A teacher reinforces a student for answering a question each time he does so either completely or partially.
This is an example of:
a. Intermittent reinforcement
b. Continuous reinforcement
c. 2:1 reinforcement
d. Interval reinforcement
Ques. 2According to your text, what should be the first step in the process of shaping?
a. Provide reinforcement as steps are mastered
b. Identify the target behavior
c. Identify a starting point or initial approximation
d. Reinforce the learner for engaging in the approximation
Ques. 3When administering a test, an examiner generally obtains a basal level for the student. This is
A. the point below which the examiner can assume that the student could obtain all correct responses and where the examiner generally begins testing the student.
B. the point above which the examiner can assume that the student could obtain all incorrect responses and where the examiner generally stops testing the student.
C. the point where every student of a particular age must begin testing.
D. the first question in each individual subtest.
Ques. 4Which of the following is an example of positive reinforcement?
a. After Joe hits another student for taking his pencil, his teacher sends him to the Principal's office.
Joe is mindful not to hit another student from then on.
b. Ms. Dotson tells Edward she is very pleased with how he listened to instructions and did such
good work. Afterwards, Edward always carefully listens to Ms. Dotson's instructions while in
class.
c. The teacher verbally reprimands Steve in front of the entire class for coloring outside the lines of
his diagram at which point, Steve begins to cry.
d. The teacher laughs at Robert in front of the entire class for his incorrect attempt at responding to
her question after which he throws his book in disgust.
Ques. 5Which of the following is true of standard scores?
A. they can't be used in mathematical operations.
B. they are never reported as deviation 10 scores.
C. they permit us to compare a student's performance to the performance of other students.
D. all types of standard scores have the same mean and standard deviation.
Ques. 6Total task presentation is the
a. least widely used method for teaching new skills
b. most widely used method for teaching new skills
c. is second to backward chaining for teaching new skills
d. none of the above
Ques. 7Which of the following is true of a student's percentile rank of 78?
A. the student scored 78 correct on the test.
B. the student scored as well or better than 78 of the students who took the test.
C. the student scored as well or better than 22 of the students who took the test.
D. 78 of the students who took the test scored as well or better than the target student.
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