One of the basic requirements for staff training is that the:

• A.completion of training should be based on the demonstrated competency of the staff.
• B.skills should be measured only upon the completion of training.
• C.training should be accomplished by observation followed by a question-and-answer session.
• D.underlying competency-based principles should be taught.

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Contingency-shaped behavior is:

• A.more resistant to extinction than rule-governed behavior.
• B.established as a function of relations among unconditioned stimuli, a response class, and reinforcement.
• C.established as the result of a person's experience.
• D.based on phylogeny, whereas rule-governed behavior is based on ontogeny.

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Missy is using a multiple probe across participants design to evaluate the effects of peer tutoring to teach three students to complete division problems. These three students have had no prior instruction in division. Missy MOST LIKELY chose a multiple probe design rather than a multiple baseline design because.

• A.she is interested in comparing the effects of three interventions at once.
• B.the students' baseline scores will be zero.
• C.other extraneous variables may cause their skills to improve.
• D.the students could not miss class very often.

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Narrative recording indicates the following:
Sequence #1:
As Dad goes to change Rita's diaper, Mike screams. Dad puts Rita down, moves towards Mike, and tells him "be quiet." Sequence #2:
Mom is sitting next to Mike when the phone rings. She gets up, answers the phone, and starts talking to a friend. Mike starts screaming. Mom tells the friend good-bye and hangs up the phone. She then goes to Mike and tells him to stop screaming.
Which is the MOST plausible hypothesis? Mom and Dad's behavior is most likely

• A.being positively reinforced by attention.
• B.elicited by separation anxiety.
• C.evoked by feelings of jealousy.
• D.being negatively reinforced by escape.

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Behavior that can be directly observed only by the person behaving is called.

• A.covert behavior.
• B.overt behavior.
• C.operant behavior.
• D.respondent behavior.

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