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To make a paper airplane you need to: Fold the paper in half lengthwise to form a crease, open the paper and lay it flat in front of you, fold the top left corner down t meet the middle crease, fold the top right corner down to meet the middle crease, fold the nose down and toward you, etc. This illustrates a:

Ben’s mom told Ben that if he sits too close to the TV he will hurt his eyesight.  As a result Ben has never sat too close to the TV.  Ben sitting a safe distance from the TV set is an example of what kind of behavior?

Sue is playing with a cigarette lighter.  When the flame accidentally touches her finger, she immediately jerks her hand away. What is the unconditioned stimulus in this example?

A reprimand could be categorized as an aversive if it exhibited which of the following as one of its functional effects?

The effects of consequences on behavior can only be observed…

A _________ schedule consists of two or more schedules operating simultaneously but independently of each other, each for a different response.

What is generally considered the most popular and least technically correct way of stating the 3-term contingency?

Felix nagged Oscar to clean his room. Whenever Oscar started cleaning his room, Felix stopped nagging him. Over the next several weeks, Oscar’s room-cleaning behavior increased. Oscar’s room-cleaning behavior increased through the process is of:

Discriminative stimuli can:

Which of the following is not a critical attribute of behavior?