Jason and Justin sit together and tease one another in class. Often the teasing evolves into Jason and Justin arguing with each other. The FIRST action should be to:

• A.read Jason's and Justin's files to see if they have had these problems before.
• B.change the seating so that Jason and Justin are not seated together.
• C.operationally and functionally define teasing and arguing.
• D.ask Jason and Justin why they are arguing and suggest alternative methods for them to resolve their issues.

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A behavioral assessment indicates that the problem behavior of a young woman is maintained by others bringing things to her or taking things away following occurrence of the behavior. Since the behavior results in physical injury, the decision to decrease its occurrence has been made. Which is the BEST general approach?

• A.Prevent the behavior by physically blocking each response.
• B.Use protective equipment that prevents injury and establish a replacement behavior that results in things being provided to or removed from the woman.
• C.Stop providing or removing things following the behavior and allow it to undergo extinction.
• D.Determine a potential punisher and deliver it following every occurrence of the behavior, but do not provide or remove other things following the occurrence.

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Mrs. Carr's 4-year-old son, Jack, often interrupted her and asked her to play with him. Mrs. Carr would tell Jack that she would play later, but she often followed him and played for a few minutes. On a very busy day, Mrs. Carr told Jack that she could not play with him. Jack began to cry and ran out of the room. Mrs. Carr followed him, calmed him down, and played for a few minutes. This pattern was repeated several times so Mrs. Carr decided to be firm with Jack and to ignore future interruptions. The next day Jack came in sobbing and screaming, "Play now!" Mrs. Carr gave in and played with him. The most likely explanation for Jack's increasingly disruptive behavior is that:

• A.Mrs. Carr has accidentally shaped a more intense interrupting behavior from Jack.
• B.Jack is experiencing an extinction burst which will cease shortly.
• C.Mrs. Carr has used respondent conditioning to train Jack to scream for attention.
• D.Mrs. Carr has negatively reinforced Jack's interrupting because he stops screaming when played with.

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Margarita exhibited the following counts of maladaptive behaviors. The previously implemented procedure to help her (Procedure A) was discontinued on 10/5 and the present procedure (Procedure B) was implemented.
Procedures were implemented 2 times per day (once in the morning and once in the evening) for 20 minutes per session.
The AM and PM data for each procedure were graphed separately. What can be inferred from the data?

• A.The data across Procedure A and Procedure B show no change or trend.
• B.The data for Procedure A show an increasing trend.
• C.The data for Procedure A show the desired change in behavior.
• D.The data for Procedure A suggest that it is more effective than Procedure B.

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In order to obtain the GREATEST increase in the value of an identified reinforcer after satiation has occurred, the behavior analyst shoulD.

• A.temporarily remove the reinforcer.
• B.reduce the magnitude of the reinforcer.
• C.thin the schedule of reinforcement.
• D.deliver the reinforcer non-contingently.

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