Little Scotty bits his nails. He is taught to grasp a pencil every time he tries to bit his nails. What type of intervention is being employed?
a. habit reversal
b. forced movement exercise
c. time out from misbehavior
d. response covariation suppression
[Ques. 2] Little Pebbles threw her sandwich across the cafeteria and hit Mr. Rubble in the arm. As a result of this behavior, Pebbles was required to clean up the whole cafeteria. This consequence is an example of:
a. positive practice overcorrection
b. response cost overcorrection
c. restitution overcorrection
d. application overcorrection
[Ques. 3] How is overcorrection different from other punishment procedures?
a. it can be used for any type of students in a variety of settings
b. it does not result in the suppression of inappropriate behavior
c. it focuses on the training of appropriate behaviors
d. it is far removed from the misbehavior
[Ques. 4] Mr. Bond wants to use contingent observation time out with his students. Before implementing this procedure, however, what steps should he take to increase the likelihood of it being effective?
a. he must teach his students how to take a time out in the instructional setting
b. he should have a back-up intervention ready for students who fail to take the time out properly
c. he should also use a response cost
d. both a and b
e. all of the above
[Ques. 5] Under which of the following situations would planned ignoring be most effective?
a. during one-to-one instruction
b. with older or high functioning students
c. when the student is not interested in receiving attention from the teacher
d. after other punishment procedures have been tried such as overcorrection
[Ques. 6] Little Martha refuses to take a time out when requested by her teacher. How could her teacher deal with this situation?
a. decrease noncompliance through punishment
b. establish verbal stimulus control
c. implement a response cost for noncompliance
d. both b and c
e. all of the above
[Ques. 7] The application of time out often fails because:
a. the time out room is too large
b. time out usually is applied only with severe populations
c. the time in environment is insufficiently reinforcing
d. both b and c
e. all of the above
[Ques. 8] Which form of time-out is the most restrictive?
a. planned ignoring plus restraint
b. exclusion
c. seclusion
d. prohibition
[Ques. 9] Little Matilda is disrupting class during Ms. Shortoe's art activity. As a consequence, Matilda is not allowed to participate in the activity, receives no reinforcement, but remains in the room in where she can see the group. Which form of time out does this procedure illustrate?
a. contingent observation
b. exclusion
c. planned ignoring
d. reduction of response maintenance stimuli
[Ques. 10] Mr. Bodybreaker has Little Harold wear a ribbon when he is exhibiting appropriate behavior. While Harold is wearing the ribbon he receives high densities of positive reinforcement from his teachers. However, when Harold is misbehaving, the ribbon is removed which signifies that reinforcement will be withheld for three minutes. Which form of time out does this procedure illustrate?
a. planned ignoring plus restraint
b. reduction of response maintenance stimuli
c. contingent observation
d. planned ignoring
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