Escape function
When the source of reinforcement for a behavior is escaping a socially mediated stimulus that is aversive to the individual.
Establishing operation
A type of motivating operation that is the product of deprivation that, at that moment, increases the effectiveness of the deprived stimulus as a reinforcer and increases the frequency of
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Evidence-based supervision
A systematic protocol, consisting of a comprehensive set of evidence-based strategies, to help supervisors promote and maintain high-quality work among human service staff.
Evocative effect
A type of behavior-altering effect that causes an in-the-moment increase in the current frequency of behavior that’s been reinforced by a specific stimulus.
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Exclusionary time-out
A type of time-out procedure in which the client is removed from the reinforcing (time-in) setting.
Existing cache response cost
A type of response cost procedure in which challenging behavior results in the removal of previously earned reinforcers.
Expanded trial
A procedure in discrete-trial teaching during which mastered targets are presented as distractors alongside currently targeted SDs.
Experimental analysis of behavior (EAB)
A branch of behavior analysis that deals with research on basic processes and principles and is mainly conducted in laboratories.
Experimental control
When an experiment can reliably demonstrate a causal relationship between an independent variable and a dependent variable by controlling for extraneous variables and ensuring that the independent variable is responsible
Experimental design
The specific arrangement of conditions in a study that are created to compare the relevant relations of the effects of the independent variable’s presence, absence, or different values of the