A Man Picks Up a Teddy Bear in a Toy

question 150

Multiple Choice

a man picks up a teddy bear in a toy store and tells the clerk,"This is for my son's first birthday," which situational influence is being demonstrated?

• A) purchase task
• B) social surroundings
• C) physical surroundings
• D) temporal effects
• E) antecedent states

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Definitions:

DRO

A behavior modification strategy that involves delivering reinforcement only when a specific undesired behavior has not occurred during a designated period.

DRA

Differential Reinforcement of Alternative behavior, a technique used to encourage positive behaviors while extinguishing undesired ones by reinforcing an alternative action.

DRO Reset Schedule

A DRO schedule that involves resetting the interval every time the inappropriate target behavior occurs.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a process by which a behavior is strengthened or increased through the addition of a stimulus following the behavior.