Deck 23: Behavioral Contracts

Question 1

In a __________________ contract,one person seeks to change a target behavior and arranges reinforcement or punishment contingencies with a contract manager,who implements the contingencies.

A)two party
B)quid pro quo
C)one party
D)parallel

Answer 1

C

Question 2

When Steve wrote a behavioral contract that said if he did not write 9 pages he would lose a record album (if he wrote 9 pages he avoided losing an album),what kind of contingency was he arranging?

A)negative reinforcement
B)positive reinforcement
C)negative punishment
D)positive punishment

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What should the contract manager do if the contractee fails to engage in the target level of the behavior specified in the contract?

A)write another contract with more lenient goals
B)write another contract with harder goals
C)implement the contract contingencies as written
D)all of these

Answer 3

C

Question 4

A person writes a behavioral contract with a contract manager in which she agree to run 3 miles,five times per week.If she meets this goal,she will avoid the loss of $10 that she deposited.Each week she gets together with the contract manager and reports how many miles she ran each day and the contract manager implements the contingency.What is wrong with this contract?

A)$10 is too much money to include in the contingency
B)$10 is not enough money to put into the contingency
C)self-report of her daily running distance is not an adequate method for recording the behavior
D)money should not be used in a behavioral contract

Question 5

Which of the following is not a component of a behavioral contract?

A)identify the target behavior and state how it will be measured
B)identify the reinforcement or punishment contingency.
C)identify who will implement the contingency.
D)identify the items to be used as tokens in the contract

Question 6

____________________ is a written agreement between two parties in which one or both parties
Agree to engage in a specified level of a target behavior or behaviors.Furthermore,the contract states the consequence that will be administered contingent on the occurrence.

A)behavioral contract
B)contingency contract
C)performance contract
D)all of these

Question 7

An acceptable method for measuring the target behavior in a behavioral contract is:

A)permanent product
B)automated recording
C)direct observation by the contract manager or an agreed-upon third party.
D)all of these

Question 8

How do behavioral contracts work?

A)behavioral consequences
B)public commitment
C)rule-governed behavior
D)all of these