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  1. Differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior (DRI) involves reinforcing a behavior that:

    Answer: Cannot occur simultaneously with the target problem behavior

    In DRI, the replacement behavior is physically incompatible with the problem behavior — both cannot occur at the same time.

  2. An extinction burst occurs when:

    Answer: A behavior increases temporarily after reinforcement is withheld

    When reinforcement is first withdrawn (extinction), the behavior often increases in frequency, intensity, or duration before declining — this is the extinction burst.

  3. Response cost is a form of punishment that involves:

    Answer: Removing a specified amount of a previously earned reinforcer contingent on the behavior

    Response cost removes a predetermined quantity of a reinforcer (e.g., tokens) contingent on the problem behavior, decreasing that behavior's future frequency.

  4. Time-out from positive reinforcement differs from exclusionary time-out and non-exclusionary time-out in that:

    Answer: Exclusionary time-out removes the learner from the reinforcing environment, while non-exclusionary time-out keeps them in the setting but removes access to reinforcers

    Exclusionary time-out removes the learner from the reinforcing environment; non-exclusionary time-out removes reinforcement while the learner remains in the setting.

  5. For extinction to be effective in reducing problem behavior, what condition is essential?

    Answer: The reinforcer maintaining the behavior must be withheld consistently every time the behavior occurs

    Consistent withholding of the maintaining reinforcer on every occurrence of the behavior is critical; intermittent extinction makes the behavior more resistant to reduction.

  6. Which behavior reduction strategy involves systematically teaching acceptable ways to obtain the same function as the problem behavior?

    Answer: Functional Communication Training (FCT)

    FCT teaches a communicative alternative that produces the same reinforcer as the problem behavior, making the problem behavior less necessary.