In a Home for Troubled Youth,adolescents Receive Large Colored Buttons

question 364

Multiple Choice

In a home for troubled youth,adolescents receive large colored buttons when they hang up their clothes,make their beds,and come to meals on time.The adolescents return the buttons to staff members to receive bedtime snacks or watch TV.This best illustrates

• A) light exposure therapy.
• B) systematic desensitization.
• C) a token economy.
• D) virtual reality exposure therapy.

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Definitions:

Response Rate

The frequency or speed of responses to a stimulus or query, often used in surveys, research, and experiments.

Extinction

The process of eliminating a behavior by withholding reinforcement.

Successive Approximation

An explanation for the acquisition of complex behavior. Behavior such as learning to speak will be reinforced only as it comes to approximate or approach the final desired behavior.

Variable-Ratio Reinforcement

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded after an unpredictable number of responses, leading to high and steady response rates.