Kierran Spends Approximately Three Hours Per Day Playing Video Games

question 144

Multiple Choice

Kierran spends approximately three hours per day playing video games and approximately 20 minutes per day doing chores. If Kierran's mother tells him to play video games when he completes his chores then she is employing the _____ whereas if she restricts video game play and only allows him to play video games if he does his chores then she is employing the _____.

• A) Premack principle; drive-reduction theory
• B) incentive motivation theory; Premack principle
• C) Premack principle; response deprivation hypothesis
• D) response deprivation hypothesis; Premack principle

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Definitions:

Dead Man's Test

A criterion suggesting that if a dead man can do it, it's not behavior; used to emphasize active, observable actions in behavioral analysis.

Operational Definitions

Clearly stipulated definitions of terms or concepts used in research, ensuring clarity and consistency in interpretation and measurement.

Target Behavior

A specific behavior selected for change or intervention, often identified during behavioral assessments.

Fair Pair

A way to avoid symptom substitution or behavior covariation. The term fair pair refers to a maladaptive behavior intended to decrease and an incompatible, or competing, target behavior intended to increase in its place.