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In Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior, the meaning of words is classified based on their

Behaviorists, such as Sidman, who conducted the early experiments on stimulus equivalence were attempting to explain which phenomenon?

An FBA can be considered a form of reinforcer assessment.

The self-management tactic to which Skinner referred to as “doing something else” is a key element of

A behavior therapist working with a student asks the student to select the picture of an apple from a comparison array. This type of training procedure is an example of teaching

Through equivalence-based instruction, a learner forms four classes of three visual stimuli each. If you teach them to tact one of those stimuli, you would expect each of the other stimuli in the class to evoke the same response.

A BCBA was coaching a mother through a clean-up activity with her daughter. At one point, the mother instructed the daughter to give her an item and the daughter dropped to the floor and began crying. The BCBA asked the mother to get up, walk a few steps away from her daughter, and turn her back to the child. The mother did as asked and resumed interacting with her daughter after her daughter got up from the floor and stopped crying. This procedure most closely exemplifies

Which type of verbal operant is controlled by verbal SD s?

If progress breaks down while conducting imitation training, the practitioner should

An antecedent stimulus that evokes the imitative behavior is