QUESTIONS AND FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ An immediate increase in frequency and/or amplitude of the
response after the removal of the maintaining reinforcer is called...
Answer: Extinction burst
◉ The reappearance of a behavior after it has diminished to its pre-
reinforced level and/or stopped entirely is called....
Answer: b) Spontaneous recovery
◉ Differential reinforcement always includes what two principles of
behavior?
Answer: Reinforcement and extinction
◉ A DRL intervention is useful when the practitioner wants to:
Answer: Decrease the overall rate of a problem behavior, but not get
rid of it all together
◉ NCR uses three distinct procedures that identify and deliver
stimuli with known reinforcing properties. What are they?
Answer: positive reinforcement with social mediation
, negative reinforcement escape
automatic reinforcement without social mediation
◉ Functional communication training is considered to be...
Answer: Antecedent intervention
◉ Behaviors selected for a high-p request sequence should:
Answer: Be a part of the learner's current repertoire
◉ To effectively implement a high-p request sequence, it is
important to
Answer: Present requests in a rapid sequence
◉ Noncontingent reinforcement involves the presentation of...
Answer: b) Stimuli with known reinforcing properties that are
delivered on a fixed-time or variable-time schedule independent of
the learner's behavior
◉ A contingency contract....
Answer: Specifies how two people will behave toward each other
◉ The primary reason one might consider using a level system with
a token system is that...