During extinction of hitting previously reinforced by access to toys held by peers, therapists do not allow any child who hits a peer to gain access to the toys. Shortly after introducing the extinction contingency, hitting initially increases above baseline levels. This increase in hitting is an example of:

Manipulating ______________________ was one way to meet the characteristic of “focus on reinforcement first” designed to influence the effectiveness of a punisher.

We have been hired by Walmart to design an intervention to reduce turnover by eliminating or reducing burnout from their workers. As we cannot assign people to work at Walmart, we utilize quasi experimental. This results in us not being able to have a cause and effect conclusion. What key factor presents us from saying cause and effect that is present in experimental designs?

Purple Cube Inc.’s inventory records are shown below – use this information to answer the six questions:  Inventory Data Beginning Inventory 300 units @ $1.50 Purchase @ May 31 375 units @ $2.00 Purchase @ August 31 400 units @ $3.00 Sales @ October 15 925 units @ $5.00   Calculate the following as they relate to Purple Cube Inc.: Required Questions 1) Cost of Goods Sold under the Weighted Average method:  [Answer1] 2) Ending Inventory under the Weighted average method:  [Answer2] 3) Cost of Goods Sold under the FIFO method:  [Answer3] 4) Gross Margin under the FIFO method:  [Answer4] 5) Ending Inventory the LIFO method  [Answer5] 6) Gross Margin under the LIFO method  [Answer6] Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Solutions will be rounded to nearest whole number.

Purple Cube Inc.’s inventory records are shown below – use this information to answer the six questions:  Inventory Data Beginning Inventory 150 units @ $2.00 Purchase @ May 31 200 units @ $2.15 Purchase @ August 31 280 units @ $2.75 Sales @ October 15 250 units @ $3.00   Calculate the following as they relate to Purple Cube Inc.: Required Questions 1) Gross Margin under the LIFO method:  [Answer1] 2) Ending Inventory under the LIFO method:  [Answer2] 3) Ending Inventory under the Weighted Average method:  [Answer3] 4) Cost of Goods Sold under the Weighted Average method: [Answer4] 5) Cost of Goods Sold under the FIFO method  [Answer5] 6) Gross Margin under the FIFO method  [Answer6] Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Solutions will be rounded to nearest whole number.

Which of these theories of reinforcement suggest reinforcer deliveries are analogous to drops of water filling a bucket?

An operant class is said to be generic in nature because all responses in the class:

__________________ is established when a functional relation is clearly demonstrated and the influence of confounding variables are ruled out.

We are becoming increasingly worried about kids’ reading skills after the pandemic and have developed a reading app. We are working with a group of kids (ages 4-9). We assign one group of kids to spend one hour a week on the reading app that is focused on helping kids learn to read. Another group of kids (ages 4 – 9) reads books for one hour a week without additional help. We believe those in the app group will gain additional reading skills and more confidence.  Please define the comparison and intervention group and provide who would be in which category according to the scenario above. Why are both groups important here?

Operant extinction occurs when responding decreases because the: