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A behavior that occurs a result of a rule rather than a direct reinforcement is referred to
as: - Correct Answer✔️✔️-rule governed behavior
Sometimes the principal in your school visits classrooms and passes out "caught being
good passes" to random students she observes engaging in appropriate behavior. The
students can use the passes to get extra recess once a month. The principal walking
into the classroom is an example of: - Correct Answer✔️✔️-discriminative stimulus
____________ increases or decreases the value/effectiveness of a reinforcer: - Correct
Answer✔️✔️-motivating operation
An antecedent stimulus that is correlated with the availability of reinforcement is referred
to as... - Correct Answer✔️✔️-discriminative stimulus
A reinforcer that is unlearned is a... - Correct Answer✔️✔️-unconditioned reinforcer
A teacher tells the student on the first day of school what to do during a tornado drill. A
couple of days later the alarm sounds and all of her students go in the hallway and
crouch down with their hands over their head. This is an example of... - Correct
Answer✔️✔️-rule governed behavior
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A student throws a tantrum when he has to do math worksheets. He does this every
day. Every day the teacher tells him to take a break in the hallway when he throws the
tantrum. The reinforcer for the student in this situation is... - Correct Answer✔️✔️-
escaping the math worksheets
One of your students does not regularly eat breakfast, he comes to school hungry a lot.
When he arrives at school he often puts away all of his belongings and sits at his desk
with his hands folded because he knows that you pass out breakfast to the students
when they have all of their belongings put away. Being hungry is an... - Correct
Answer✔️✔️-establishing operation
The three term contingency consists of... - Correct Answer✔️✔️-antecedent, behavior,
consequence
An antecedent stimulus that is correlated with the availability of reinforcement is referred
to as... - Correct Answer✔️✔️-discriminative stimulus
Ms. Carson shows Daniel a flash card with the word "car" on it. She says, "what word?
Car." Daniel repeats the word and receives praise. Ms.Carson then provides Daniel with
three seconds to respond before providing him with the correct answer. This prompting
procedure is called: - Correct Answer✔️✔️-time delay
Mr. Nader has been teaching Marsha to wash her hands. Marsha is able to do most of
the steps (pump the soap, rub her hands together, dry her hands), but needs help with
turning on the water, rinsing her hands, and tearing off a paper towel. Mr Nader prompts
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Marsha to wash her hands, lets her do all of the steps she can do on her own, and
provide assistance only when she needs it. Which prompting procedure is Mr. Nader
using? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-graduated guidance
Mrs. Browning is using the following prompting procedure to teach Jamie to write the
first letter of his name. After she hands Jamie the pencil, she puts her hand over his
hand and moves it to form the letter J. Then she tells him to write the letter J verbally
(without physical assistance). What prompting procedure is Mrs. Browning using? -
Correct Answer✔️✔️-most to least
Laurie is going to a party, but she's driving around lost. She stops and takes out her
GPS navigator and uses it to find the address. Being lost is a ______________. -
Correct Answer✔️✔️-motivating operation
Alex spits on his worksheets when is assigned a challenging academic task. When he
spits on his work during math class, his teacher lets him escape the task. When he spits
on his work during reading, his teacher does not let him escape the task. Alex has
stopped spitting on his work in reading class. Alex's reading teacher has become a
__________ for Alex's spitting behavior. - Correct Answer✔️✔️-stimulus delta
Walking through the Short North, you notice a homeless person seeking food as he is
really hungry. He is begging for food and looking in the trashcans. You decide to buy
him some food from a local restaurant to take him. This behavior of searching for food
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