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

Which of the following is not a general area in which behavior modification has been applied in behavioral sport psychology?

When an observation period is divided into equal segments of relatively short duration and the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a specific behavior is recorded a maximum of once per segment, we say that a(n)____________ recording system is in effect.

In behavior modification, motivation and intelligence refer to:

"Reinforcement occurring after a variable number of responses, where the number varies around some mean value" defines the __________schedule.

In a multi-element design, two separate treatments are applied to the behavior in:

When designing a behavior modification program, it is unnecessary to assess whether the behaviors of concern can be counted, timed, or measured in some way.

A rule is less likely to be followed if it identifies:

A conceptual limitation of the traditional view of motivation is that it involves circular reasoning.

Children with developmental disabilities show the same amount of stimulus generalization when trained with pictures of objects as when trained with the actual objects.

Suppose that, following instances of a child swearing, the parents said to the child, "You have just lost 25 cents of your weekly allowance." This is an example of:

Many self-control problems are caused by:

A stimulus that you want to eventually control a target behavior is called a(n):

A parent tells a child, "If you pick up the toys in your room, then I'll take you to buy your favorite ice cream after dinner." This is an example of:

In a state where it is the law to wear seatbelts while driving, a person does not "buckle-up" when starting for work in the morning.But when that person sees a police car just ahead, the person quickly buckles up.That person's "buckling-up" behavior has been influenced by:

A common strategy for delivering early intensive behavioral intervention with children with autism is referred to as:

"Applications to socially significant problems in unstructured community settings where the behavior of individuals is not considered deviant in the traditional sense" is the definition of:

If teaching a child to say "red" in the presence of red objects increases the chances that the child will also say "red" to pink objects, we say that___________ has occurred.

For most of us, an imminent deadline that we have not yet responded to is a CS for anxiety.

Which of the following is not a reason for collecting accurate data during a baseline and throughout a program?

In backward chaining, the response that is closest to the main reinforcer: