Deck 9: Maintaining Appropriate Behavior

Question 1

Techniques for increasing appropriate behavior that are used in the absence of inappropriate behavior are considered ____________ strategies.

Answer 1

proactive

Question 2

Which of the following techniques is suggested as an effective approach for maintaining appropriate behavior in an entire class?

A) Hellison's levels of social responsibility
B) corporal punishment
C) calls to parents
D) involving the principal
E) behavior contracts

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Inappropriate behavior can be ignored when

A) it is done by a kindergarten child.
B) it is not likely to persist.
C) a child is new to the school.
D) it is during the first few days of school.
E) the student says he/she did not do it

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Strategies to reduce inappropriate behavior should always be accompanied by time-outs.

Question 5

Of these techniques used by teachers to decrease inappropriate behavior in a specific setting,the one that should be chosen only as a last resort is

A) desists.
B) time-outs.
C) behavior contracts.
D) involving the principal.
E) letters to parents

Question 6

In a behavior game

A) all teams can win.
B) signals are sounded intermittently.
C) teachers make a judgment call about a team's behavior.
D) all of the choices are true
E) all teams can win and signals are sounded intermittently

Question 7

Techniques for increasing appropriate behavior that are used in response to inappropriate behavior are considered ____________ strategies.

Question 8

Proactive behavior strategies are those that are used after the inappropriate behavior has occurred.

Question 9

Techniques to reduce inappropriate behavior should always be accompanied by techniques to increase appropriate behavior.

Question 10

When children misbehave,one of the first questions a teacher should ask is: "Is there something I have done to provoke this misbehavior?"

Question 11

All teachers will encounter some children who are "off-task".

Question 12

When a teacher removes a child from the activity for a specified amount of time or until he is ready to function according to the class rules it is called ____________.

Question 13

To develop fully and appropriately,personal and social responsibility must be ________,just like a motor skill.

Question 14

A __________ is a verbal statement that tells a child to stop an inappropriate behavior.

Question 15

Techniques for increasing appropriate behavior include all of the following EXCEPT

A) person-to-person dialogue.
B) time-outs.
C) proximity control.
D) positive interaction.
E) prompting.