Question 1

If a client believes that everyone he meets turns away from him in disgust, a therapist may help him to devise a system for judging other people's facial expressions and body language so that the client can objectively determine whether or not his beliefs are indeed accurate.This is one of the techniques used in:

Accepted Answer

A) behavior therapy 
B) thought-stopping therapy 
C) rational-emotive therapy 
D) Beck's cognitive therapy

Question 2

A client uses stimuli produced both by a stressful situation and by his own behavior in that situation as SDs for instructing himself to engage in appropriate coping behavior.This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) Ellis's rational-emotive therapy 
B) Meichenbaum's self-instructional therapy 
C) Beck's cognitive therapy 
D) Wolpe's thought-stopping therapy

Question 3

Consider the self-control problem of eating too many sweets.This is likely due to:

Accepted Answer

A) immediate reinforcers (for problem behavior)vs.delayed reinforcers (for alternative behavior) 
B) immediate reinforcers vs.delayed punishers for a behavior 
C) immediate reinforcers vs.cumulatively significant punishers for a behavior 
D) immediate small punishers for a behavior vs.reinforcers that are cumulatively significant

Question 4

Cognitive restructuring would be classified as an exposure-based therapy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Organizational behavior management refers to:

Accepted Answer

A) the application of behavior modification techniques to individual or group performance within an organizational setting 
B) an emphasis on the use of non-professionals in human service programs 
C) use of behavior modification to help individuals adhere to a healthy lifestyle 
D) seeking out intervention strategies at the organizational level rather than at the individual level

Question 6

A list of fear-producing situations arranged from those that cause least the fear to those that cause the most fear is called a(n):

Accepted Answer

A) fear hierarchy 
B) suds scale 
C) mastery hierarchy 
D) anxiety scale

Question 7

The way that you become aware of and describe your emotions is influenced by:

Accepted Answer

A) avoidance conditioning 
B) respondent conditioning 
C) escape conditioning 
D) operant conditioning

Question 8

The method of removing prompts in which a starting stimulus that reliably evokes the response is gradually changed until the response is evoked by the final desired stimulus is known as the method of:

Accepted Answer

A) increasing assistance 
B) decreasing assistance 
C) graduated guidance 
D) time delay

Question 9

The form or spatial configuration of a behavior is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A) latency of behavior 
B) amount of behavior 
C) frequency of behavior 
D) topography of behavior

Question 10

With __________________, the terminal behavior is a new sequence of responses, with a "clear-cut" stimulus signalling the end of each response and the start of the next.

Accepted Answer

A) fading 
B) shaping 
C) chaining 
D) prompting

Question 11

If the in-seat behavior of a child in a classroom is recorded in ten-second segments successively throughout a one-hour period, the recording system that is being used is called a(n____________)recording system.

Accepted Answer

A) fixed-interval 
B) time-sampling 
C) interval 
D) fixed-duration

Question 12

As a consequence of coming home later than an agreed-upon curfew, a teenager loses the privilege of driving the family car for one week.This exemplifies:

Accepted Answer

A) negative reinforcement 
B) time-out 
C) physical punishment 
D) response cost

Question 13

Which of the following is not a feature of the teaching family model for treating pre- delinquent youth?

Accepted Answer

A) a governing system in which married couples make all of the decisions regarding daily living rules for the pre-delinquent youth 
B) a token economy in which participants earn points for appropriate behavior and cash them in for privileges 
C) an emphasis on normalization 
D) ongoing evaluation of the performance of the participants

Question 14

Public goals are more effective than private goals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In behavior modification, self-control refers to some sort of force within us that makes it
possible to show self-restraint.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Shaping would not be the procedure of choice for:

Accepted Answer

A) changing the topography of a behavior 
B) linking a series of responses together 
C) increasing the frequency of a behavior 
D) decreasing the latency of a behavior

Question 17

The characteristics of impaired communication, impaired social behavior, and repetitive self- stimulatory behaviors during the first few years after birth are shown by individuals diagnosed as:

Accepted Answer

A) moderately developmentally disabled 
B) schizophrenic 
C) severely intellectually disabled 
D) autistic

Question 18

A behavioral deficit is:

Accepted Answer

A) too little of a particular type of behavior 
B) too much of a particular type of behavior 
C) an appropriate behavior occurring to the wrong stimulus 
D) an appropriate behavior occurring at the wrong time or place

Question 19

If you are considering strategies for decreasing a behavioral excess, which of the following would you not consider:

Accepted Answer

A) removing SDs for the problem behavior 
B) negative reinforcement 
C) punishment 
D) DRO, DRI, or DRA

Question 20

Humans often do not show decreased response rates and pauses in responding where animals typically do on certain schedules of reinforcement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 31: Shaping and Schedules of Reinforcement: A Comprehensive Guide

A client uses stimuli produced both by a stressful situation and by his own behavior in that situation as SDs for instructing himself to engage in appropriate coping behavior.This is an example of:

Consider the self-control problem of eating too many sweets.This is likely due to:

Cognitive restructuring would be classified as an exposure-based therapy.

Organizational behavior management refers to:

A list of fear-producing situations arranged from those that cause least the fear to those that cause the most fear is called a(n) :

The way that you become aware of and describe your emotions is influenced by:

The method of removing prompts in which a starting stimulus that reliably evokes the response is gradually changed until the response is evoked by the final desired stimulus is known as the method of:

The form or spatial configuration of a behavior is referred to as:

With __________________, the terminal behavior is a new sequence of responses, with a "clear-cut" stimulus signalling the end of each response and the start of the next.

If the in-seat behavior of a child in a classroom is recorded in ten-second segments successively throughout a one-hour period, the recording system that is being used is called a(n____________) recording system.

As a consequence of coming home later than an agreed-upon curfew, a teenager loses the privilege of driving the family car for one week.This exemplifies:

Which of the following is not a feature of the teaching family model for treating pre- delinquent youth?

Public goals are more effective than private goals.

In behavior modification, self-control refers to some sort of force within us that makes it possible to show self-restraint.

Shaping would not be the procedure of choice for:

The characteristics of impaired communication, impaired social behavior, and repetitive self- stimulatory behaviors during the first few years after birth are shown by individuals diagnosed as:

A behavioral deficit is:

If you are considering strategies for decreasing a behavioral excess, which of the following would you not consider:

Humans often do not show decreased response rates and pauses in responding where animals typically do on certain schedules of reinforcement.