Mrs. French is implementing a system to encourage on-task behavior when her students are doing seat work. She has a timer that beeps every five minutes. If, each time the timer beeps, all the students are conscientiously working, the class is given free time to play games and work at the computer the last half hour of the day. Of the following, the best description of Mrs. French's technique would be called:
a. continuous reinforcement.
b. fixed-interval reinforcement.
c. variable-interval reinforcement.
d. variable-ratio reinforcement.
Ques. 2Which of the following characteristics is most likely to be found in students who are gifted and talented?
a. High personal standards for achievement
b. Low motivation for challenging tasks
c. Decreased social skills
d. Increased emotional disorders
Ques. 3General education classroom teachers have three important responsibilities in working with students who have exceptionalities. Which of the following is not one of those responsibilities?
a. Collaborating with special education professionals to best meet the needs of learners with exceptionalities
b. Specifying the number of learners with exceptionalities who will be in their classes
c. Modifying their instruction to best meet the needs of students with exceptionalities in their classes
d. Promoting social integration and development of learners with exceptionalities
Ques. 4Salvador is tenth-grade student who is gifted and talented in a small rural school. The school doesn't have a comprehensive gifted program, so his teacher, Ms. Dixon, provides Salvador some enrichment opportunities. Which of the following is an enrichment option she might provide to Salvador?
a. She works with Salvador on two independent study projects in science.
b. She allows Salvador to go to the local community college for math.
c. She sends Salvador to the eleventh grade for writing.
d. She helps Salvador enroll in an online course in calculus, since the course is usually reserved for twelfth graders.
Ques. 5The unconditioned response would be:
a. Natasha's security in the elementary school.
b. Natasha's uneasiness in anticipating the middle school.
c. Natasha's secure feeling with her mother.
d. Natasha's relaxing and feeling better.
Ques. 6Kathy Kelly, a seventh-grade teacher, notices that Joanne, a new student, appears quite ill at ease in her class. She decides to try to make her feel more comfortable, so each day when Joanne comes in, Kathy spends a few seconds with her, smiles and puts her arm around Joanne's shoulder. After a period of time she notices that Joanne appears to feel much better when entering the classroom. Kathy's efforts most closely relate to an application of which of the following?
a. Negative reinforcement
b. Classical conditioning
c. Positive reinforcement
d. Vicarious conditioning
Ques. 7If Greg's confidence and self-esteem are typical of patterns for students with exceptionalities as identified by research, which of the following is the most likely description?
a. Greg will be virtually unaware of his exceptionality and will behave as a typical fifth grader.
b. Greg will be aware of his exceptionality, but it won't significantly impact his confidence and self-esteem one way or the other.
c. Greg will be aware of his exceptionality, and his confidence and self-esteem are likely to be adversely affected by the negative attitudes of his peers.
d. In an effort to compensate for his exceptionality, Greg's confidence and self-esteem are likely to be slightly higher than that of average students in his class but lower than the brightest students in his class.
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