A rat initially pressed a lever to produce food reinforcers. Next, the contingency changed and food deliveries occurred only if it refrained from responding for 10 seconds. This latter contingency is called differential reinforcement of _____________ behavior.

Explaining behavior as a result of feelings, thoughts, or other internal states is called a _________ explanation.

Behavior is said to be “determined” because it is a result of:

Quantitative data in a pilot trial provide information about whether key objectives have been met. What is a major reason for adding a qualitative component in a pilot trial?

Which “lesson” has emerged repeatedly in pilot trials of interventions?

When there are multiple authors of a report, who is the lead author?

What do quality improvement (QI) projects, research, and evidence-based practice (EBP) projects have in common?

Some experts distinguish between feasibility studies and pilot studies. Which study would be a pilot study of an intervention according to these experts?  

In which section of a report would the following sentence appear? “According to responses in the survey of hospital nurses, the most frequently expressed complaint by clients concerned nighttime noise levels on their units.”

What is an open-access journal?