Question 1

Describe in some detail a plausible example of covert sensitization.

Accepted Answer

Any appropriate example is acceptable, such as imagining smoking a cigarette, and then imagining becoming violently ill and vomiting over several people in the immediate vicinity.It is assumed that, after several such pairings, nausea will occur when an individual attempts to smoke a real cigarette.

Question 2

Give an example, which is not discussed in this chapter, that illustrates how operant thinking might function as a CS to elicit the respondent component of an emotion.

Accepted Answer

Any appropriate example, such as a person thinking, "If I win a multi-million dollar lottery, I will buy a condo on the ocean in Florida," which causes the respondent components of excitement such as increased heart rate, etc.

Question 3

When behavior modifiers speak of private behavior, to what are they referring?

Accepted Answer

An individual's private self-talk and/or imagery and/or the autonomic reactions that make up our feelings.

Question 4

Describe three unconditioned reflexes that are shown by newborn infants, and that normally do not disappear as the child grows older.

Accepted Answer

Any three of the following: a blink refl

Question 5

Describe the conditioning procedures and the results of conditioning for operant conditioning (positive reinforcement.

Accepted Answer

\[\begin{array} { | l | l | } 
\hline \t

Question 6

Describe how respondent and operant conditioning interacted to influence Janice to get her term paper done by the deadline.

Accepted Answer

As a consequence of prior pairings of mi

Question 7

What is the rationale of covert sensitization?

Accepted Answer

It is assumed that if a client imagines

Question 8

Diagram an example of respondent conditioning that is not in this chapter.

Accepted Answer

Any appropriate exam

Question 9

In a sentence for each, summarize three important components that make up our emotions, and name the type of conditioning involved in each component.

Accepted Answer

Emotions include: (a)the autonomic react

Question 10

Explain why, for most of us, an approaching deadline likely functions as a CS eliciting anxiety as a CR.

Accepted Answer

For most of us, we have a history of bei

Question 11

Describe several physiological activities that we experience in a moment of great fear.

Accepted Answer

Students might list any of the

Question 12

Give an example of operant thinking that is not in this chapter.

Accepted Answer

Any appropriate example, such

Question 13

Give an example of respondent thinking involving visual imagery that is not in this chapter.

Accepted Answer

Any appropriate example, such

Question 14

Describe the procedures that are major causes for each of the emotions of joy, anger, anxiety, and relief.

Accepted Answer

Presentation of reinforcers produces the

Question 15

Describe three differences between operant responses and respondent responses.

Accepted Answer

Any three of the following:
 \[\begin{ar

Question 16

Describe the extinction procedure and the results of extinction for operant conditioning and respondent conditioning.

Accepted Answer

The answer should contain the informatio

Question 17

What basic assumption do the authors of this text make about public and private behavior?

Accepted Answer

Except for being more difficult to "get

Question 18

Discuss whether behavior modifiers deny the existence and importance of thoughts and feelings.

Accepted Answer

No they do not.They recognize that peopl

Exam 15: Respondent and Operant Conditioning Together

Describe in some detail a plausible example of covert sensitization.

Give an example, which is not discussed in this chapter, that illustrates how operant thinking might function as a CS to elicit the respondent component of an emotion.

When behavior modifiers speak of private behavior, to what are they referring?

Describe three unconditioned reflexes that are shown by newborn infants, and that normally do not disappear as the child grows older.

Describe the conditioning procedures and the results of conditioning for operant conditioning (positive reinforcement.

Describe how respondent and operant conditioning interacted to influence Janice to get her term paper done by the deadline.

What is the rationale of covert sensitization?

Diagram an example of respondent conditioning that is not in this chapter.

In a sentence for each, summarize three important components that make up our emotions, and name the type of conditioning involved in each component.

Explain why, for most of us, an approaching deadline likely functions as a CS eliciting anxiety as a CR.

Describe several physiological activities that we experience in a moment of great fear.

Give an example of operant thinking that is not in this chapter.

Give an example of respondent thinking involving visual imagery that is not in this chapter.

Describe the procedures that are major causes for each of the emotions of joy, anger, anxiety, and relief.

Describe three differences between operant responses and respondent responses.

Describe the extinction procedure and the results of extinction for operant conditioning and respondent conditioning.

What basic assumption do the authors of this text make about public and private behavior?

Discuss whether behavior modifiers deny the existence and importance of thoughts and feelings.

Introduction

Areas of Application: an Overview

Respondent Classical, Pavlovian Conditioning of Reflexive Behavior

Increasing a Behavior With Positive Reinforcement

Increasing Behavior With Conditioned Reinforcement

Decreasing a Behavior With Operant Extinction

Getting a New Behavior to Occur With Shaping

Developing Behavioral Persistence With Schedules of Reinforcement

Responding at the Right Time and Place: Stimulus Discrimination and Stimulus Generalization

Changing the Stimulus Control of a Behavior With Fading

Getting a New Sequence of Behaviors to Occur With Behavior Chaining

Differential Reinforcement Procedures to Decrease Behavior

Decreasing Behavior With Punishment

Establishing Behavior by Escape and Avoidance Conditioning

Transferring Behavior to New Settings and Making It Last: Generality of Behavior Change

Antecedent Control: Rules and Goals

Antecedent Control: Modeling, Guidance, and Situational Inducement

Antecedent Control: Motivation

Behavioral Assessment: Initial Considerations

Direct Behavioral Assessment: What to Record and How

Doing Behavior Modification Research

Functional Assessment of Problem Behavior

Planning, Applying, and Evaluating a Behavioral Program

Token Economies

Helping an Individual to Develop Self-Control

Approaches to Behavior Therapy: Cognitive Restructuring; Self-Directed Coping Methods; and Mindfulness and Acceptance Procedures

Psychological Disorders Treated by Behavioral and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies

Giving It All Some Perspective: a Brief History

Ethical Issues

Shaping and Schedules of Reinforcement: A Comprehensive Guide

Filters