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#1. During a supervision session, an RBT tells a peer, ‘The best way to identify if something is a reinforcer is by observing its effect on current behavior.’ As a BCBA supervisor, you overhear this statement. What is the most accurate and conceptually sound correction you would provide to the RBT regarding the identification of reinforcers?

There is nothing fundamentally incorrect with this statement, as reinforcers are defined by their effect on behavior.

Reinforcers are primarily identified through the use of preference assessments, not by observing behavior directly.

Reinforcers are identified by their impact on the future probability or frequency of the behavior, not the current behavior.

A reinforcer is only identified if it immediately increases the rate of the behavior during the same observation period.

The fundamental definition of a reinforcer in Applied Behavior Analysis is a consequence that when delivered contingent upon a behavior increases the future probability or future frequency of that behavior occurring under similar circumstances The RBTs statement incorrectly refers to current behavior While a reinforcers effect might be observed in the immediate context its defining characteristic is its ability to strengthen the behavior over time ie in the future Preference assessments are valuable tools for identifying potential reinforcers but they do not confirm a stimuluss reinforcing properties only observing the increase in future behavior does Therefore the most accurate correction is to emphasize that reinforcers are identified by their impact on future behavior

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