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A teacher uses a group contingency with her students. She states the following rule: "If everyone gets 100% on their spelling test the week, I will turn cartwheels down the hall for you." What type of group contingency is this?

• A.Interdependent group contingency
• B.Dependent group contingency
• C.Independent group contingency
• D.This is not a group contingency

You are working with a client who finds physical touch to be aversive. When the person is off task, the program calls for you to give a warning by counting to 10; at that point, you gently touch him if he is not back on task. The touch remains until he returns to task. Please note that being touched is aversive for this particular individual. If the person gets back on task during counting, this is an example of:

• A.Avoidance
• B.Stimulus fading
• C.Positive reinforcement
• D.Escape

All of the following are appropriate methods for promoting maintenance and generalization of newly trained behaviors EXCEPT:

• A.gradually adding stimuli from the natural environment into the training setting.
• B.gradually altering the training antecedents to match naturally occurring ones.
• C.training others to reinforce the behavior in the natural setting.
• D.varying cues in the natural environment to match those in the training setting.

When asked why a certain behavior happened, the behavior analyst states that the behavior "came out of nowhere." If the behavior analyst meant what he said, he is violating the assumption of __________________.

• A.Being conceptually systematic
• B.Philosophical doubt
• C.Determinism
• D.Technological

Keller's Personalized System of Instruction features which of the following characteristics?

• A.responses per minute per individual and repeated measures
• B.mastery, self-paced progress, reading materials, proctors, and optional lectures
• C.individual performance goals, assisted prompting, and repeated measures
• D.required study guides, lecture and discussion notes, and individual goals