Fernando continues to play with is iPad after his teacher announces that free time is over and asks the students to open their books. The teacher removes a token from Fernando’s board. The next time the teacher asks him to put away his iPad, Fernando follows the direction quickly, because with regard to his playing, losing a token must have functioned as

Variable ratio schedules of reinforcement tend to produce

If you are interested in the amount of time it takes a student to begin a task after the teacher has given an instruction you would measure

With contingent exercise, the individual is

Stimulus salience

When a behavior analyst uses experimental manipulation to show that an intervention is effective for middle schoolers with developmental disabilities, the analyst can’t claim that it also works for high school students with learning disabilities unless they also demonstrate

One method of priority ranking various potential target behaviors is to use a(n)

A behavioral practitioner puts an intervention in place with the intention of reducing a 2nd grader’s disruptive vocal stereotypy. After 2 weeks the child is emitting vocal stereotypy in 87% of intervals rather than 92%. The practitioner reasonably decided that the treatment was not

If a behavior analyst wants to develop a behavior intervention plan based on the strongest possible, empirically-derived information about the target behavior, they are most likely to do so only after demonstrating

The levels of understanding science include