Deck 17: Using Punishment: Time-Out and Response Cost

Question 1

What is the basic behavioral principle upon which time-out is based?

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

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In which type of time-out does the child remain in the room while being removed from access to positive reinforcers?

A)removal time-out
B)exclusionary time-out
C)nonexclusionary time-out
D)sit-in-place time-out

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Time-out is short for:

A)time-out from positive reinforcement
B)time-out for problem reduction
C)time-out punishment
D)time-out is not short for anything

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Johnny hit his sister and as a result,his mother said he could not watch TV for the rest of the day.What procedure is illustrated in this example?

A)exclusionary time-out
B)nonexclusionary time-out
C)response cost
D)extinction

Question 5

Johnny hit his sister while they were playing and as a result,his mother made him sit in a chair in the guest bedroom by himself for 5 minutes.What procedure is illustrated in this example?

A)exclusionary time-out
B)nonexclusionary time-out
C)response cost
D)extinction

Question 6

________________ is defined as the removal of a specified amount of a reinforcer contingent on the occurrence of the problem behavior?

A)time-out
B)extinction
C)response cost
D)response effort

Question 7

Time-out is appropriate for problem behaviors maintained by:

A)positive reinforcement
B)negative reinforcement
C)automatic reinforcement
D)all of these

Question 8

______________________ procedures are usually not the first choice of interventions for decreasing problem behaviors:

A)antecedent control
B)differential reinforcement
C)punishment
D)extinction