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Which of the following statements is true regarding the term, “consequence”?

A neutral stimulus is defined as a stimulus that:

David has 100’s of CDs.  As per his behavior plan, whenever he engages in high magnitude property destruction, group home staff persons are to cover his CDs with blankets thus barring access to his music for 5 days. Tamiko consistently implements the procedure and as a result David never engages in the target behavior in front of her.  Tamiko’s consistent implementation of his behavior plan in her presence results in her functioning as a:

If differential reinforcement consists of reinforcing a response when certain stimuli are present and not reinforcing that same response when those stimuli are not present, differential reinforcement leads to:

A(n) __________ is the repeating of a vocal verbal unit.

I unexpectedly clap my hands loudly in class and a startled student jumps in her seat. About 30 seconds later, I clap my hands again, and she jumps again, but less.  A few minutes later, I clap again, and she does not jump at all. This scenario is most clearly an example of…

Pairing leads to the development of:

Many people familiar with behavior analysis say, “antecedent—behavior—consequence” as a way of stating the 3-term contingency.  What is the more technically sound way to state this this contingency?

Which of the following is NOT a variety of behaviorism?

Which of the following is not a fundamental property of behavior?