SPCE 609 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
A ______________ is behavior that is elicited by a biologically relevant stimulus while
a/an _______________ is behavior controlled by its consequences. - Answers - Reflex;
operant
Skinner's model of selection by consequences assumes that behavior: - Answers -
Naturally varies in form and frequency
The behavior of an organism: - Answers - Is everything an organism does, including
thinking and feeling
Applied behavior analysis is: - Answers - The use of behavior principles to solve
practical problems
Which of the following is not one of the conditions tested by Iwata and associates
(1994) in their functional analysis of the cause of self-injurious behavior (SIB) in children
with developmental disabilities? - Answers - Peer interaction
Behavior analysts recognize the importance of _____________________, but tend to
focus more on ____________________. - Answers - Biology; environment
In terms of behavior-environmental relations, establishing operations: (choose all that
apply) - Answers - Increase momentarily responses that have produced reinforcement;
Increase the momentary effectiveness of reinforcement
Functional analysis involves classifying behavior according to ____________, and
analyzing the environment in terms of _________. - Answers - Response functions;
stimulus functions
The term _____________refers to behavior that is elicited and the term ____________
refers to behavior that is emitted: - Answers - Respondent; operant
Max conducted a study in which he moved the recycling bin in the hallway close to the
classroom door for a week and then a week with the recycling bin about 10 feet from the
door of the classroom. The trash bin remained constant at about 5 feet from the
classroom door. At the end of each day, Max measured the amount of recycling in the
bin. What is the dependent variable for this study? - Answers - The amount of trash in
the recycling bin
According to Baer, Wolf, and Risley (1968), what is the difference between basic and
applied behavior analysis? - Answers - Basic research is likely to look at any behavior
and and variable, and applied research looks at variables that could improve behavior
, Analysis of behavior becomes experimental when it involves: - Answers - The
manipulation of a condition to see how behavior is affected
A researcher examined the possibility that additional recess time would increase the
number of math facts learned over a one-month period. The procedure tested this
hypothesis using a first-grade classroom with extended recess time a second-grade
classroom with regular recess time. In this study, the amount of recess time would be
considered: - Answers - The independent variable
Which of the following would likely be the best research question to address using an A-
B-A-B reversal design? - Answers - The effect of extra credit on time spent studying for
an exam
In functional analysis, positive and negative reinforcers are examples of: - Answers -
Stimulus classes
Principles of behavior like extinction, discrimination, and spontaneous recovery: -
Answers - Generalize across species
If food is presented every time a pigeon pecks a key, then the behavior is on a
__________ schedule of reinforcement. - Answers - Continuous
Schedules that generate predictable stair-step patterns are: - Answers - Fixed Ratio
Mex finds that his new dog will work really hard for bites of a doggy treat at the
beginning of a training session, but appears to lose interest in the treats the more that
Max gives to him. This is an example of: - Answers - Satiation
Maria is paid on Friday, every two weeks. This is an example of a __________
schedule of reinforcement. - Answers - Fixed-interval
In the television show The Office, Jim pranks his coworker Dwight by repeatedly playing
a sound on his computer and then immediately offering Dwight a strong breath mint.
After several days of this, Dwight immediately holds out his hand when the computer
beeps and reports that he has a bad taste in his mouth. In this (fake) demonstration of
learning: - Answers - Holding out his hand is an operant behavior and salivating is a
respondent behavior
William (1959) found that the bedtime tantrum behavior of a 20-month-old was
maintained by __________ and the parents' behavior of giving in to the tantrum was
maintained by __________. - Answers - Positive reinforcement; negative reinforcement
The extinction burst refers to: - Answers - An increase n frequency of the behavior when
extinction is first started
ACCURATE ANSWERS
A ______________ is behavior that is elicited by a biologically relevant stimulus while
a/an _______________ is behavior controlled by its consequences. - Answers - Reflex;
operant
Skinner's model of selection by consequences assumes that behavior: - Answers -
Naturally varies in form and frequency
The behavior of an organism: - Answers - Is everything an organism does, including
thinking and feeling
Applied behavior analysis is: - Answers - The use of behavior principles to solve
practical problems
Which of the following is not one of the conditions tested by Iwata and associates
(1994) in their functional analysis of the cause of self-injurious behavior (SIB) in children
with developmental disabilities? - Answers - Peer interaction
Behavior analysts recognize the importance of _____________________, but tend to
focus more on ____________________. - Answers - Biology; environment
In terms of behavior-environmental relations, establishing operations: (choose all that
apply) - Answers - Increase momentarily responses that have produced reinforcement;
Increase the momentary effectiveness of reinforcement
Functional analysis involves classifying behavior according to ____________, and
analyzing the environment in terms of _________. - Answers - Response functions;
stimulus functions
The term _____________refers to behavior that is elicited and the term ____________
refers to behavior that is emitted: - Answers - Respondent; operant
Max conducted a study in which he moved the recycling bin in the hallway close to the
classroom door for a week and then a week with the recycling bin about 10 feet from the
door of the classroom. The trash bin remained constant at about 5 feet from the
classroom door. At the end of each day, Max measured the amount of recycling in the
bin. What is the dependent variable for this study? - Answers - The amount of trash in
the recycling bin
According to Baer, Wolf, and Risley (1968), what is the difference between basic and
applied behavior analysis? - Answers - Basic research is likely to look at any behavior
and and variable, and applied research looks at variables that could improve behavior
, Analysis of behavior becomes experimental when it involves: - Answers - The
manipulation of a condition to see how behavior is affected
A researcher examined the possibility that additional recess time would increase the
number of math facts learned over a one-month period. The procedure tested this
hypothesis using a first-grade classroom with extended recess time a second-grade
classroom with regular recess time. In this study, the amount of recess time would be
considered: - Answers - The independent variable
Which of the following would likely be the best research question to address using an A-
B-A-B reversal design? - Answers - The effect of extra credit on time spent studying for
an exam
In functional analysis, positive and negative reinforcers are examples of: - Answers -
Stimulus classes
Principles of behavior like extinction, discrimination, and spontaneous recovery: -
Answers - Generalize across species
If food is presented every time a pigeon pecks a key, then the behavior is on a
__________ schedule of reinforcement. - Answers - Continuous
Schedules that generate predictable stair-step patterns are: - Answers - Fixed Ratio
Mex finds that his new dog will work really hard for bites of a doggy treat at the
beginning of a training session, but appears to lose interest in the treats the more that
Max gives to him. This is an example of: - Answers - Satiation
Maria is paid on Friday, every two weeks. This is an example of a __________
schedule of reinforcement. - Answers - Fixed-interval
In the television show The Office, Jim pranks his coworker Dwight by repeatedly playing
a sound on his computer and then immediately offering Dwight a strong breath mint.
After several days of this, Dwight immediately holds out his hand when the computer
beeps and reports that he has a bad taste in his mouth. In this (fake) demonstration of
learning: - Answers - Holding out his hand is an operant behavior and salivating is a
respondent behavior
William (1959) found that the bedtime tantrum behavior of a 20-month-old was
maintained by __________ and the parents' behavior of giving in to the tantrum was
maintained by __________. - Answers - Positive reinforcement; negative reinforcement
The extinction burst refers to: - Answers - An increase n frequency of the behavior when
extinction is first started
