most clearly an example of…

Which of the following is NOT a variety of behaviorism?

Which of the following is not a fundamental property of behavior?

An environmental change in which a stimulus is subtracted or attenuated following a response, which decreases the future frequency of that behavior is:

Which of the following represents a clear representation of temporal contiguity?

An environmental event or condition which immediately precedes a response is called a:

When different responses produce the same class of reinforcers, we say those responses are all…

Operant selection consists of all of the following processes, except: