Which one of the following alternatives best describes schoolwide positive behavior support?
a. Using only reinforcementnever punishmentto improve students' classroom behavior
b. Creating conditions that enable students to meet their needs through appropriate rather than inappropriate behaviors
c. Teaching all students to monitor their own classroom behavior using a checklist taped to the tops of their desks
d. Meeting regularly with students in one-on-one discussions of chronic behavior problems, with the goal of bringing about more productive behavior
Ques. 2In Mr. Medeiros's classroom, students are given play money each time they turn in an assignment; they receive additional amounts of money if the assignment is turned in on time and if it is done correctly. At the end of each week, students can use their money to purchase special privileges (free time, field trips, etc.). Mr. Medeiros' approach to teaching can best be characterized as:
a. programmed instruction
b. a group contingency
c. a token economy
d. a contingency contract
Ques. 3In applied behavior analysis, it is often important to promote, quite explicitly, the generalization of newly acquired behavior to a variety of contexts. Three of the following are recommended strategies for promoting such generalization. Which one of the following, although possibly beneficial for other reasons, will not necessarily promote generalization?
a. Teach the desired behavior in a variety of contexts to begin with.
b. Reinforce desired responses on a variable interval schedule.
c. Reinforce generalization when it occurs spontaneously.
d. Teach various forms of the desired behavior.
Ques. 4Three of the following are typical components of positive behavior support in classroom settings. Which one is not typical?
a. Providing opportunities for a student to make choices
b. Using in-school suspension to punish dangerous behaviors
c. Teaching appropriate behaviors that can substitute for inappropriate ones
d. Changing the classroom environment to make inappropriate behaviors less likely
Ques. 5One of the following strategies, in addition to suppressing the punished behavior, is likely to suppress similar misbehaviors as well. Furthermore, it is likely to be effective even when punishment does not occur immediately. Which strategy best fits this description?
a. Annette is told that she is a bad girl because she accidentally broke a window.
b. Beryl is placed in in-school suspension when she is verbally abusive towards her classmates.
c. Carmella is sent to her room whenever she talks back to her mother.
d. Danielle's mother scolds her for hitting others and explains that hitting can cause pain and injury.
Ques. 6Research indicates that when appropriate precautions are taken, the most effective method of reducing inappropriate behavior typically is:
a. extinction
b. punishment
c. reinforcement of incompatible behaviors
d. an intermittent schedule of reinforcement
Ques. 7Loretta has been painting graffiti on the school walls after school hours. The school principal and the school counselor discuss the problem. The counselor thinks they should try to eliminate the graffiti-painting by asking her to chair a clean-up-the-school committee, then giving her school-wide recognition for her efforts. The counselor is suggesting:
a. extinction
b. noncontingent reinforcement
c. the reinforcement of an incompatible behavior
d. punishment II
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