Decreasing Behavior

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

Reduce the behavior

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

Collecting and reviewing intervention data

Extinction of behavior maintained by positive reinforcement works by:

Taking away the reinforcer for problem behavior

example of positive punishment?

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

example of negative punishment?

Paying a speeding ticket

Differential reinforcement works by:

Reinforcing only the behaviors that should be increased while removing reinforcement from behaviors that should be decreased.

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

Spontaneous recovery refers to:

Sudden reoccurrence of behavior that was extinguished

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

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

Type 1 punishment involves

Adding a condition to reduce a behavior

What is the best course of action to take in the event of an extinction burst?

Continue the intervention

In which situations are differential reinforcement of low rates of behavior (DRL) used?

Behaviors that are acceptable at low rates