Ch. 15

independent

NRC involves the response ______ delivery of reinforcers based on a time schedule.

motivating

A _____ operation is an environmental stimulus change that changes the value of a reinforcer.

behavior support plan

A ______ is a formal document that describes the target behavior to be reproduced and the treatment plan.

positive

A child's screaming is reinforced by attention from his mother. If the mom withholds attention when the child screams, this would be an example of extinction of behavior maintained by ____ reinforcement.

increases

A discriminative stimulus is an environmental stimulus that ____ the likelihood a response will occur because it is likely to contact reinforcement.

healthy contingencies

A preventive strategy for reducing the occurrence of problem behavior is called _____.

avoid

According to healthy contingencies, if an undesired behavior occurs, the RBT should follow through on task demand and ____ additional tangible items.

operational

Before treating a problem behavior, it is important to have a clear and precise ___ definition of the behavior such that everyone involved can reliably identify the behavior when it occurs.

alternative

DRA involves reinforcing a(n) ____ to the unwanted behavior, while withholding reinforcement from the unwanted behavior.

other

Differential reinforcement of ____ behavior involves reinforcement of the absence, omission, or nonoccurence of the target behavior.

absence

Differential reinforcement of the ____ of the target behavior is called DRO.

antecedent

Discriminative stimuli are present before the behavior occurs, making them part of the ______ component of the three-term contingency.

stimulus control

If an RBT uses environmental stimuli to signal to a client when a behavior is or is not appropriate, he or she is using ______.

satiation

One common motivating operation is ____ which involves a period of access to a reinforcer.

spontaneous recovery

One side effect of extinction is the _____ an initial increase in the frequency of the behavior when and extinction procedure is initially implemented.

DRI

Reinforcing a response that cannot be emitted simultaneously with the unwanted behavior while withholding reinforcement from the unwanted behavior is called ___.

DRI

The primary effect of ____ is a decrease in the frequency of the behavior until it reaches a pre-reinforced level or ultimately ceases to occur.

noncontingent reinforcement

Using _____ can help reduce the occurrence of problem behaviors by breaking the contingent relation between the behavior and consequences.

replacement

When targeting a behavior to be reduced or eliminated, it is important to identify appropriate ____ or alternative behaviors.

negative

When the teacher presents math problems, a student curses and is then sent to the principal's office. Cursing when presented with math problems increases. Now, when the student begins cursing, the teacher requires the student to complete the math problems instead of sending him to the principal. This is an example of extinction of behavior that is maintained by ____ reinforcement.

reinforcer

With FCT, the individual is taught an appropriate communication response to access the reinforcer previously produced by the undesired behavior.

whole-interval

With ____ DRO, a reinforcer is delivered at the end of an interval if the individual did not engage in the target behavior during the entire interval.

Extinction

_____ is the procedure in which reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.

Differential reinforcement

______ consist of reinforcing one response class and withholding reinforcement for another response class.