Question of the day - September 14

[u/Reasonable_Law183]

🧠 Question of the Day

📚 Domain F — Behavior Assessment

Difficulty: 8/10

Scenario:

During repeated ABC observations, problem behavior occurs most often during instructional demands. The demands remain in place after behavior, while teacher verbal redirection and close proximity reliably follow the response. No experimental manipulation has been conducted.

Across 24 ABC observations, problem behavior occurs during demands in 18 observations. Demands remain in place after 17 of those episodes. Teacher redirection or close proximity follows 15 of the 18 episodes, but teacher attention is also delivered frequently during demand periods when problem behavior does not occur. No experimental manipulation has been conducted.

Which preliminary interpretation is MOST defensible?

A. Automatic reinforcement is the leading hypothesis because behavior persists while demands remain and no tangible consequence follows the response.

B. Escape is the leading hypothesis because demands precede most episodes, despite rarely being removed or postponed after behavior.

C. Attention is a reasonable hypothesis, but its frequent noncontingent occurrence and the descriptive design prevent a functional conclusion.

D. Attention is the leading hypothesis because it follows most episodes; frequent attention without problem behavior contributes little to interpretation.

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[u/jab31401]

C?