When Sean wants his mother’s attention, he says “mom”. She doesn’t always answer him right away, especially if she is busy. Thus, Sean typically says “mom” several times in a row until she does respond. Sean’s mands for attention occur at high rates throughout the day, and are likely on what type of schedule?

Radical behaviorism serves as a basic foundation for the all the domains because it:

Which of the following is an example of selection-based communication

In behavior analysis we say that behavior has a function.  Behavior happens for a reason.  This directly relates to the philosophical assumption of:

Which of the following is true of unconditioned reinforcers?

Adam likes to drive his MG sports car.  He sometimes goes a little over the speed limit when driving on the highway.  All of the following are stimuli in Adam’s environment except which of the following?

Manny the behavior analyst teaches his daughter to only ask for cookies when he is holding the cookie jar, and to never ask when he is holding anything else. This is an example of

Byron takes one of his classmate’s notebooks and rips it. Principal Skinner takes Byron’s skateboard and confiscates it. The same sequence of events happens the next day. Byron’s frequency of ripping notebooks decreases over the next few days. This is an example of:

Michael bites his wrist at a very high rate causing significant tissue damage.  Using various assessment techniques his behavior analyst concludes that Michael bites himself at the highest rate whenever he is alone and that he likes the way it feels.  Michael’s biting his wrist behavior is most likely maintained by:

Of the following, which one exemplifies the only true way to be certain that an item functions as a conditioned positive reinforcer?