SPCE 609 COMPREHENSIVE FINAL 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 variable, and applied research looks at variables that could improve behavior
Learning refers to: - Answers - 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: - 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 - Are used to construct the foundations of behavior
Correct! Increase the momentary effectiveness of reinforcement
Correct Answer Increase momentarily responses that have produced reinforcement
Produce serotonin in the brain, initiating the behavioral response
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 A-phase is called the baseline
The B-phase is the experimental manipulation
Correct! All of these
Functional analysis involves classifying behavior according to ____________, and
analyzing the environment in terms of _________. - Answers - Response functions;
stimulus functions
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 variable, and applied research looks at variables that could improve behavior
Learning refers to: - Answers - 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: - 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 - Are used to construct the foundations of behavior
Correct! Increase the momentary effectiveness of reinforcement
Correct Answer Increase momentarily responses that have produced reinforcement
Produce serotonin in the brain, initiating the behavioral response
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 A-phase is called the baseline
The B-phase is the experimental manipulation
Correct! All of these
Functional analysis involves classifying behavior according to ____________, and
analyzing the environment in terms of _________. - Answers - Response functions;
stimulus functions
