The Desirable and Undesirable Behaviors Involved in Differential Reinforcement Have

question 28

Multiple Choice

The desirable and undesirable behaviors involved in differential reinforcement have schedules of reinforcement that exist at the same time.Behaviors that have reinforcement schedules existing at the same time are referred to as:​

• A) ​concurrent operants
• B) ​overlapping behaviors
• C) ​simultaneous operants
• D) ​interfering behaviors

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