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responses undergoing extinction often what?
decrease because reinforcement is no longer provided.
extinction is what?
more rapid where constant reinforcement has been used to develop the behavior.
accidental reinforcement is what?
all of these.
the reinforcer that sustains the behavior can be what?
tested by withholding various “reinforcers”
extinction can what?
decrease and eliminate behaviors.
extinction burst involves what?
a temporary increase in the response at the beginning of extinction.
the temporary recurrence of a non reinforced response during extinction is what?
spontaneous recovery.
a situation where reinforcement is discontinued is what?
all of these.
why combine extinction with positive reinforcement?
a and b.
anxiety is difficult to extinguish because
people avoid the anxiety-producing situation.
one of the probe measures in the van houten bicycle helmet use study was what?
whether students removed their helmets after leaving the school.
prompts are most effective when what?
they specify the precise behaviors to be performed.
a contingency contract does what?
specifies the relationship between behaviors and their consequences.
where clients are encouraged to engage in the initial steps of a response, this is what?
response priming.
reinforcer sampling appear to what?
increase utilization of positive reinforcers.
when behavior of one person can be altered by providing reinforcing consequences to others, this is called what?
vicarious reinforcement.
what is/are the major methods of using the group in group-based programs?
all of these.
consequence sharing is particularly useful in situations where what?
there is a need to focus one the behavior of one or a few persons.
the good behavior game is a team-based program that what?
uses response cost if any team member engages in a disruptive behavior.
lottery-based program are often used to what?
maximize the amount of the behavior generated by a small number of rewards.