PS560 2026/2027 Exam
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Most behavior can be classified - ANSWER ✔✔-as overt vs covert
-as operant vs respondent
-by response class
definitions of behavior - ANSWER ✔✔sometimes exclude covert
behavior
the definition of overt behavior includes - ANSWER ✔✔-a
measurable change in the environment
,-movement of some part of the organism
-displacement in space through time
Behavior - ANSWER ✔✔involves the movement of muscles and
glands
A man has been driving on a freeway with his young daughter, who is
riding in her car seat. Twenty minutes into the ride he exits the freeway,
starts a movie for his daughter, and hands her a juice box. Ten minutes
later the road becomes winding and hilly and his daughter spits up. What
was the stimulus change most likely associated with child spitting up? -
ANSWER ✔✔the changing road terrain
behavior can be exhibited by - ANSWER ✔✔living single-celled and
complex organisms
Stimuli - ANSWER ✔✔don't necessarily influence behavior
Which stimuli might be members of the same stimulus class? -
ANSWER ✔✔a stop sign, a policeman with hand out and palm facing
a car, a flashing red traffic light
Select the most objective description of an event: - ANSWER ✔✔The
forest sounds were too loud for one to speak at a conversational level
,which of the following is a stimulus? - ANSWER ✔✔Pressure on the
right-hand caused by ones left hand
A stimulus class is sometimes defined as - ANSWER ✔✔a group of
stimuli with one or more common properties, including temporal or
formal properties
Select the best example of an objective description of an event -
ANSWER ✔✔There were thirty-two children in the classroom
A BCBA is writing a narrative of the events pertaining to a young client's
inappropriate social behavior at a park. Select the most relevant and
objective description. - ANSWER ✔✔picks a handful of flowers and
arranges them into a circle on the ground around her.
When Lou, a very young child, is not permitted to ride the tricycle
because Parker is using it, Lou cries and is aggressive toward Parker.
Lou's crying is likely - ANSWER ✔✔both a respondent and an
operant
which are examples of respondent behavior? - ANSWER ✔✔blushing
which is an unconditioned stimulus? - ANSWER ✔✔-the sound of
fingernails on a chalkboard
-a bright light in your eye
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, -hot coffee on your tongue
-the aroma of food
Someone regularly arrives in a noisy truck bringing fresh donuts. Soon
you begin to salivate when you hear the truck coming. The noise from
the truck is - ANSWER ✔✔a conditioned stimulus.
Avoidance - ANSWER ✔✔results in the aversive stimulus not being
experienced.
For reinforcement to occur, - ANSWER ✔✔The consequence must
increase the future probability of the behavior
Which of the following includes ALL SECONDARY reinforcers? -
ANSWER ✔✔money, soothing words from a spouse, voice of a friend
You find that moving in your seat can temporarily relieve back pain.
Relief from pain probably serves as - ANSWER ✔✔negative
reinforcement
when a Behavior Tech's graphing was corrected by their BCBA
supervisor, the Tech became visibly upset and rudely disrupted the
correction. Regarding this episode, we can say from a behavioral
perspective that - ANSWER ✔✔-putting on emotional displays may
have been reinforced by escaping criticism of performance in the past
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Already Graded A+
Most behavior can be classified - ANSWER ✔✔-as overt vs covert
-as operant vs respondent
-by response class
definitions of behavior - ANSWER ✔✔sometimes exclude covert
behavior
the definition of overt behavior includes - ANSWER ✔✔-a
measurable change in the environment
,-movement of some part of the organism
-displacement in space through time
Behavior - ANSWER ✔✔involves the movement of muscles and
glands
A man has been driving on a freeway with his young daughter, who is
riding in her car seat. Twenty minutes into the ride he exits the freeway,
starts a movie for his daughter, and hands her a juice box. Ten minutes
later the road becomes winding and hilly and his daughter spits up. What
was the stimulus change most likely associated with child spitting up? -
ANSWER ✔✔the changing road terrain
behavior can be exhibited by - ANSWER ✔✔living single-celled and
complex organisms
Stimuli - ANSWER ✔✔don't necessarily influence behavior
Which stimuli might be members of the same stimulus class? -
ANSWER ✔✔a stop sign, a policeman with hand out and palm facing
a car, a flashing red traffic light
Select the most objective description of an event: - ANSWER ✔✔The
forest sounds were too loud for one to speak at a conversational level
,which of the following is a stimulus? - ANSWER ✔✔Pressure on the
right-hand caused by ones left hand
A stimulus class is sometimes defined as - ANSWER ✔✔a group of
stimuli with one or more common properties, including temporal or
formal properties
Select the best example of an objective description of an event -
ANSWER ✔✔There were thirty-two children in the classroom
A BCBA is writing a narrative of the events pertaining to a young client's
inappropriate social behavior at a park. Select the most relevant and
objective description. - ANSWER ✔✔picks a handful of flowers and
arranges them into a circle on the ground around her.
When Lou, a very young child, is not permitted to ride the tricycle
because Parker is using it, Lou cries and is aggressive toward Parker.
Lou's crying is likely - ANSWER ✔✔both a respondent and an
operant
which are examples of respondent behavior? - ANSWER ✔✔blushing
which is an unconditioned stimulus? - ANSWER ✔✔-the sound of
fingernails on a chalkboard
-a bright light in your eye
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, -hot coffee on your tongue
-the aroma of food
Someone regularly arrives in a noisy truck bringing fresh donuts. Soon
you begin to salivate when you hear the truck coming. The noise from
the truck is - ANSWER ✔✔a conditioned stimulus.
Avoidance - ANSWER ✔✔results in the aversive stimulus not being
experienced.
For reinforcement to occur, - ANSWER ✔✔The consequence must
increase the future probability of the behavior
Which of the following includes ALL SECONDARY reinforcers? -
ANSWER ✔✔money, soothing words from a spouse, voice of a friend
You find that moving in your seat can temporarily relieve back pain.
Relief from pain probably serves as - ANSWER ✔✔negative
reinforcement
when a Behavior Tech's graphing was corrected by their BCBA
supervisor, the Tech became visibly upset and rudely disrupted the
correction. Regarding this episode, we can say from a behavioral
perspective that - ANSWER ✔✔-putting on emotional displays may
have been reinforced by escaping criticism of performance in the past
