Martin tells his dad that his little cousin is stealing his snacks. Martin’s dad takes the cousin to another room. In the future, Martin will always tell his dad when his cousin is stealing his snacks. This is an example of:

Stephen has implemented a program to decrease a client’s verbal outbursts (quoting cartoons loudly) during independent seatwork at school. As part of a functional analysis, Maurice determines that the behaviors are maintained by attention from the classroom teacher. Based on these findings, Stephen proposes a program to teach the client to ask for attention appropriately and explains to the teacher that this would include reinforcing the appropriate methods and putting the inappropriate methods of gaining attention on extinction. Which of the seven dimensions of behavior analysis is best demonstrated in this scenario? 

 Which of the following is an example of a conditional discrimination?

Bill watches Monique happily play with the car ramp. Bill yells, “I want the cars!” He grabs the cars out of Monique’s hands and starts playing with the cars on the ramp. The daycare teacher says, “Bill, that was not nice!” What is the antecedent for Bill grabbing the cars?

 Indie is trying to get into shape. His trainer tells him to complete at least six repetitions of all the recommended exercises. During his workout, Indie tallies up the number of repetitions he completed for each exercise. Once these are counted, Indie knows if he completed all the recommended exercises and records the totals in a daily log. Which of the following describes the function of the response?

Ruth is a child who does not like to go to school. Ruth typically has a tantrum when she is awakened in the morning that includes whining, crying, and falling to the floor, and can last anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes. She also usually has a tantrum in the middle of the day when she starts to get tired, but these are typically less intense, last only a couple of minutes, and taking a nap seems to soothe her. Which part of this scenario exemplifies the fundamental property of repeatability?

 Which of the following underlined phrases is an unconditioned establishing operation?

Maurice has implemented a program to decrease a client’s rolling on the floor, kicking, and yelling during morning meetings at school. As part of a functional analysis, Maurice determines that the behaviors are maintained by attention from an assistant teacher in the classroom. Based on these findings, Maurice proposes a program to teach the client to ask for attention appropriately. Maurice explains to the teachers that this would include reinforcing the appropriate methods and putting the inappropriate methods of gaining attention on extinction. Which of the seven dimensions of behavior analysis is best demonstrated in this scenario? 

 Which of the following is an EO for positive reinforcement?

Jade is renovating her home. Her designer brings over paint samples for her living room. The designer brings dark green, beige, and light blue paint samples. This is an example of a: