Exam 23: Behavioral Contracts

Each behavioral contract must state the time frame in which the target behavior must or must not occur.

Sarah writes a behavioral contract with her parents that states she will clean the house if she comes home past her curfew.Which contingency in a behavioral contract involves providing a consequence when an undesirable behavior occurs?

In order to increase the amount of exercise that she gets, Andrea writes a behavioral contract with a fitness trainer.The trainer is always around when Andrea exercises, and measures whether Andrea meets her exercise level each week.Which method of measuring the target behavior is being used?

Behavioral contracts cannot produce behavior change through a simple reinforcement or punishment process.

Mark writes a behavioral contract with his roommate stating that Mark will tear up one baseball card from his prized collection each week that his television viewing exceeds the level in the contract.Which contingency in a behavioral contract involves the loss of a reinforcer when an undesirable behavior occurs?

Sometimes a behavioral contract is rewritten on a frequent basis.

Parallel contracts are used with one party behavioral contracts.

A behavioral contract in which the behavior change of one individual functions as the reinforcer for the behavior change of another individual is called a:

The first step in writing a behavioral contract is to:

A family member is usually best suited to serve as contract manager.

Rule-governed behavior influences the target behavior in a behavioral contract by ____________ the target behavior.

In addition to reinforcement or punishment processes, what other processes may influence the target behavior in a behavioral contract?

Melissa is trying to increase the number of classes that she attends each week, so she writes a behavioral contract with the school counselor.An agreement between one person who is attempting to change a target behavior and a contract manager who implements the contingencies is referred to as a ____________ contract.

Brian entered into a behavioral contract with his math tutor, in which he agreed to complete a specific number of math problems during the week.Each week Brian brings his completed math problems to his tutoring session to show that he engaged in the target behavior.Which method for measuring the target behavior is being used?

Two party contracts are written between people who have some ________________ with each other.

Which of the following is NOT stated in a behavioral contract?

Which of the following is used in a behavioral contract to determine whether the target behavior occurred or did not occur?

Which of the following is NOT true concerning a behavioral contract?

A quid pro quo contract is an example of a two party contract.

Matching - Identify the types of contingencies in a behavioral contract. -________________ Allison loses $.25 of her allowance every time she uses a swear word.