Terry repetitively waves his long fingers back and forth in front of his face at very high rates during meal time, during leisure time, when asked to do something, and even when there is plenty of attention.  Most likely he does this because he likes the way it feels.  This is an example of:

Rudolf’s teacher praises him whenever Rudolf says “Skinner” while looking at a picture of B. F. Skinner. If Rudolf says “Skinner” while looking at a picture of Chomsky, Watson, Bandura, or Pavlov, his teacher does not praise him. Eventually, Rudolf learns to say “Skinner” only in the presence of a picture of B. F. Skinner. This illustrates:

A motivating operation is an antecedent condition, operation, or stimulus that is relevant to the ___ of a consequence.

I walk to the sink to get a glass of water.  I open the refrigerator to get a bottle of water.  When I finish drinking the water in my glass, the waiter fills it again with water.  These responses all share a common…

The scientific methodology used to discover most of the basic principles of behavior is also known as:

A procedure based on the principle of negative punishment, where a response starts a timer and while the timer is running, the organism cannot access specific appetitive stimuli is called:

Select an example of an intraverbal response:

Which of the following is a type of codic?

Ms. Smith asks Shelby what the ASL sign for “cut” is, and he makes the sign for “cut”. Shelby’s response is:

The temporal contiguity between two stimuli (presented just before a behavior) is such that there is almost no time between the presentation of stimulus one and stimulus two.  This can result in which of the following?