An abative effect refers to

You are driving in your car on a sunny clear day when the sun starts to shine in your eyes. You immediately reach for your sunglasses and put them on. In relation to putting on the sunglasses, the sun shining in your eyes is a

You conducted a paired-stimulus preference assessment with a student and computer time was ranked highest (it was selected most frequently). What can you say about computer time based on this information?

Desirable aspects of nonexclusion time-out include (mark all that apply)

After dumping the contents of his glue container on the floor, Matthew not only has to clean up his workspace. He must also clean the entire classroom floor. This procedure exemplifies

A decrease in the frequency of the behavior must be observed before a consequence-based intervention qualifies as a punishment procedure.

Holding a face-to-face meeting to interview a client’s parent is which type of behavioral assessment?

A discriminative stimulus or SD is a stimulus in the presence of which a response will

When Ms. Smith was in the checkout line at the grocery store, her child had a tantrum because she wouldn’t buy him candy. She was embarrassed and gave in, and he immediately calmed. Now the child begins to loudly ask for candy as they approach the checkout, but Ms. Smith carries a bag of treats in her pocket that she can give him. Based on their current behavior it would appear that in the original episode

Positive punishment has occurred when the removal of an aversive stimulus increases the future occurrence of the behavior.