Relias: Decreasing Behavior

Which of the following could ensure that an intervention involving the use of punishment is effective?

Collecting and reviewing intervention data

Differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) involves:

Setting an interval for the problem behavior not to be displayed and reinforcing if it is not displayed

Extinction of behavior maintained by positive reinforcement works by:

Taking away the reinforcer for problem behavior

Which of the following is an example of positive punishment?

Telling someone "no" when they are about to run into the street

Under which of the following circumstances should extinction not be used?

When it could cause harm to the individual or others in the environment

Extinction works by:

Abruptly stopping reinforcement for problem behavior

Which of the following is an example of a motivating operation?

Jan is hungry, so she works harder to get crackers as a reward.

Which of the following is an example of overcorrection?

Marty had to clean the bathroom wall because she wrote on it.

Escape extinction works by:

Not allowing the individual to escape what they were trying to avoid

Which of the following is an example of negative punishment?

Paying a speeding ticket

Punishment is the result of a stimulus following a behavior that serves to:

Reduce the behavior

What is the difference between differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) and differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior (DRI)?

The replacement behavior selected in DRA does not have to be incompatible with the problem behavior.

At what point should a behavior reduction plan be considered?

When environmental variables for behavior are ruled out