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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A Negative Reinforcer will decrease the behavior. | False |
| In classical conditioning, the food is the conditioned stimulus. | False |
| Removal of tokens for inappropriate social behavior in a class is an example of response cost. | True |
| A consequence is non-contingent if it decreases a specific behavior | false |
| Successive approximation of speech might initially include reinforcement of any vocalization | true |
| Observer reliability is the measurement of agreement between independent observers | true |
| A schedule of reinforcement refers to the type of primary or secondary reinforcers used in the shaping process | false |
| A multiple baseline controls for subject confounding variables | true |
| Negative transfer refers to a lack of stimulus generalization. | false |
| Replication is an important aspect of behavioral research | true |
| The multiple baseline design is generally an example of a single-subject design | true |
| Placement in a juvenile detention house may be a time-out procedure | true (could go either) |
| Punishment will frequently result in escape and avoidance behavior. | true |
| The effectiveness of behavioral techniques may be accountable without data. | false |
| A rising baseline is an indication of the operant level of a behavior | true |
| A classroom with continuously available record player, TV, and games may cause "stimulus overload" | true |
| Money is a back up reinforcer | true |
| Laws are statements concerning empirical scientific cause-and-effect relationships | true |
| A teacher giving a high amount of approval is responding to a "good class" | false |
| One of the most important contributions of behavior modification is its emphasis on operationally defined dependent variables | true |
| One process through which a conditioned respondent can be eliminated is: | Desensitization |
| A student being reinforced for any behavior except for hitting other students is on a _______ schedule of reinforcement | Differential Reinforcement of Other Behaviors (DRO) |
| Criteria are generally used in behavioral programs to: | Decide what to teach; Structure the program in sequential steps; provide the student with feedback; evaluate the program |
| Programmed instructional texts use: | Positive reinforcement; an errorless discrimination procedure; learning principles; fading principles |
| Behavior is a result of: | its consequences |
| counterconditioning refers to: | Desensitization AND structuring incompatible responses |
| Counting the number of problems completed during a 20-minute math period is an example of: | Event sampling (# of events in a certain time period) |
| Removal of tokens until a behavior increases is an example of: | Response cost AND negative reinforcement |
| If a teacher adjusts his teaching to compensate for a student's learning, the teacher's behavior is an: | operant behavior |
| A child who acts similarly to a parent usually acquired those behaviors through: | Modeling |
| Singing a song, hitting a ball, and participating in class discussion are all examples of ______ behavior | Adaptive |
| The process of causing a student to transfer from a specific situation to another similar situation is called ________. | generalization |
| To decrease piano performance anxiety, _______ may be used to recondition anxiety-stimuli | desensitization |
| The use of rock music listening time as a reinforcer for increasing math scores is often an example used to illustrate the ______ principle. | Premack Principle |
| Rewarding a child with frequent large quantities of food will probably result in __________ | satiation |
| Spanking a child after the child misbehaves is an example of ______ if the child's misbehavior decreases. | punishment or positive punishment |
| A parent gives a child weekly allowance contingent on completion of assigned work tasks. The dependent variable is _________ | Completion of tasks |
| All teaching involves the establishment of _________ where there previously existed nondiscrimination | Discrimination |
| Reinforcement should be contingent; however, a consequence of a behavior could be contingent but not _______. | inconsistent/reinforcing |
| The principles of behavior are functional. This is true because the behavioral principle operating can only be defined by the ________ of that consequence. | function |