Which is the only true way to be certain that an item functions as a conditioned positive reinforcer?

The big bad wolf tells the three little pigs, “If you don’t come out, I will blow down your house and eat you!” The three little pigs barricade the door. In relation to barricading the door, the wolf’s statement functioned as a(n):

When a child developmental psychologist suggests that parents try using a star chart token system at home to increase their son’s compliance with activities of daily living and minimal chores, which branch of behavior analysis is most likely exemplified?

Ida gets a little piece of brownie every time she asks for one.  This is an example of:

In the middle of winter, Rachel’s power goes out in her home. As the thermostat drops Rachel gets a chill. She immediately lights a fire and puts on a sweater. In relation to increased warmth, the dropping temperature had a:

Fernando gets access to listen to his favorite song played one time from his MP3 player every 20 minutes no matter what he has been doing.  This is an example of which schedule?

Behavior analysts have developed interventions for food refusal by individuals with special needs, safety programs for deep-pit mining, and strategies to increase seat-belt usage and proper disposal of trash and cigarette butts. Thus, a critical dimension of ABA is that it is:

Alicia is presented with a Poison CD and a Justin Bieber CD.  She says “Poison” and Patti hands her the Poison CD. Alicia saying, “Poison” to select the CD she wants is an example of:

Zach does not make threats to do harm to Scott, his behavior analyst, as Scott has been careful not to provide attention when Zach makes threats in the past. Zach eventually did not make threats to do harm in the presence of Scott.  Assuming attention is a reinforcer, in relation to Zach making threats to do harm, Scott functioned as:

In relation to getting something to eat, having not eaten for the last 8-hours is relevant to the concept of: