In the Alone Condition, the learner is left alone without access to attention or reinforcing items, meaning there is no interaction or access to things that could provide reinforcement.
Example
During a functional behaviorBehavior refers to any activity or action that living organ... assessment, a therapist might place a child in a room by themselves without toys or attention to see if behaviors like hand-flapping occur when the child is alone. If the behavior happens, it could suggest that the behavior may be maintained by automatic reinforcementAutomatic Reinforcement occurs when a behavior is reinforced... (reinforced by the behavior itself rather than external factors like attention or items).