Posted: April 24th, 2025

Stable Data Responding in ABA

Explain what stable data responding say about the environmental conditions under which it occurred. Identify (2) reasons why an investigator should be concerned about trends in the data that have no obvious explanation and what a practitioner can do about it. 

Your post must include the following:

1. Paraphrased (in your own words) and cited in APA style, an explanation of the environmental conditions in which steady responding occurs (5 points).
2. Identify (2) concerns with trends that have no explanation (5 points each).
3. Provide a solution for one of your hypothetical  concerns.

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spelling
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errors.
 

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contained
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grammar,
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spelling
 errors
 and
 
proofreading
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 not
 
apparent.
 

Referencing
 and
 
Utilizing
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Sources
 

The
 author
 posted
 
references
 from
 peer-­‐
reviewed
 behavioral
 
sources
 in
 APA
 format
 
and
 cited
 one
 or
 more
 
original
 behavioral
 
references,
 outside
 of
 
the
 assigned
 readings.
 

The
 author
 posted
 
references
 in
 APA
 
format
 of
 assigned
 
readings
 but
 did
 not
 
include
 an
 additional
 
peer-­‐reviewed
 
behavioral
 reference.
 

The
 author
 neither
 
utilized
 APA
 format
 for
 
referenced
 material
 
used
 nor
 cited
 an
 
outside
 peer-­‐reviewed
 
behavioral
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clearly
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assignment
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develops
 ideas
 cogently,
 
organizes
 them
 
logically,
 and
 supports
 
them
 through
 empirical
 
writing.
 The
 author’s
 
post
 also
 raises
 
questions
 or
 stimulates
 
discussion.
 

The
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responds
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assignment
 prompt
 but
 
relies
 heavily
 on
 
definitional
 
explanations
 and
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not
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 and
 develop
 
original
 ideas
 and
 
support
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 logically.
 
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stimulate
 some
 
discussion.
 

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not
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 with
 the
 
assignment
 prompt,
 
mainly
 discusses
 
personal
 opinions,
 
irrelevant
 information,
 
or
 information
 is
 
presented
 with
 limited
 
logic
 and
 lack
 of
 
development
 and
 
organization
 of
 ideas
 
Does
 not
 support
 any
 
claims
 made.
 

Demonstrates
 
Application
 of
 the
 
Assigned
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 and
 
Behavioral
 Concepts
 

The
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clearly
 demonstrates
 
application
 and
 
relationship
 to
 the
 
week’s
 assigned
 
reading/topic.
 

The
 author’s
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to
 the
 assigned
 
topic/reading
 
tangentially
 but
 does
 
not
 demonstrate
 
application.
 

The
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not
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application
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 the
 
week’s
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