Antonio is a gifted athlete who loves to play football. In his enthusiasm for sports, however, he has let his schoolwork slip, has found himself ineligible, and has been dropped from the football team. Being dropped from the team best illustrates:
a. satiation of a behavior.
b. presentation punishment of an undesired behavior.
c. negative reinforcement of an undesirable behavior.
d. removal punishment of an undesired behavior.
Ques. 2When Mrs. Delgado's adaptations weren't successful, she concluded that he might have a learning problem and referred him for possible special services. They saw that his intelligence test scores and classroom achievement were inconsistent, as were his intelligence test scores and achievement test scores. Which of the following was the team using in attempting to determine if Adam had a learning problem?
a. A discrepancy model
b. A response-to-intervention model
c. A diagnostic model
d. A disability model
Ques. 3Three of the following choices are considered to be ineffective forms of punishment. Which one is viewed as an acceptable form of punishment?
a. Physical punishment
b. Embarrassment
c. Class work
d. Timeout
Ques. 4When used correctly, timeout is an example of which type of operant conditioning?
a. Positive reinforcement
b. Negative reinforcement
c. Presentation punishment
d. Removal punishment
Ques. 5When Mrs. Delgado, Adam's teacher, saw that Adam was struggling, she attempted to adapt her instruction to better meet his needs. She helped him develop learning strategies, such as highlighting important vocabulary, using a dictionary, and reading his assignments aloud. She also talked to his parents about providing him with a place to study that was free of distractions. None of these adaptations was successful. Which of the following was his teacher using in an attempt to determine if Adam had a learning problem?
a. A discrepancy model
b. A response-to-intervention model
c. A learning-strategies model
d. A disability model
Ques. 6Sara, a seventh grader, is eager to respond to questions in class, and regularly raises her hand to respond. However, in spite of her efforts, Mr. Edwards calls on one of her classmates each time. This process continues for the next two days with the same results. The third day Sara sits quietly, not raising her hand. Focusing on Sara's behavior, the case study best illustrates:
a. the negative reinforcement of a behavior.
b. non-reinforcement resulting in extinction of a behavior.
c. the elimination of a behavior through classical conditioning.
d. the elimination of a behavior through removal punishment.
Ques. 7Kevin is a full of life seventh grader who seems to rejoice in bugging Mrs. Wilson. One of his habits is to basketball a crumpled piece of notebook paper into the wastebasket. When he misses, he then gets up regardless of the learning activity, retrieves his paper and puts it in the basket. Exasperated, Mrs. Wilson keeps him for a half hour after school during which they play basketball.
Let's see how long it takes you to get 30 into the basket, she announces evenly when they are alone together. Go ahead and start.
Kevin then throws crumpled paper from his desk until he had gotten 30 into the basket. Each time he missed one, Mrs. Wilson has him get up from his desk, retrieve the paper, deposit it, and then go back to his desk to try it again. Of the following, the concept that best illustrates the technique Mrs. Wilson was attempting to implement is:
a. discrimination.
b. classical conditioning.
c. extinction.
d. satiation.
Ques. 8Suzy, a fifth-grader, loves to chew gum in class, which is against the rules. Now each morning when Suzy comes in, Mr. Myers offers her some gum and says pleasantly, I want you to chew this the whole period. Mr. Myers's strategy would be best described as an attempt to apply which of the following?
a. Shaping
b. Generalization
c. Satiation
d. Discrimination
Ques. 9A reinforcer occurring so often that it loses its ability to strengthen behaviors results in:
a. extinction.
b. discrimination.
c. conditioning.
d. satiation.
Ques. 10If your class is consistent with the typical patterns in the school population, as a regular classroom teacher, you can expect about what percentage of your students to receive special education services?
a. 10
b. 25
c. 33
d. 50
Ques. 11The first week of class Marty talks a lot. Mr. Adams, his fifth-grade teacher, decides to pretend Marty isn't talking and doesn't react at all. By the winter holiday break, Marty has stopped talking in class. Which of the following has been illustrated?
a. Reinforcement
b. Punishment
c. Generalization
d. Extinction
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