Behavior Scales Can Be Useful to

question 10

Multiple Choice

Behavior scales can be useful to

• A) Identify students who need more frequent punishment
• B) Help students understand which behaviors carry more "weight" in school
• C) Can be shared among students to find out who likes who
• D) Identify students who may be engaging in some behaviors more frequently than other students

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Definitions:

Latent Learning

Learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement of the behavior or associations that are learned, becoming apparent only when there is an incentive to demonstrate it.

Variable-Ratio

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded after an unpredictable number of responses, often used in gambling and behavior training.

Shaping

A method used in behavior therapy and training that involves reinforcing successive approximations of a target behavior until the desired behavior is achieved.

Spontaneous Recovery

A phenomenon in psychology where a previously extinguished response re-emerges after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus.