SPCE 609 Comprehensive Final
questions well answered 2025/2026
A ______________ is behavior that is elicited by a biologically relevant stimulus while a/an
_______________ is behavior controlled by its consequences. - ANS ✔✔Reflex; operant
According to Baer, Wolf, and Risley (1968), what is the difference between basic and applied
behavior analysis? - ANS ✔✔Basic research is likely to look at any behavior and variable, and
applied research looks at variables that could improve behavior
Learning refers to: - ANS ✔✔The acquisition of behavior
Correct! All of these
The maintenance of behavior
The change in behavior as a result of events
The behavior of an organism: - ANS ✔✔Is everything an organism does, including thinking and
feeling
Analysis of behavior becomes experimental when it involves: - ANS ✔✔The manipulation of a
condition to see how behavior is affected
Which of the following statements best describes the goals of behavior analysis? - ANS
✔✔Describe the principles and rules of behavior, apply them across species, and develop
technologies for behavior change
, Applied behavior analysis is: - ANS ✔✔The use of behavior principles to solve practical
problems
In operant conditioning, a stimulus that reliably precedes an operant response (SD) is said to: -
ANS ✔✔Set the occasion for the response
Which of the following is not an example of operant conditioning: - ANS ✔✔Flinching slightly
when the nurse tells you that they are about to give you a shot
Behavior analysts recognize the importance of _____________________, but tend to focus
more on ____________________. - ANS ✔✔Biology; environment
Skinner's model of selection by consequences assumes that behavior: - ANS ✔✔Naturally varies
in form and frequency
Skinner argued that internal events such as feelings, thoughts, and intentions: - ANS ✔✔Are
behaviors that need to be explained
The idea that successful behaviors will increase in likelihood while unsuccessful behaviors will
decrease in likelihood was first described in: - ANS ✔✔Thorndike's law of effect
According to a behavior analyst, thinking is: - ANS ✔✔Private behavior that can be explained
using the same principles as public behavior
The term _____________refers to behavior that is elicited and the term ____________ refers to
behavior that is emitted: - ANS ✔✔Respondent; operant
questions well answered 2025/2026
A ______________ is behavior that is elicited by a biologically relevant stimulus while a/an
_______________ is behavior controlled by its consequences. - ANS ✔✔Reflex; operant
According to Baer, Wolf, and Risley (1968), what is the difference between basic and applied
behavior analysis? - ANS ✔✔Basic research is likely to look at any behavior and variable, and
applied research looks at variables that could improve behavior
Learning refers to: - ANS ✔✔The acquisition of behavior
Correct! All of these
The maintenance of behavior
The change in behavior as a result of events
The behavior of an organism: - ANS ✔✔Is everything an organism does, including thinking and
feeling
Analysis of behavior becomes experimental when it involves: - ANS ✔✔The manipulation of a
condition to see how behavior is affected
Which of the following statements best describes the goals of behavior analysis? - ANS
✔✔Describe the principles and rules of behavior, apply them across species, and develop
technologies for behavior change
, Applied behavior analysis is: - ANS ✔✔The use of behavior principles to solve practical
problems
In operant conditioning, a stimulus that reliably precedes an operant response (SD) is said to: -
ANS ✔✔Set the occasion for the response
Which of the following is not an example of operant conditioning: - ANS ✔✔Flinching slightly
when the nurse tells you that they are about to give you a shot
Behavior analysts recognize the importance of _____________________, but tend to focus
more on ____________________. - ANS ✔✔Biology; environment
Skinner's model of selection by consequences assumes that behavior: - ANS ✔✔Naturally varies
in form and frequency
Skinner argued that internal events such as feelings, thoughts, and intentions: - ANS ✔✔Are
behaviors that need to be explained
The idea that successful behaviors will increase in likelihood while unsuccessful behaviors will
decrease in likelihood was first described in: - ANS ✔✔Thorndike's law of effect
According to a behavior analyst, thinking is: - ANS ✔✔Private behavior that can be explained
using the same principles as public behavior
The term _____________refers to behavior that is elicited and the term ____________ refers to
behavior that is emitted: - ANS ✔✔Respondent; operant
