A good behavior analyst always does what before authoring a behavior intervention?

A. Functional analysis

B. Momentary time sampling

C. Direct observation

D. Implements the least aversive, most effective punisher

You are teaching David to clean the workshop to prepare him for working on the cleaning crew. Read the descriptions below and identify which is LEAST likely to promote generalization of the workshop cleaning skills to real-life cleaning jobs.

A. Make the workshop as much like a real cleaning situation as possible

B. Transition to variable, delayed reinforcement

C. Teach David to use a checklist, which could be used on the cleaning crew

D. Make the workshop distinctive from the cleaning crew and then gradually make it more like it

An establishing operation is any change in the environment whicH.

A. momentarily alters the effectiveness of the consequence for a behavior that was previously followed by reinforcement.

B. alters the timing of a behavior and momentarily alters the frequency of the behavior that was previously followed by reinforcement.

C. alters the effectiveness of some object or event as reinforcement thus momentarily changing the likelihood of behavior that was previously followed by that reinforcer.

D. alters the effectiveness of some object or event as a contingency-shaped rule and at the same time changes the momentary frequency of the behavior that was previously followed by reinforcement.

To change the occurrence of hitting others, two procedures were compareD. differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior and time-out. The outcomes were examined within and across subjects. A withdrawal design was employed. An independent variable in this study was:

A. aggression.

B. frequency across phase changes.

C. return to baseline.

D. time-out from reinforcement.

What best defines a discriminative stimulus?

A. It always elicits a response.

B. It is defined by its effect on behavior.

C. It is established using either operant or respondent procedures.

D. It is any change in the environment.