Question 1

When recording behavior, behavior analysts strive for greater than ____ agreement between multiple independent observers.

Accepted Answer

A)  60% 
B)  70% 
C)  80% 
D)  90% 
A)  60% 
B)  70% 
C)  80% 
D)  90%

Question 2

Belles and Bradlyn (1987) conducted a stop-smoking study using a(n) _____ design.

Accepted Answer

A)  Multiple baseline across subjects 
B)  A-B-A-B reversal 
C)  Factorial 
D)  Changing criterion 
A)  Multiple baseline across subjects 
B)  A-B-A-B reversal 
C)  Factorial 
D)  Changing criterion

Question 3

Which of the following is a component of the Food Dudes program?

Accepted Answer

A)  Use of stickers and Food Dudes prizes as reinforcement 
B)  Use of differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) 
C)  Use of social modeling by superheroes eating fruits and vegetables 
D)  Both (a) and (c) 
A)  Use of stickers and Food Dudes prizes as reinforcement 
B)  Use of differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) 
C)  Use of social modeling by superheroes eating fruits and vegetables 
D)  Both (a) and (c)

Question 4

Fred Keller wrote a seminal article on college teaching called ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  Good-Bye Teacher . . . 
B)  Keller on Teaching 
C)  Farewell to College Education 
D)  So Long to Higher Education 
A)  Good-Bye Teacher . . . 
B)  Keller on Teaching 
C)  Farewell to College Education 
D)  So Long to Higher Education

Question 5

Which of the following was not identified in the textbook as an online contingency management resource?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stickk.com 
B)  Dietbet.com 
C)  Voucher.com 
D)  HealthyWage.com 
A)  Stickk.com 
B)  Dietbet.com 
C)  Voucher.com 
D)  HealthyWage.com

Question 6

When a reinforcement procedure is applied progressively to different students with similar target behavior, the researcher is employing a _____ design.

Accepted Answer

A)  Multiple baseline across reinforcement 
B)  Multiple baseline across behaviors 
C)  Multiple baseline across settings 
D)  Multiple baseline across participants 
A)  Multiple baseline across reinforcement 
B)  Multiple baseline across behaviors 
C)  Multiple baseline across settings 
D)  Multiple baseline across participants

Question 7

Thompson (2007) suggested that providing children with autism early experiences with discrimination training using visual images of hand and arm movements may:

Accepted Answer

A)  Improve communication abilities later in life 
B)  Promote gene expression in the mirror-neuron system 
C)  Decrease social anxiety 
D)  Improve outcomes from EIBI 
A)  Improve communication abilities later in life 
B)  Promote gene expression in the mirror-neuron system 
C)  Decrease social anxiety 
D)  Improve outcomes from EIBI

Question 8

Which of the following was not a finding in Higgins and colleagues study of the effectiveness of voucher programs for drug treatment and abstinence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Participants in the community reinforcement approach plus vouchers group had a higher percentage of drug free tests than the CRA group 
B)  Both behavioral programs achieved higher 24-month abstinence rates than the traditional 12-step programs 
C)  The large difference between the CRA plus vouchers group and the CRA alone group was maintained throughout the entire 24-weeks of the program 
D)  Despite the high initial outcomes, the decrease in abstinence over the 24-week period and the high costs of the CRA plus vouchers program limit its usefulness 
A)  Participants in the community reinforcement approach plus vouchers group had a higher percentage of drug free tests than the CRA group 
B)  Both behavioral programs achieved higher 24-month abstinence rates than the traditional 12-step programs 
C)  The large difference between the CRA plus vouchers group and the CRA alone group was maintained throughout the entire 24-weeks of the program 
D)  Despite the high initial outcomes, the decrease in abstinence over the 24-week period and the high costs of the CRA plus vouchers program limit its usefulness

Question 9

Behavioral interventions are directed at:

Accepted Answer

A)  Changing environmental events to improve behavior 
B)  Identifying problem behaviors to better understand the emotional negativity they create 
C)  Improving behavior by changing negative cognitions 
D)  Engaging in behaviors to reduce anxiety and negativity 
A)  Changing environmental events to improve behavior 
B)  Identifying problem behaviors to better understand the emotional negativity they create 
C)  Improving behavior by changing negative cognitions 
D)  Engaging in behaviors to reduce anxiety and negativity

Question 10

Which of the following best describes Higgins and colleagues (2012) review of contingency management (CM) programs with pregnant mothers?

Accepted Answer

A)  CM programs with pregnant mothers increase the number of prenatal doctor visits 
B)  CM programs with pregnant mothers increase smoking abstinence 
C)  CM programs with pregnant mothers increase overall exercise 
D)  CM programs with pregnant mothers increase vitamin intake 
A)  CM programs with pregnant mothers increase the number of prenatal doctor visits 
B)  CM programs with pregnant mothers increase smoking abstinence 
C)  CM programs with pregnant mothers increase overall exercise 
D)  CM programs with pregnant mothers increase vitamin intake

Question 11

Research investigating the obese-prone genotype in the activity anorexia (AA) challenge demonstrates that:

Accepted Answer

A)  Experience with food restriction and an obese-prone genotype increase survival 
B)  Experience with food restriction and an obese-prone genotype decrease survival 
C)  Regardless of experience with food restriction, an obese-prone genotype increased survival 
D)  Regardless of experience with food restriction, an obese-prone genotype decreased survival 
A)  Experience with food restriction and an obese-prone genotype increase survival 
B)  Experience with food restriction and an obese-prone genotype decrease survival 
C)  Regardless of experience with food restriction, an obese-prone genotype increased survival 
D)  Regardless of experience with food restriction, an obese-prone genotype decreased survival

Question 12

From a behavioral treatment standpoint, a person's thoughts and feelings:

Accepted Answer

A)  Are irrelevant to the process 
B)  Can be treated as verbal respondent behavior 
C)  Can be treated as verbal operant behavior 
D)  Are symptomatic of their target behavior 
A)  Are irrelevant to the process 
B)  Can be treated as verbal respondent behavior 
C)  Can be treated as verbal operant behavior 
D)  Are symptomatic of their target behavior

Question 13

Which of the following was not identified as an obstacle to the use of contingency management (CM) for drug addiction treatment?

Accepted Answer

A)  The high cost of providing vouchers 
B)  Insufficient research showing it to be effective 
C)  Unfamiliarity with behavioral-based treatments 
D)  Negative social stereotypes toward drug users 
A)  The high cost of providing vouchers 
B)  Insufficient research showing it to be effective 
C)  Unfamiliarity with behavioral-based treatments 
D)  Negative social stereotypes toward drug users

Question 14

Pierce and colleagues (2007) suggest that calorie-wise foods may produce conditioned overeating by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Encouraging children to eat too many calories 
B)  Disrupting the body's ability to learn the correct associations between taste and caloric intake 
C)  Producing activity anorexia 
D)  Associating eating with pleasant social stimuli 
A)  Encouraging children to eat too many calories 
B)  Disrupting the body's ability to learn the correct associations between taste and caloric intake 
C)  Producing activity anorexia 
D)  Associating eating with pleasant social stimuli

Question 15

What is behavior trapping?

Accepted Answer

A)  Don Baer got trapped by a behavioral contingency 
B)  The fact that animal behavior leads to trapping by hunters 
C)  An attempt to overcome the traps that our behavior causes 
D)  New behavior is trapped by the natural contingencies 
A)  Don Baer got trapped by a behavioral contingency 
B)  The fact that animal behavior leads to trapping by hunters 
C)  An attempt to overcome the traps that our behavior causes 
D)  New behavior is trapped by the natural contingencies

Question 16

Applied behavior analysis is a field of study that focuses on the application of the ____, methods, and procedures of the science of behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)  Equations 
B)  Findings 
C)  Principles 
D)  Research 
A)  Equations 
B)  Findings 
C)  Principles 
D)  Research

Question 17

A potential neural explanation for the effectiveness of EIBI is that it helps to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Reorganize and reactivate the mirror-neuron network 
B)  Increase activity in the prefrontal cortex 
C)  Decrease activity in the amygdala 
D)  Improves the function of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) 
A)  Reorganize and reactivate the mirror-neuron network 
B)  Increase activity in the prefrontal cortex 
C)  Decrease activity in the amygdala 
D)  Improves the function of the nucleus accumbens (NAc)

Question 18

Which of the following is not one of the four teaching fundamentals of Headsprout?

Accepted Answer

A)  Instructional material is arranged so that the children experience a high rate of reinforcement 
B)  Material is practiced until the skill or strategy is mastered 
C)  New skills are demonstrated through video modeling 
D)  Frequent cumulative reviews allow for retention and skill transfer 
A)  Instructional material is arranged so that the children experience a high rate of reinforcement 
B)  Material is practiced until the skill or strategy is mastered 
C)  New skills are demonstrated through video modeling 
D)  Frequent cumulative reviews allow for retention and skill transfer

Question 19

Internal validity refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  The degree to which a study changes the behavior it aims to change 
B)  Eliminating distracting stimuli from a treatment site 
C)  Eliminating most extraneous explanations for behavior 
D)  The degree to which a context is the same from one day to the next 
A)  The degree to which a study changes the behavior it aims to change 
B)  Eliminating distracting stimuli from a treatment site 
C)  Eliminating most extraneous explanations for behavior 
D)  The degree to which a context is the same from one day to the next

Question 20

If parents want to discourage nail-biting and they begin to reinforce writing as an alternative to anxiety, they are using a ______ method.

Accepted Answer

A)  Differential reinforcement of alternative behavior 
B)  Differential reinforcement of other behavior 
C)  Differential reinforcement of respondent alternatives 
D)  Differential reinforcement of positive alternatives 
A)  Differential reinforcement of alternative behavior 
B)  Differential reinforcement of other behavior 
C)  Differential reinforcement of respondent alternatives 
D)  Differential reinforcement of positive alternatives

When recording behavior, behavior analysts strive for greater than ____ agreement between multiple independent observers.

Belles and Bradlyn (1987) conducted a stop-smoking study using a(n) _____ design.

Which of the following is a component of the Food Dudes program?

Fred Keller wrote a seminal article on college teaching called ______.

Which of the following was not identified in the textbook as an online contingency management resource?

When a reinforcement procedure is applied progressively to different students with similar target behavior, the researcher is employing a _____ design.

Thompson (2007) suggested that providing children with autism early experiences with discrimination training using visual images of hand and arm movements may:

Which of the following was not a finding in Higgins and colleagues study of the effectiveness of voucher programs for drug treatment and abstinence?

Behavioral interventions are directed at:

Which of the following best describes Higgins and colleagues (2012) review of contingency management (CM) programs with pregnant mothers?

Research investigating the obese-prone genotype in the activity anorexia (AA) challenge demonstrates that:

From a behavioral treatment standpoint, a person's thoughts and feelings:

Which of the following was not identified as an obstacle to the use of contingency management (CM) for drug addiction treatment?

Pierce and colleagues (2007) suggest that calorie-wise foods may produce conditioned overeating by:

What is behavior trapping?

Applied behavior analysis is a field of study that focuses on the application of the ____, methods, and procedures of the science of behavior.

A potential neural explanation for the effectiveness of EIBI is that it helps to:

Which of the following is not one of the four teaching fundamentals of Headsprout?

Internal validity refers to:

If parents want to discourage nail-biting and they begin to reinforce writing as an alternative to anxiety, they are using a ______ method.

A Science of Behavior: Perspective, History, and Assumptions

The Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Reflexive Behavior and Respondent Conditioning

Reinforcement and Extinction of Operant Behavior

Schedules of Reinforcement

Aversive Control of Behavior

Operantrespondent Interrelationships: the Biological Context of Conditioning

Stimulus Control

Choice and Preference

Conditioned Reinforcement

Correspondence Relations: Imitation and Rule-Governed Behavior

Verbal Behavior

Three Levels of Selection: Biology, Behavior, and Culture

Filters

Exam 13: Applied Behavior Analysis

When recording behavior, behavior analysts strive for greater than ____ agreement between multiple independent observers.

Belles and Bradlyn (1987) conducted a stop-smoking study using a(n) _____ design.

Which of the following is a component of the Food Dudes program?

Fred Keller wrote a seminal article on college teaching called ______.

Which of the following was not identified in the textbook as an online contingency management resource?

When a reinforcement procedure is applied progressively to different students with similar target behavior, the researcher is employing a _____ design.

Thompson (2007) suggested that providing children with autism early experiences with discrimination training using visual images of hand and arm movements may:

Which of the following was not a finding in Higgins and colleagues study of the effectiveness of voucher programs for drug treatment and abstinence?

Behavioral interventions are directed at:

Which of the following best describes Higgins and colleagues (2012) review of contingency management (CM) programs with pregnant mothers?

Research investigating the obese-prone genotype in the activity anorexia (AA) challenge demonstrates that:

From a behavioral treatment standpoint, a person's thoughts and feelings:

Which of the following was not identified as an obstacle to the use of contingency management (CM) for drug addiction treatment?

Pierce and colleagues (2007) suggest that calorie-wise foods may produce conditioned overeating by:

What is behavior trapping?

Applied behavior analysis is a field of study that focuses on the application of the ____, methods, and procedures of the science of behavior.

A potential neural explanation for the effectiveness of EIBI is that it helps to:

Which of the following is not one of the four teaching fundamentals of Headsprout?

Internal validity refers to:

If parents want to discourage nail-biting and they begin to reinforce writing as an alternative to anxiety, they are using a ______ method.

A Science of Behavior: Perspective, History, and Assumptions

The Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Reflexive Behavior and Respondent Conditioning

Reinforcement and Extinction of Operant Behavior

Schedules of Reinforcement

Aversive Control of Behavior

Operantrespondent Interrelationships: the Biological Context of Conditioning

Stimulus Control

Choice and Preference

Conditioned Reinforcement

Correspondence Relations: Imitation and Rule-Governed Behavior

Verbal Behavior

Three Levels of Selection: Biology, Behavior, and Culture

Filters