PSYC 365: Behaviour Modification Principles Final
Exam Questions and Answers Athabasca University
According to behaviour analysts, creativity refers to
a. The results of thinking
b. a behavioural excess
c. an indicator of psychic forces
d. kinds of behaviour
d. kinds of behaviour
Of the following options, which is not a characteristic of behaviour modification?
a. it defines problems in terms of behavioural deficits and excesses
b. it assesses behaviour problems before trying to solve those problems.
c. it makes use of conditioning principles
d. it uses summary labels because they convey information quickly
d. it uses summary labels because they convey information quickly
,Behaviour modification draws upon
a. basic conditioning and secondary conditioning procedures
b. primary conditioning and secondary conditioning procedures
c. first-order conditioning and second-order conditioning procedures
d. operant and Pavlovian conditioning procedures
d. operant and Pavlovian conditioning procedures
Behaviour analysts often avoid the use of summary labels because
a. the label can be mistaken for a cause of behaviour
b. the label can cause others to respond to the labeled person in terms of the label.
c. the label can cause too great a focus on the problem rather than on the person's assets.
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
The acronym PSI stands for
a.proper standards of instruction
b. performance system of instruction
c. personalized system of instruction
d. potent systematized instruction
c. personalized system of instruction (PSI)
,During the 1960s, behaviour modification expanded from treating individual behaviour
problems to larger applications to local groups of people. This led to the development of
a. health psychology
b behavioural community psychology
c. cognitive behavioural therapy
d. cognitive group therapy
b. behavioural community psychology
Which of the following statements is true?
a. hearing voices is always a behavioural excess
b. making little eye contact during conversation is always a behavioural deficit
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b
d. neither a nor d
Which of the following people developed the Personal System of Instruction (PSI)
a. B.F. Skinner
b. Ivar Lovaas
c. Fred Keller
d. Tawa Witko
, c. Fred Keller (PSI or the Keller plan)
a. BF Skinner (operant conditioning)
b. Ivar Lovaas (developed behavioural treatments for children with ASDs. Early intensive
behavioural intervention (EIBI)
d. Tawa Witko (importance of understanding the cultural backgrounds of one's clients comes
from the Lakota Sioux reservation near the Badlands in South Dakota. Dr. Tawa Witko, a
psychologist on the reservation, described the case of an individual who had been diagnosed by
another psychologist as schizophrenic. The reason for the diagnosis was that the man heard
voices, especially around ceremony times. Dr. Witko explained that this phenomenon is
common among Native Americans, has spiritual meaning, and does not in itself indicate mental
illness)
Of the following options, which is NOT a feature of the behaviour modification approach?
a. it alters the environment as a means of changing behaviour.
b. it is an eclectic approach that makes used of Freudian methods and cognitive psychology
methods.
c. It assesses the casual influences on behaviour as part of treatment
d. it makes use of behavioural measurement using rate, duration, and frequency measures.
b. it is an eclectic approach that makes used of Freudian methods and cognitive psychology
methods.
A behavioural excess is
a. too small a quantity of a behaviour
b. too great a quantity of a behaviour
Exam Questions and Answers Athabasca University
According to behaviour analysts, creativity refers to
a. The results of thinking
b. a behavioural excess
c. an indicator of psychic forces
d. kinds of behaviour
d. kinds of behaviour
Of the following options, which is not a characteristic of behaviour modification?
a. it defines problems in terms of behavioural deficits and excesses
b. it assesses behaviour problems before trying to solve those problems.
c. it makes use of conditioning principles
d. it uses summary labels because they convey information quickly
d. it uses summary labels because they convey information quickly
,Behaviour modification draws upon
a. basic conditioning and secondary conditioning procedures
b. primary conditioning and secondary conditioning procedures
c. first-order conditioning and second-order conditioning procedures
d. operant and Pavlovian conditioning procedures
d. operant and Pavlovian conditioning procedures
Behaviour analysts often avoid the use of summary labels because
a. the label can be mistaken for a cause of behaviour
b. the label can cause others to respond to the labeled person in terms of the label.
c. the label can cause too great a focus on the problem rather than on the person's assets.
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
The acronym PSI stands for
a.proper standards of instruction
b. performance system of instruction
c. personalized system of instruction
d. potent systematized instruction
c. personalized system of instruction (PSI)
,During the 1960s, behaviour modification expanded from treating individual behaviour
problems to larger applications to local groups of people. This led to the development of
a. health psychology
b behavioural community psychology
c. cognitive behavioural therapy
d. cognitive group therapy
b. behavioural community psychology
Which of the following statements is true?
a. hearing voices is always a behavioural excess
b. making little eye contact during conversation is always a behavioural deficit
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b
d. neither a nor d
Which of the following people developed the Personal System of Instruction (PSI)
a. B.F. Skinner
b. Ivar Lovaas
c. Fred Keller
d. Tawa Witko
, c. Fred Keller (PSI or the Keller plan)
a. BF Skinner (operant conditioning)
b. Ivar Lovaas (developed behavioural treatments for children with ASDs. Early intensive
behavioural intervention (EIBI)
d. Tawa Witko (importance of understanding the cultural backgrounds of one's clients comes
from the Lakota Sioux reservation near the Badlands in South Dakota. Dr. Tawa Witko, a
psychologist on the reservation, described the case of an individual who had been diagnosed by
another psychologist as schizophrenic. The reason for the diagnosis was that the man heard
voices, especially around ceremony times. Dr. Witko explained that this phenomenon is
common among Native Americans, has spiritual meaning, and does not in itself indicate mental
illness)
Of the following options, which is NOT a feature of the behaviour modification approach?
a. it alters the environment as a means of changing behaviour.
b. it is an eclectic approach that makes used of Freudian methods and cognitive psychology
methods.
c. It assesses the casual influences on behaviour as part of treatment
d. it makes use of behavioural measurement using rate, duration, and frequency measures.
b. it is an eclectic approach that makes used of Freudian methods and cognitive psychology
methods.
A behavioural excess is
a. too small a quantity of a behaviour
b. too great a quantity of a behaviour
