Jimmy's teacher decides to begin reinforcing Jimmy's on-task behavior and ignoring him when he bites himself. She is monitoring his reactions to these interventions. This is called functional analysis.

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Functional analysis is a method of identifying the environmental factors that maintain a behavior. In this case, the teacher is monitoring Jimmy's reactions to reinforcement of on-task behavior and ignoring of self-biting behavior in order to determine the function of the self-biting behavior.

Jimmy's Teacher Decides to Begin Reinforcing Jimmy's On-Task Behavior and Ignoring