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Antecedent control procedures involve a change in the ___________ that evoke the occurrence of a problem behavior or the occurrence of competing behaviors to replace the problem behavior.

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TFPresenting an Sᴰ for a behavior makes a behavior more likely to occur.

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TFIf the establishing operation increases the value of the reinforcer for a desirable alternative behavior, the problem behavior is more likely to occur.

TFIt is not necessary to conduct a functional assessment when considering antecedent strategies.

When Eric is at home, he spends most of his time on the Internet instead of studying.Eric disconnects his Internet access at home, so that he has to go to the campus computer cluster in order to get on the Internet.Which antecedent control strategy involves making it more difficult to engage in the problem behavior?

Decreasing response effort for a behavior will make the behavior _______________ likely to occur.

Paul's parents frequently give him money whenever he asks.When his parents offer to pay him to help out in the family business Paul is not interested, stating that he does not need the money.In order to make it more reinforcing to receive money for working, Paul's parents stop giving him money whenever he asks.Which antecedent control strategy are Paul's parents using?

When would you consider the use of antecedent control strategies?

Antecedent control procedures are used along with ___________ so that desired behaviors are more likely to occur and competing behaviors are less likely to occur.

Analyzing antecedent situations related to the desired and competing behaviors involves identifying:

Bill wants to increase the amount of water that he drinks each day, so he keeps a filled water bottle on his desk at work.Bill also sets his watch to beep every hour to remind him to take a drink of water.Which antecedent control strategy is Bill using to increase his desired behavior of drinking water?

Bill wants to increase the amount of water that he drinks each day, but is having difficulty because he drinks too much pop instead.Bill gets rid of all the pop in his apartment and no longer goes down the pop aisle in the supermarket.Removing the pop and avoiding the pop aisle in the supermarket is an example of ____________ for his competing behavior.

Antecedent control procedures are said to be ____________ because they are based on information gathered through functional assessment, and involve altering the environmental variables that control a behavior.

In behavior modification, an event that alters the value of a stimulus as a reinforcer is referred to as a(an) :

TFAntecedent control procedures are rarely used in combination with other procedures.

Antecedent control procedures are often used in conjunction with ___________.

A desirable behavior can be increased through the use of antecedent control procedures by ____________ for the desirable behavior.

A student engages in disruptive behavior in the classroom in order to get attention from the teacher.In order to decrease the disruptive behavior, the teacher gives the student frequent attention so that receiving attention by engaging in disruptive behavior is less reinforcing.Which antecedent control strategy is the teacher using to decrease the student's disruptive behavior?

A behavior that requires ____________ response effort is more likely to occur than a behavior that requires ____________ response effort.

TFAntecedent manipulations involve the use of aversive procedures.