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John drinks an entire thermos of coffee in one gulp. Charlie says: “wow that was impressive.” In the future John is more likely to gulp down coffee when Charlie is around. Charlie appears to have become a(n):

John flips a switch and his bedroom light always comes on (unless the bulb is burned out).  This refers to (a):

Scientists are concerned with natural phenomena, and the natural world is the source for all scientific data. These phenomena are objects and events that can be detected through observation. Scientists agree that good data are objective, reliable, and quantitative. Thus one of the assumptions of behavior analysis is:

_________ is characterized by organisms allocating relative rates of behavior based on relative rates of reinforcement.

If Judi sells ten candle warmers at her home-based sales party her distributer will give her an exclusive bonus sample kit.  What type of simple schedule of reinforcement does this exemplify?

All of the following are characteristics of Applied Behavior Analysis, except:

This procedure would result in an increase in the frequency of a target behavior

Operant antecedents have the following effects on behavior:

Cultural selection is always involved in the development of:

Which of the following variables can affect punisher effectiveness? X = Motivating operations Y = Competing reinforcement contingencies Z = The severity of the behavior