Identify the specific guidelines for correctly implementing response cost.

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: Student response should include:
• Define the problem behavior(s).
• Record baseline data and continue to collect data while implementing the program.
• Identify reinforcers the student can earn.
• Specify the amount or level of reinforcement that will be removed.
• Implement the response cost procedures.
• Using the data collected, evaluate the effectiveness of the procedure. Make changes if needed.
• Maintain the change making certain intermittent positive reinforcement for appropriate alternative behavior is being implemented.
Learning Objective: Define and provide examples of the following terms: Premack principle, reinforcement (positive and negative), aversive stimulus, schedules of reinforcement (continuous, intermittent, ratio, fixed, variable) punishment, extinction, time-out, response cost, overcorrection, token economy, contingency contracts, and differential reinforcement of incompatible behaviors.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Response Cost

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