Negative reinforcement involves:
a. Presenting an aversive stimulus contingent upon a behavior
b. Removing an aversive stimulus contingent upon a behavior
c. Removing a desirable stimulus contingent upon a behavior
d. Punishing a behavior
Ques. 2In a changing criterion design, when the participant's behavior closely conforms to the gradually changing performance criteria, then ___________ has been established.
a. Magnitude of behavior change
b. Experimental control
c. Effective intervention
d. Reliability
Ques. 3Positive and negative reinforcement are similar in that:
a. They both produce an increase in responding.
b. They both involve a stimulus change following a target behavior.
c. They can either be conditioned or unconditioned.
d. All of the above
Ques. 4The independent variable should be applied to the behavior that
a. Shows the most stable level during baseline
b. Was identified first
c. Is measured earlier in the day
d. Has the greatest likelihood of responding to the intervention
Ques. 5The multiple probe design is effective for situations in which
a. An intervention can be easily withdrawn from an environment
b. The participant's skills are expected to increase incrementally over time
c. Prolonged baselines are not appropriate
d. The participant is expected to acquire discrete behaviors
Ques. 6A properly conducted alternating treatments design minimizes the extent to which an experimenter's results are confounded by sequence effects.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 7An alternating treatments design should not be used with unstable data.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 8Extended designs, such as an A-B-C-B-C-A-C-A-C-A-C multiple treatment reversal designs are most often preplanned by the experimenter.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 9Which of the following experimental questions is/are most appropriate for a reversal design?
a. The effect of choice versus no choice on the disruptive behavior displayed by students with developmental disabilities
b. The effect of response cost on talk outs in an elementary classroom
c. The effect of math instruction on student engagement
d. A & B
e. None of the above
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