What must happen for an alternating-treatments design to be optimally effective?

• A.An additional return to baseline is undertaken.
• B.Participants discriminate easily between treatment conditions.
• C.Criterion changes are gradual to ensure compliance.
• D.Participants engage in multiple problem behaviors.

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One limitation of descriptive analysis is that it:

• A.does not permit the precise determination of functional relationships.
• B.violates the individual's right to privacy.
• C.provides a less than adequate description of the topography and intensity of behavior.
• D.does not allow the behavior analyst the opportunity to measure, record, and interpret the data on the target behavior.

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The defining feature of operant conditioning, as contrasted with respondent conditioning, is that the probability of behavior in operant conditioning is changed because of

• A.environmental changes.
• B.changes in consequences.
• C.stimulus pairing.
• D.conditioning history.

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What is the MOST important measure of behavior when the goal is to decrease the number of cigarettes smoked per day?

• A.duration per cigarette
• B.inter-response time
• C.percentage
• D.rate

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A parent reports that her 2-year-old daughter uses a number of stalling techniques to avoid bedtime once she is told to go to bed. What would be a good progress measure for going to bed when told?

• A.inter-response time
• B.compliance
• C.latency
• D.frequency

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