Deck 20: Self-Management

Question 1

Why might people smoke cigarettes even though it can lead to long term negative outcomes such as lung cancer?

A)there is immediate reinforcement for smoking
B)smoking takes little response effort
C)the response effort is greater for other behaviors that produce the same outcome
D)all of these

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The following is a type of self-management strategy.

A)goal-setting and self-monitoring
B)antecedent manipulations
C)behavioral contracting
D)all of these

Answer 2

D

Question 3

When a person uses behavior modification procedures to change his or her own behavior,the process is called _____________________.

A)applied behavior analysis
B)self-behavior modification
C)self-management
D)self-directed behavior modification

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In self-management,a person engages in a ____________________ behavior to influence the future occurrence of a _______________ behavior.

A)controlled;controlling
B)controlling;controlled
C)independent;dependent
D)dependent;independent

Question 5

_______________ occurs when significant others in a person's life help the person succeed in a self-management program

A)reinforcement
B)prompting and fading
C)social support
D)behavioral contracting

Question 6

What does it mean to short circuit the contingencies in a self-management plan?

A)providing a reinforcer even when a target behavior does not occur
B)failing to provide a punisher for a behavior when it should have been delivered
C)failing to implement contingencies as written in a self-management plan.
D)all of these

Question 7

Why might people fail to exercise even though it is good for them in the long run?

A)exercise might be punished with sore muscles
B)high response effort is involved in exercise
C)competing behaviors that are reinforced immediately interfere with exercise
D)all of these