SPCE 609 QUIZ 1 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
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
Learning refers to: - Answers - the acquisition of behavior; the change in behavior as a
result of events; the maintenance of behavior
The behavior of an organism: - Answers - Is everything an organism does, including
thinking and feeling
Analysis of behavior becomes experimental when it involves: - Answers - The
manipulation of a condition to see how behavior is affected
Which of the following statements best describes the goals of behavior analysis? -
Answers - Describe the principles and rules of behavior, apply them across species,
and develop technologies for behavior change
Applied behavior analysis is: - Answers - The use of behavior principles to solve
practical problems
In operant conditioning, a stimulus that reliably precedes an operant response (SD) is
said to: - Answers - Set the occasion for the response
Which of the following is not an example of operant conditioning: - Answers - 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 ____________________. - Answers - Biology; environment
Skinner's model of selection by consequences assumes that behavior: - Answers -
Naturally varies in form and frequency
Skinner argued that internal events such as feelings, thoughts, and intentions: -
Answers - 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: - Answers - Thorndike's law
of effect
According to a behavior analyst, thinking is: - Answers - 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: - Answers - Respondent; operant
Any stimulus (or event) that follows a response and increases its frequency is said to
have: - Answers - A reinforcement function
In functional analysis, positive and negative reinforcers are examples of: - Answers -
stimulus classes
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
The variable manipulated by the experimenter is the ______________ and the
measured effect is the ______________. - Answers - Independent; dependent
In terms of the reversal design and behavioral experiments: - Answers - The design is
used in single-subject experiments; The B-phase is the experimental manipulation; The
A-phase is called the baseline
Functional analysis involves classifying behavior according to ____________, and
analyzing the environment in terms of _________. - Answers - Response functions;
stimulus functions
A(n) ____________ refers to all of the forms of a behavior that have a similar function. -
Answers - Response class
When stimuli vary physically but have a common effect on behavior, they are part of the
same ___________. - Answers - Stimulus class
Negative reinforcers: - Answers - Increase behavior when removed
Which of the following would be an example of an abolishing operation (AO) for eating?
- Answers - Smelling rancid food
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
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
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
Learning refers to: - Answers - the acquisition of behavior; the change in behavior as a
result of events; the maintenance of behavior
The behavior of an organism: - Answers - Is everything an organism does, including
thinking and feeling
Analysis of behavior becomes experimental when it involves: - Answers - The
manipulation of a condition to see how behavior is affected
Which of the following statements best describes the goals of behavior analysis? -
Answers - Describe the principles and rules of behavior, apply them across species,
and develop technologies for behavior change
Applied behavior analysis is: - Answers - The use of behavior principles to solve
practical problems
In operant conditioning, a stimulus that reliably precedes an operant response (SD) is
said to: - Answers - Set the occasion for the response
Which of the following is not an example of operant conditioning: - Answers - 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 ____________________. - Answers - Biology; environment
Skinner's model of selection by consequences assumes that behavior: - Answers -
Naturally varies in form and frequency
Skinner argued that internal events such as feelings, thoughts, and intentions: -
Answers - 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: - Answers - Thorndike's law
of effect
According to a behavior analyst, thinking is: - Answers - 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: - Answers - Respondent; operant
Any stimulus (or event) that follows a response and increases its frequency is said to
have: - Answers - A reinforcement function
In functional analysis, positive and negative reinforcers are examples of: - Answers -
stimulus classes
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
The variable manipulated by the experimenter is the ______________ and the
measured effect is the ______________. - Answers - Independent; dependent
In terms of the reversal design and behavioral experiments: - Answers - The design is
used in single-subject experiments; The B-phase is the experimental manipulation; The
A-phase is called the baseline
Functional analysis involves classifying behavior according to ____________, and
analyzing the environment in terms of _________. - Answers - Response functions;
stimulus functions
A(n) ____________ refers to all of the forms of a behavior that have a similar function. -
Answers - Response class
When stimuli vary physically but have a common effect on behavior, they are part of the
same ___________. - Answers - Stimulus class
Negative reinforcers: - Answers - Increase behavior when removed
Which of the following would be an example of an abolishing operation (AO) for eating?
- Answers - Smelling rancid food
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
