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Providing TSA baggage screeners with a monetary bonus for each contraband item that they find in the baggage they are screening would most likely cause problems by increasing the rate of:

A) Misses
B) False alarms
C) Hits
D) Correct rejections

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When stimuli vary physically but have a common effect on behavior they are part of the same _______.

A) Stimulus response
B) Reinforcement class
C) Stimulus class
D) Environment

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Which of the following would likely be the best research question to address using an A-B-A-B reversal design?

Baseline sensitivity means that:

In functional analysis, positive and negative reinforcers are examples of:

The variable manipulated by the experimenter is the ____ and the measured effect is the ______.

A behavior analytic explanation of improved performance on an eye test by someone who recently explained that vision is important to their work (compared to someone who did not make such a statement) might include all of the following except:

In terms of the reversal design and behavioral experiments:

Demonstrating a cause-and-effect relationship between two variables requires that:

A researcher examined the possibility that additional recess time would increase the number of math facts learned over a one-month period. The procedure tested this hypothesis using a first-grade classroom with extended recess time and a second-grade classroom with regular recess time. In this study, the number of math facts learned over one month would be considered the:

Max heard about a study in class where researchers reduced the number of pieces of candy taken by trick-or-treaters by placing a mirror behind the bowl of candy. In order to demonstrate the generality of this finding, Max is now running a study where he is testing the effect of a mirror placed behind a trash can on the number of recyclable items placed in the trash receptacle. Max's study is an example of:

Negative reinforcers:

Which of the following research questions would be the most difficult to address using a reversal design?

Any stimulus (or event) that follows a response and increases its frequency is said to have:

Frank tested the effect of posted signs on recycling behavior by: (1) observing how much waste was recycled in a normal week, (2) posting signs that encouraged recycling for a week, and (3) removing the signs and observing for a final week. What type of research design would this be?

Leslie (2011) conducted work on the effects of drugs on extinction and learning. Leslie believes that this work may provide an animal model for better understanding and treating:

In terms of finding an object that is missing or hidden:

The presence of trend in baseline measures:

A(n) _________ refers to all of the forms of a behavior that have a similar function.

The way an individual chooses to turn on a light switch is an example of _______ of response. This is determined by the function and consequences.