Counting behavior is important because it ________.
a. helps you determine whether the behavior pinpointed is the one causing the
problem
b. gives you something to occupy your free time
c. allows you to evaluate the effectiveness of intervention
d. both helps you determine whether the behavior pinpointed is the one causing
the problem and allows you to evaluate the effectiveness of intervention
e.
all of these choices
[Ques. 2] Response differentiation refers to:
a. a positive reinforcer for one response, if programmed to follow another
response will condition the new response.
b. recognition that one member of a response class will be reinforced to the
while other members will not be reinforced. c. changes in behavior as a function of the passage of time.
d. the process of using a behavior that occurs often to reinforce a behavior
that seldom occurs.
[Ques. 3] Seeing a red light and then stopping at the traffic signal is an example of ________.
a. stimulus control
b. extinction
c. deprivation
d. negative reinforcement
[Ques. 4] Jeffery is having fun at a party. He is supposed to be home at midnight. Although he'd like to stay longer, he can't stand the thought of being yelled at by his father, so he comes home on time. What principle is in effect?
a. escape conditioning
b. shaping
c. negative reinforcement
d. avoidance conditioning
e.
stimulus-discrimination conditioning
[Ques. 5] Hal slapped Sally in class. The teacher takes Hal's recess away for that day, as a result. What type of punishment is the teacher employing?
a. contingent application of an aversive stimulus
b. response-maintenance punishment
c. contingent withdrawal of a positive reinforcer
d. tertiary punishment
[Ques. 6] In backward chaining:
a. some property of a stimuli becomes different from the original discriminative
stimuli while the individual continues to emit the same response
b. the initial response in the chain is reinforced first
c. the terminal response in the chain is conditioned first
d. the individual is taught to perform the behavior backwards
[Ques. 7] sponse whose frequency has been increased through positive reinforcement is said to have been:
a. conditioned
b. deprived
c. controlled
d. punished
e.
both conditioned and punished
[Ques. 8] Forgetting refers to:
a. the average frequency of behavior
b. allowing a response to occur but withholding reinforcement
c. the passage of time preventing the response from occurring
d. punishing a behavior until it no longer occurs
[Ques. 9] Extinction refers to the degree to which an individual agrees with a behavioral goal or program.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
[Ques. 10] Ration strain occurs when ________.
a. too much responding is required or if the amount of responding to receive
reinforcement increases too rapidly
b. too much reinforcement is delivered too quickly
c. the individual is severely handicapped and does not see the connection
between behavior and reward
d. the reinforcer is too heavy to lift or the person receiving the reinforcement is
too light
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