Alicia Is an Avid Online Poker Player

question 65

Multiple Choice

Alicia is an avid online poker player. She spends hours every day playing poker online. Initially, she played because she really enjoyed the game and it gave her an exciting feeling. However, over the past few months she has noticed that she experiences higher anxiety levels if she has not played in a while and she feels like she needs to play to reduce this anxiety.
-Alicia is actively trying to get her poker playing under control and decides to enrol in a behaviour modification program.The program facilitator asks Alicia to count how many times she visits the online poker site,how many games she plays,and the events that happen right before she goes online to play another game.Alicia was asked to gather her ______ and monitor her ______,respectively.

• A) baseline data; antecedents
• B) response rate; antecedents
• C) baseline date; positive reinforcers
• D) response rate; positive reinforcers

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Definitions:

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a set of data, indicating the spread or dispersion of the values.

Median

The middle value in a set of numbers, which separates the higher half from the lower half of the dataset.

Mean

The mean value, determined by dividing the total sum of numbers in a series by the quantity of numbers in that series.

Median

The middle value in a sorted list of numbers, or the average of the two middle numbers when the list has an even number of entries.