When trying to change a bad habit,
if a person were to finally discover what is reinforcing an unwanted response and then remove, avoid, or delay the reinforcement, we would say this person has utilized the technique known as
a. extinction.
b. modeling.
c. breaking response chains.
d. cues and antecedents.
ANSWER: a
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Matthew gets upset and throws one of his toys against the wall. His Dad then removes him from the toy room and puts him in the hallway for a brief period of time. As a result, the probability of Matthew throwing his toys against the wall decreases. Which negative punishment procedure is Matthew's Dad using with him?
a. response cost b. restitution c. nonexclusionary time-out d. exclusionary time-out
In the context of language development, an early form of sentence use consisting of only a few essential words is called
A. a holophrase. B. telegraphic speech. C. transformational grammar. D. motherese.