Question 1

Fill in the empty boxes for:
-The contingency tree:

Accepted Answer

The answer of Fill in the empty boxes for:
-The contingency...

Question 2

Fill in the empty boxes for:
-The three-contingency model of performance management for the procedure that was actually used

Accepted Answer

The answer of Fill in the empty boxes for:
-The three-contingency...

Question 3

Match the following definitions with the terms below.
-___Rules that are hard to follow

Accepted Answer

A) Poor self-management results from poor control by rules describing outcomes that are either too small (though often of cumulative significance) or too improbable. The delay isn’t crucial. 
B) Poor self-management occurs because immediate outcomes control our behavior better than delayed outcomes do. 
C) The crucial contingencies are: the ineffective natural contingency, the effective, indirect-acting, performance-management contingency, and the effective, direct-acting contingency. 
D) Describe outcomes that are both sizable and probable. The delay isn’t crucial. 
E) Describe outcomes that are either too small (though often of cumulative significance) or too improbable. 
A) Poor self-management results from poor control by rules describing outcomes that are either too small (though often of cumulative significance) or too improbable. The delay isn’t crucial. 
B) Poor self-management occurs because immediate outcomes control our behavior better than delayed outcomes do. 
C) The crucial contingencies are: the ineffective natural contingency, the effective, indirect-acting, performance-management contingency, and the effective, direct-acting contingency. 
D) Describe outcomes that are both sizable and probable. The delay isn’t crucial. 
E) Describe outcomes that are either too small (though often of cumulative significance) or too improbable. E

Question 4

Match the following definitions with the terms below.
-___The mythical cause of poor self-management

Accepted Answer

A) Poor self-management results from poor control by rules describing outcomes that are either too small (though often of cumulative significance) or too improbable. The delay isn’t crucial. 
B) Poor self-management occurs because immediate outcomes control our behavior better than delayed outcomes do. 
C) The crucial contingencies are: the ineffective natural contingency, the effective, indirect-acting, performance-management contingency, and the effective, direct-acting contingency. 
D) Describe outcomes that are both sizable and probable. The delay isn’t crucial. 
E) Describe outcomes that are either too small (though often of cumulative significance) or too improbable. 
A) Poor self-management results from poor control by rules describing outcomes that are either too small (though often of cumulative significance) or too improbable. The delay isn’t crucial. 
B) Poor self-management occurs because immediate outcomes control our behavior better than delayed outcomes do. 
C) The crucial contingencies are: the ineffective natural contingency, the effective, indirect-acting, performance-management contingency, and the effective, direct-acting contingency. 
D) Describe outcomes that are both sizable and probable. The delay isn’t crucial. 
E) Describe outcomes that are either too small (though often of cumulative significance) or too improbable.

Question 5

Give a brief example of each of the following:
-Rules that are hard to follow

Accepted Answer

Rules that are hard to follow often invo

Question 6

Why can't we build a world free of aversive control?

Accepted Answer

Building a world free of aversive contro

Question 7

Give a brief example of each of the following:
-Rules that are easy to follow

Accepted Answer

Rules that are easy to follow are typica

Question 8

Why did a good student like Sid have so much trouble finishing his dissertation?

Accepted Answer

A)  He didn't care enough about getting it finished. 
B)  His graduation was too far down the road. 
C)  Starting to work on his dissertation wasn't reinforced by the reduction of any heavy guilt, fear, anxiety, etc. 
D)  He was too busy teaching. 
A)  He didn't care enough about getting it finished. 
B)  His graduation was too far down the road. 
C)  Starting to work on his dissertation wasn't reinforced by the reduction of any heavy guilt, fear, anxiety, etc. 
D)  He was too busy teaching.

Question 9

Fill in the empty boxes for:
-Sid's contingency contract

Accepted Answer

The answer of Fill in the empty boxes for:
-Sid's contingency...

Question 10

What's an example illustrating the theoretical analysis PoB advocates.

Accepted Answer

A)  Getting your quiz score immediately after the quiz will prevent procrastination. 
B)  The correct rule causes goofing off, instead of reading the chapter, to be an aversive condition to be escaped. 
C)  It's crucial that the authors make the chapter as positively reinforcing as possible. 
D)  The professor should convince the students that they'll really find the chapter useful. 
A)  Getting your quiz score immediately after the quiz will prevent procrastination. 
B)  The correct rule causes goofing off, instead of reading the chapter, to be an aversive condition to be escaped. 
C)  It's crucial that the authors make the chapter as positively reinforcing as possible. 
D)  The professor should convince the students that they'll really find the chapter useful.

Question 11

How do we manage the performance of nonverbal clients?

Accepted Answer

A)  We add or remove direct-acting contingencies, and/or we remove undesirable natural contingencies. 
B)  We use sign language. 
C)  We use a picture-exchange communication system. 
D)  We use both sign language and a picture-exchange communication system. 
A)  We add or remove direct-acting contingencies, and/or we remove undesirable natural contingencies. 
B)  We use sign language. 
C)  We use a picture-exchange communication system. 
D)  We use both sign language and a picture-exchange communication system.

Question 12

What's the conventional behavior-analyst interpretation of the role of rule statements?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rules generate cognitive dissonance. 
B)  Rules decrease cognitive dissonance. 
C)  Rules function as reinforcement-based or punishment-based SDs. 
D)  The rule statement causes noncompliance with the rule to become an aversive condition. 
A)  Rules generate cognitive dissonance. 
B)  Rules decrease cognitive dissonance. 
C)  Rules function as reinforcement-based or punishment-based SDs. 
D)  The rule statement causes noncompliance with the rule to become an aversive condition.

Question 13

According to PoB why does our behavior tend not to be controlled by important rules that are hard to follow?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stating that rule fails to make noncompliance too reinforcing. 
B)  Stating that rule fails to make noncompliance a sufficiently aversive condition. 
C)  We don't know the rule. 
D)  We don't understand the rule. 
A)  Stating that rule fails to make noncompliance too reinforcing. 
B)  Stating that rule fails to make noncompliance a sufficiently aversive condition. 
C)  We don't know the rule. 
D)  We don't understand the rule.

Question 14

Fill in the Blank
-The real cause of poor self-management
$\bullet$Poor self-management results from
$\bullet$poor control by rules describing
$\bullet$outcomes that are either
$\bullet$______________________________
$\bullet$or _______________________________.
$\bullet$The delay _____________________________ crucial.

Accepted Answer

The real cause of poor self-management o

Question 15

Define the following concepts:
-The three-contingency model of contingency contracting

Accepted Answer

The three-contingency model of contingen

Question 16

Match the following definitions with the terms below.
-___The real cause of poor self-management

Accepted Answer

A) Poor self-management results from poor control by rules describing outcomes that are either too small (though often of cumulative significance) or too improbable. The delay isn’t crucial. 
B) Poor self-management occurs because immediate outcomes control our behavior better than delayed outcomes do. 
C) The crucial contingencies are: the ineffective natural contingency, the effective, indirect-acting, performance-management contingency, and the effective, direct-acting contingency. 
D) Describe outcomes that are both sizable and probable. The delay isn’t crucial. 
E) Describe outcomes that are either too small (though often of cumulative significance) or too improbable. 
A) Poor self-management results from poor control by rules describing outcomes that are either too small (though often of cumulative significance) or too improbable. The delay isn’t crucial. 
B) Poor self-management occurs because immediate outcomes control our behavior better than delayed outcomes do. 
C) The crucial contingencies are: the ineffective natural contingency, the effective, indirect-acting, performance-management contingency, and the effective, direct-acting contingency. 
D) Describe outcomes that are both sizable and probable. The delay isn’t crucial. 
E) Describe outcomes that are either too small (though often of cumulative significance) or too improbable.

Question 17

Deadlines are a form of aversive control.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Give a brief example of each of the following:
-The real cause of poor self-management

Accepted Answer

The real cause of poor self-management c

Question 19

According to the authors of PoB, how important are delayed outcomes in causing problems of self-management?

Accepted Answer

A)  Very important for children with autism. 
B)  Very important for everyone. 
C)  Not important for fairly bright people. 
D)  Not important for anyone. 
A)  Very important for children with autism. 
B)  Very important for everyone. 
C)  Not important for fairly bright people. 
D)  Not important for anyone.

Question 20

Many people fail to wear seat belts or practice safe sex because

Accepted Answer

A)  They negative outcome is not significant enough. 
B)  They have a death wish. 
C)  The negative outcome is too delayed. 
D)  The negative outcome is too improbable. 
A)  They negative outcome is not significant enough. 
B)  They have a death wish. 
C)  The negative outcome is too delayed. 
D)  The negative outcome is too improbable.

Exam 26: Rule-Governed Behavior: Theory

Fill in the empty boxes for: -The contingency tree:

Fill in the empty boxes for: -The three-contingency model of performance management for the procedure that was actually used

Match the following definitions with the terms below. -___Rules that are hard to follow

Match the following definitions with the terms below. -___The mythical cause of poor self-management

Give a brief example of each of the following: -Rules that are hard to follow

Why can't we build a world free of aversive control?

Give a brief example of each of the following: -Rules that are easy to follow

Why did a good student like Sid have so much trouble finishing his dissertation?

Fill in the empty boxes for: -Sid's contingency contract

What's an example illustrating the theoretical analysis PoB advocates.

How do we manage the performance of nonverbal clients?

What's the conventional behavior-analyst interpretation of the role of rule statements?

According to PoB why does our behavior tend not to be controlled by important rules that are hard to follow?

Define the following concepts: -The three-contingency model of contingency contracting

Match the following definitions with the terms below. -___The real cause of poor self-management

Deadlines are a form of aversive control.

Give a brief example of each of the following: -The real cause of poor self-management

According to the authors of PoB, how important are delayed outcomes in causing problems of self-management?

Many people fail to wear seat belts or practice safe sex because

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