Jamie frequently falls to the floor and screams at school. Preliminary behavioral assessment data indicate that his tantrums are maintained by attention and escape from demand situations. Jamie's behavior analyst wants to examine precisely how attention and escape conditions affect these behaviors. The behavior analyst does not want to conduct the analysis in Jamie's classroom because she would not be able to control for potentially important factors. Relating to this scenario, which statement is TRUE?

• A.Only if the analysis is conducted in Jamie's classroom can a reasonable hypothesis be generated.
• B.Analyses that involve experimental conditions are almost always conducted in the person's natural environment.
• C.The behavior analyst could conduct the analysis in a vacant classroom, but the generality of the findings is an issue to be considered.
• D.The behavior analyst should conduct detailed interviews with the teacher and school staff to determine functional relations.

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A child diagnosed with autism engages in hand flapping almost continuously at home, day care and school. An intervention is devised to alleviate this challenging behavior. Which type of experimental design would be BEST?

• A.reversal
• B.multiple baseline
• C.multi-element
• D.withdrawal

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Mary Lee has been working on compliance. Given the same mand, in a 15-min. segment, Mary Lee complied with her teacher 4/5 times, her speech therapist, physical education teacher and mother 2/5 times. Six months later, given the same mand, in a 15-min. segment, Mary Lee complied with the bus driver 4/5 times, her physical therapist 4/5 times, the lunch lady 4/5 times and the vice-principal 4/5 times. This scenario is an example of.

• A.response generalization.
• B.stimulus discrimination.
• C.stimulus generalization.
• D.stimulus equivalence.

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In order to evoke a mand for "cookie," the behavior analyst should.

• A.give the child a cookie.
• B.deprive the child of cookies.
• C.show the child a picture of a cookie.
• D.say "cookie" and praise repeating the word.

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Which does NOT increase the effectiveness of punishment?

• A.inability to avoid the punisher
• B.availability of alternative responses
• C.reinforcement frequency for alternative behavior
• D.intermittent delivery of the punisher

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