Deck 3: Graphing Behavior and Measuring Change

Question 1

An A-B-A-B design:

A)is a research design
B)demonstrates a functional relationship
C)involves replication
D)all of these

Answer 1

D

Question 2

In a ______________ design,baseline and treatment conditions (or two treatment conditions)are conducted in rapid succession and compared with each other.

A)multiple baseline
B)alternating treatments
C)changing criterion
D)all of these

Answer 2

B

Question 3

In a __________________ design,the same behavior of the same subject is being recorded in baseline and treatment phases in two or more different settings,and treatment is staggered across the settings.

A)multiple baseline across settings
B)multiple baseline across behaviors
C)multiple settings
D)A-B-A-B

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The _________ is a visual representation of the occurrence of behavior over time.

A)statistical analysis
B)graph
C)chart
D)table

Question 5

When a researcher shows that a behavior modification procedure causes a behavior to change,the researcher is demonstrating a(n):

A)statistical analysis
B)experimental design
C)correlation
D)functional relationship

Question 6

In which research design is treatment staggered over time?

A)A-B-A-B
B)alternating treatments
C)changing criterion
D)multiple baseline

Question 7

An A-B design:

A)demonstrates a functional relationship
B)does not demonstrate a functional relationship
C)is a research design
D)is used to compare two treatments

Question 8

A multiple-baseline design may be used:

A)when you are interested in the same target behavior exhibited by multiple subjects
B)when you are measuring a subject's behavior across two or more settings
C)when you have targeted more than one behavior of the same subject
D)all of these

Question 9

In the typical behavior modification graph,______ and ______ are the two variables illustrated in the graph.

A)distance and time
B)behavior and location
C)behavior and time
D)time and distance