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Look at the following graph from a functional analysis of Brittany’s eye poking. What would you conclude is probably the function of Brittany’s eye poking?

Interval schedules of reinforcement provide reinforcement for

In order for the withdrawal of a stimulus to successfully suppress an individual’s behavior, the

A student is taught to select a quarter when the sample stimulus, $.25, is presented and to select $.25 when the sample stimulus is twenty-five pennies. Transitivity would be demonstrated when the sample stimulus is a quarter and they select

A continuous reinforcement schedule is the same as a

When nonreinforcement of a response class results in the learner engaging in a topographically different response we call this

You are scrolling through a news app and stop to read an article that says flu season is here and it will be particularly bad this year. After reading the article, you immediately head out to buy a pack of disposable masks and some hand sanitizer. The particularly bad flu season has a

Christoph is teaching Sandie to make boxed macaroni and cheese. Christoph helps Sandie perform all steps of the task, except the last one: serve the macaroni and cheese on a plate. Christoph prompts this last step until Sandie can do it independently. Once Sandie has mastered serving the macaroni and cheese on a plate, Christoph helps Sandie preform all steps of the task, except stirring and serving the macaroni and cheese (the last two steps). Christoph is teaching Sandie via

Positive and negative reinforcement are similar in that they

An adult with intellectual and developmental disabilities gets up frequently during the night to talk and check on awake overnight staff in the group home. When an extinction procedure is implemented and staff no longer talk with the individual during the night, the individual gets up even more frequently for the first three nights. This secondary effect of extinction is referred to as a/an