Which situation is the BEST example of contingency-shaped behavior?

• A.A task analysis is used to teach Lilly how to clean her room.
• B.Jennifer sees a candy bar and she mands for it. Jennifer's sister gives her the candy bar and she eats it.
• C.Billy's mother tells him not to touch the stove because he could burn himself. Billy does not touch the stove.
• D.Dean is able to change the scale on a computerized graph after reading "how to" instructions.

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A child is exhibiting tantrum behaviors. You believe the tantrum is occurring for your attention. You therefore ignore the tantrum until it ceases while continuing daily activities. You note that the tantrums decrease over time. This is an example of:

• A.Time-out
• B.Positive punishment
• C.Extinction
• D.Establishing operations

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Requiring a student who disrupts the class by throwing papers and tipping over chairs to clean the mess up and then clean the rest of the room by sweeping and cleaning desktops is a(n) __________________ procedure.

• A.Negative reinforcement
• B.Extinction
• C.Negative punishment
• D.Positive punishment

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A good behavior analyst always does what before authoring a behavior intervention?

• A.Implements the least aversive, most effective punisher
• B.Functional analysis
• C.Direct observation
• D.Momentary time sampling

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A reliable measure is one that is:

• A.trusted to be practical and to produce accurate data.
• B.effective as evidenced by peer-reviewed journal articles.
• C.socially valid as indicated by caregiver reports.
• D.consistent across observers and measurement occasions.

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