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Fernando gets access to listen to his favorite song played one time from his MP3 player every 20 minutes no matter what he has been doing.  This is an example of which schedule?

In the middle of winter, Rachel’s power goes out in her home. As the thermostat drops Rachel gets a chill. She immediately lights a fire and puts on a sweater. In relation to increased warmth, the dropping temperature had a:

Ida gets a little piece of brownie every time she asks for one.  This is an example of:

Behavior analysts have developed interventions for food refusal by individuals with special needs, safety programs for deep-pit mining, and strategies to increase seat-belt usage and proper disposal of trash and cigarette butts. Thus, a critical dimension of ABA is that it is:

Zach does not make threats to do harm to Scott, his behavior analyst, as Scott has been careful not to provide attention when Zach makes threats in the past. Zach eventually did not make threats to do harm in the presence of Scott.  Assuming attention is a reinforcer, in relation to Zach making threats to do harm, Scott functioned as:

Alicia is presented with a Poison CD and a Justin Bieber CD.  She says “Poison” and Patti hands her the Poison CD. Alicia saying, “Poison” to select the CD she wants is an example of:

In relation to getting something to eat, having not eaten for the last 8-hours is relevant to the concept of:

John’s brother praises him whenever John says “Honda” while looking at a picture of a Honda. If he says “Toyota,” “Volkswagen,” or any other brand he does not praise him. Eventually, John learns to say “Honda” while looking at a picture of a Honda. John’s brother is using:

You feel a sharp pain in your lower back and you twist your torso. Immediately, the pain decreases. In the future, you continue to twist your torso when you feel pain in your lower back. The effect of the decrease in pain in twisting your torso exemplifies:

Martin only provides reinforcement when his dog Eddie walks in a straight line, and never provides reinforcement when Eddie pulls on the leash.  As a result, Eddie only walks in a straight line, and almost never pulls on the leash, which is an example of: