Tommy pets a strange dog and is immediately bitten. In behavior modification, getting bitten is referred to as the ______________ for the behavior of petting the dog.
a. punishment
b. reinforcement
c. consequence
d. antecedent
Question 2
Tony wants to decrease his behavior of smoking, so he gets rid of all the cigarettes in his home. Tony also gets rid of his ashtrays and cigarette lighter, and stops going to outdoor bars that are full of people who smoke. Which antecedent control strategy for decreasing a problem behavior is Tony using?
a. arranging establishing operations
b. removing establishing operations
c. presenting the discriminative stimulus and cues
d. removing the discriminative stimulus and cues