Practice final

Crying, sleeping, or apologizing are examples of behaviors one might see...

• Before a crisis

• During a crisis

• After a crisis

• During data collection

Adding something to decrease a behavior is known as...

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

Which of the following is a side effect of punishment?

• Practice effects

• Positive reinforcement

• Aggressive responses

• Extinction burst

You can help people with autism with the development of social skills by

• using negative punishment

• providing scaffolding during group activities

• leaving them to "figure it out"

• extinction

A fixed ratio schedule

• requires a varying number of responses to access reinforcement

• requires a varying amount of time to access reinforcement

• requires a fixed number of responses before accessing reinforcement

• requires a fixed interval of time before accessing reinforcement

Four characteristics of a good measurement system are valid, reliable, objective, and

• deterministic

• replicated

• experimental

• sensitive

A conditioned reinforcer that, as a result of having paired with a variety of reinforcers, does not depend on a current EO to determine its value is known as

• unconditioned reinforcer

• generalized conditioned reinforcer

• negative reinforcer

• positive reinforcer

An increase in problem behavior following the implementation of an extinction program is known as a(n)

• extinction burst

• spontaneous recovery

• resistance to extinction

• behavioral contrast

Yelling at someone in a way that reduces their behavior would be an example of:

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

Sandra is calling out during class.  Mrs. Baxter takes away her recess.  This is an example of:

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement