If an Individual Is Restricted from Performing a Specific Behavior

question 26

Multiple Choice

If an individual is restricted from performing a specific behavior, in an attempt to make an opportunity to perform this behavior more enticing, the use of the restricted behavior as a reinforcer is known as:

• A) free-operant paradigm.
• B) response deprivation.
• C) operant conditioning.
• D) classical conditioning.

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