Exam 31: Shaping and Schedules of Reinforcement: A Comprehensive Guide

Punishers that activate pain receptors or other sense receptors that typically evoke feelings of discomfort are included in the category of:

A behavioral chain is called a chain because it consists of stimulus-response "links" that are connected or "chained" together.

You should begin training a behavioral chain by providing whatever assistance is necessary for the client to perform each of the steps on every trial.

Extinction and forgetting are similar in that both involve:

A parent says "water," and the child mimics "water." The response of the child is an example of a(n):

PSI stands for:

The statement "The time devoted to an activity in a concurrent situation is proportional to the rate of reinforcement of that activity relative to the rates of reinforcement on the other concurrent activities," describes:

Which of the following is not one of the reasons for recording accurate data during the baseline and throughout a behavioral program?

__________is the term used most often for behavioral treatments carried out in the natural environment and special training settings; is the term used most often to refer to behavioral treatments conducted in the therapist's office.

Over several meals, classical music is played at the dinner table.Eventually, classical music is played without pairing it with food, and the person who ate at that dinner table begins salivating.In this example, the sound of classical music became a:

Which of the following is not accurate?

If a CS is presented without further pairings with a US, the CS will lose its ability to elicit the CR.This is known as:

A______ is defined as any physical event or object in one's immediate surroundings that impinge on one's sensory receptors and that can affect a behavior.

The term behavior therapy is typically used to refer to behavior modification where there is an attempt to clearly demonstrate controlling variables of the behavior of concern.

There is no evidence that people who have mastered some behavior modification principles can use them to control their own behavior without having to see a therapist.

Suppose, on a warm summer day, you close your eyes and imagine that you are at the beach, and you visualize a good looking person in a bathing suit.This is an example of:

A recommendation of behavioral sleep therapy is that one should not consume caffeine or alcohol late in the evening.

The fact that they can be given immediately after a desirable behavior occurs and cashed in at a later time for a back-up reinforcer is one of the major advantages to using:

An event which, when presented immediately following a behavior, causes the behavior to decrease in frequency, is referred to as a(n):

There is no evidence that recording and graphing a behavior is all that's needed to bring about improvement.