How are punishment and extinction alike?
a. when effective, they both result in the reduction of a target behavior
b. when effective, they both result in an increase in the target behavior
c. they both are preferred procedures
d. they should never be used
e. they are always used together
Ques. 2Teaching skills through a succession of progressively closer approximations to the desired level of performance is known as
a. direct Instruction
b. precorrection
c. shaping
d. prompting
e. evidence-based practice
Ques. 3Self- regulation, social reinforcement, modeling, and behavioral contracting are a few examples of
a. behavioral reductive procedures
b. reinforcer sampling
c. behavioral enhancement procedures
d. punishments
e. all of the above
Ques. 4Which of the following is the most intrusive intervention?
a. self-regulation
b. exclusionary timeout
c. edible reinforcement
d. social reinforcement
e. precorrection
Ques. 5Behavior may be strengthened or maintained if it functions to avoid or escape an aversive stimulus. This is called
a. positive reinforcement
b. differential reinforcement
c. applied behavior analysis
d. negative reinforcement
e. all of the above
Ques. 6The presentation of a reinforcer contingent upon the non-occurrence of a behavior is best represented as
a. DRO
b. DRI
c. DRH
d. VI
e. DRL - 5
Ques. 7Escape and avoidance behaviors are possible outcomes of using
a. contingency contracting
b. aversive stimuli
c. group-oriented contingencies
d. differential reinforcement of other behavior
e. rules
Ques. 8Sybil does very little of her seatwork. Teacher makes her stay after school to complete assignments. Seatwork rates increase. The procedure in effect here is
a. positive reinforcement
b. punishment
c. extinction
d. negative reinforcement
e. information insufficient to determine procedure
Ques. 9Knowledge of applied behavior analysis will help you understand
a. the way behavior functions
b. the environmental factors that influence it
c. how knowledge of behavior-environment interactions can be used to design intervention
d. the difference between punishment and negative reinforcement
e. all of the above
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