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| Every time Baxter raised his hand in class, Mrs. Tulley called on him. What schedule of reinforcement is Baxter's hand raising on? |
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| Timmy has just recently begun clearing his plate after he finishes his meal. Timmy's mother really likes this new behavior and would like to see more of it. Which schedule of reinforcement should Timmy's mother use to strengthen Timmy's new behavior of clearing his plate? |
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| Concurrent schedules of reinforcement |
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| Which schedule of reinforcement occurs when two or more contingencies of reinforcement operate independently and simultaneously for two or more behaviors? |
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| Mixed schedules of reinforcement |
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| Which schedule of reinforcement presents two or more basic schedules of reinforcement in an alternating (usually random) sequence usually occurring successively and independently with no correlated discriminative stimuli? |
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| Which schedule of reinforcement produces a post-reinforcement pause? |
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| Differential reinforcement of low rates of responding |
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| To gradually reduce a high-frequency behavior, which schedule of reinforcement is the most appropriate? |
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| Gradually increasing the response ratio or the duration of the time interval |
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| Schedule thinning refers to: |
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| Common behavioral characteristics associated with ________ include avoidance, aggression, and unpredictable pauses in responding. |
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| Tandem schedule of reinforcement |
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| Which schedule of reinforcement is identical to the chained schedule except it does not use discriminative stimuli with the elements in the chain? |
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| When the frequency of a time-filling behavior increases as a side effect of other behavior maintained by a schedule of reinforcement, this is referred to as: |
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