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John is a 19-year-old with an intellectual disability. He works at his local Starbucks as a cashier. John is a hard worker but is sometimes slow to respond to the orders of customers. The longest it ever took for John to respond to a customer was 12 seconds. If you were going to target this behavior as a behavior analyst what dimension of responding would be best to target?

  • A. Latency
  • B. Duration
  • C. Frequency
  • D. IRT

John’s favorite holiday is Thanksgiving because of the food. His favorite main course is turkey, and his favorite dessert is pumpkin pie. However, John hates eating vegetables. This year, John’s mom told him that if he did not eat his green beans, he could not have any pumpkin pie. What is John’s mom establishing?

  • A. A contingency
  • B. A punisher
  • C. An antecedent
  • D. A behavior plan

A major component of applied behavior analysis is reduction of problem behaviors that serve some sort of function for the individual. Whenever you remove a behavior, it is essential that you replace it with another behavior that serves the same function. This is considered a/the _______?

  • A. fair pair rule
  • B. law of behavior reduction
  • C. natural consequence
  • D. A dimension of behavior analysis

Whenever Sally conducts parent training she makes certain that she is explaining things in non-technical language. However, she still sticks to the principles and concepts of behavior analysis. Sally is following what dimension of behavior analysis?

  • A. Conceptually systematic
  • B. Technological
  • C. Generality
  • D. Analytic

Which of the following is an advantage of using a multiple baseline design?

  • A. You can establish experimental control without reversing the intervention
  • B. You are able to test multiple interventions rapidly
  • C. It is the strongest experimental design in terms of establishing experimental control
  • D. Decreases in behavior happen gradually based on pre-determined levels