Anything That Increases the Likelihood That a Behaviour Will Occur

question 16

Multiple Choice

Anything that increases the likelihood that a behaviour will occur more frequently is called a(n) __________ .

• A)aversive control
• B)punishment
• C)antecedent
• D)reinforcer

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Definitions:

Neurocognitive Disorders

A category of mental health disorders that primarily affect cognitive abilities, including learning, memory, perception, and problem solving.

Learning Disabilities

Neurologically-based processing problems that can interfere with learning basic skills such as reading, writing, or math, and can also affect higher-level skills including organization, time planning, and abstract reasoning.

Autism Spectrum Disorders

A range of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by deficits in social interaction and communication, and by restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities.

Overregularization

Overregularization is a phenomenon in language development where children apply basic grammatical rules too widely, leading to errors such as "goed" for "went" or "foots" for "feet".