Problem
A. In the video by Aubrey Daniels, he states that he does not like the "Employee of the Month" program. What are two reasons he gives for stating that this may not be an effective reinforcement program?
B. Baer, Wolf, and Risley (1968) state that applied behavior analysis should be technological and conceptually systematic. Describe what is meant by those two terms.
C. You are a behavior analyst running a functional analysis on a child who engages in self-scratching behavior (a form of self-injury). You decide to run two test conditions, an attention condition and an escape condition. You will compare rates of behavior in those two test conditions to a control/toy play condition.
a. In the attention condition, what is the motivating operation? What will the therapist do when the child scratches? What type of reinforcer is this testing (positive or negative)?
b. In the escape condition, what is the motivating operation? What will the therapist do when the child scratches? What type of reinforcer is this testing (positive or negative)?