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COMD 4450 FINAL EXAM 2026
LATEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS| ACE YOUR GRADES.
1. Extinction - correct answer -ignoring a behavior to get it to
decrease - withholding consequences that enforce behaviors -
do nothing
2. Punishment - correct answer -corrective feedback
3. Direct response reduction - correct answer -contingency on
behavior we want reduced - happens immediately - stop a kid
who is biting someone
4. Indirect response reduction - correct answer -contingent on
desired behavior to decrease undesirable - i like how ___ is
sitting in her chair
5. Time out - correct answer -all reinforcing events are suspended
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6. Exclusionary time out - correct answer -withdraw child from
activity
7. Nonexclusionary time out - correct answer -ignore child - tell
them they are in time out; don't remove but don't engage
verbally
8. Response cost - correct answer -token economy - earn and
lose or lose only
9. Response cost things to avoid - correct answer -low token
followed by high token loss; running out of tokens; causing
emotional response; beware of attending to behaviors - taking
token may give attention and be a reinforcer
10. Escape extinction - correct answer -prevent escape and
negative reinforcer e.g. Block door with table
11. Extinction burst - correct answer -behavior will decrease
then increase more than before extinction - reinforce positive
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behaviors lavishly - automatically reinforced behaviors
(destructive, dangerous, aggressive) are not candidates
12. Indirect strategies - correct answer -desirable behaviors
replace undesirable aka differential reinforcement
13. DRO - correct answer -other behaviors - reinforce for not
exhibiting behavior for a specific time
14. DRI - correct answer -incompatible - reinforce behavior that
is incompatible with undesirable (if in a chair cant be running
around)
15. DRA - correct answer -alternative - specify and reinforce a
behavior that is alternative to undesirable (hitting pillow instead
of head)
16. DRL - correct answer -low rates of behavior - reinforce when
frequency of behavior is below baseline
COMD 4450 FINAL EXAM 2026
LATEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS| ACE YOUR GRADES.
1. Extinction - correct answer -ignoring a behavior to get it to
decrease - withholding consequences that enforce behaviors -
do nothing
2. Punishment - correct answer -corrective feedback
3. Direct response reduction - correct answer -contingency on
behavior we want reduced - happens immediately - stop a kid
who is biting someone
4. Indirect response reduction - correct answer -contingent on
desired behavior to decrease undesirable - i like how ___ is
sitting in her chair
5. Time out - correct answer -all reinforcing events are suspended
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6. Exclusionary time out - correct answer -withdraw child from
activity
7. Nonexclusionary time out - correct answer -ignore child - tell
them they are in time out; don't remove but don't engage
verbally
8. Response cost - correct answer -token economy - earn and
lose or lose only
9. Response cost things to avoid - correct answer -low token
followed by high token loss; running out of tokens; causing
emotional response; beware of attending to behaviors - taking
token may give attention and be a reinforcer
10. Escape extinction - correct answer -prevent escape and
negative reinforcer e.g. Block door with table
11. Extinction burst - correct answer -behavior will decrease
then increase more than before extinction - reinforce positive
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behaviors lavishly - automatically reinforced behaviors
(destructive, dangerous, aggressive) are not candidates
12. Indirect strategies - correct answer -desirable behaviors
replace undesirable aka differential reinforcement
13. DRO - correct answer -other behaviors - reinforce for not
exhibiting behavior for a specific time
14. DRI - correct answer -incompatible - reinforce behavior that
is incompatible with undesirable (if in a chair cant be running
around)
15. DRA - correct answer -alternative - specify and reinforce a
behavior that is alternative to undesirable (hitting pillow instead
of head)
16. DRL - correct answer -low rates of behavior - reinforce when
frequency of behavior is below baseline
