The Salvation Army Santa helpers have a distinct bell they r…
The Salvation Army Santa helpers have a distinct bell they ring during the holidays while standing next to the red kettles for donations. As a child, Tim would hear the bell and his mother would give him a dollar to put in the kettle. The Santa helper would always smile at Tim and give him a lollipop which increases the likelihood that he will ask his mom for a dollar next time he hears the bell. Now, as an adult, anytime Tim hear that distinct bell, he looks for the kettle to donate money. The sound of the bell is an example of which of the following?
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Ana, a BCBA, wants to evaluate the effectiveness of using DRA for a child who exhibits attention-maintained property destruction. She decides to establish two types of contingencies that are always available: if the child engages in problem behavior, the attention delivered will consist of a neutral tone, short words and sentences, and gestures. However, if the child appropriately requests for attention, an enthusiastic praise is delivered. Ana measures the proportion of times in which the child chooses the appropriate response over problem behavior. What design is Ana using?
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The caretaker of a client explains that their child engages in screaming at all times of the day, regardless of who is with them or where they are. The BCBA runs consecutive alone sessions and sees stable and high levels of screaming. From this information, we can informally hypothesize that the behavior function is….
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