PSY 7713 ADVANCED CONCEPTS IN
APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS WEEK
9 QUIZ | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
|2026/2027 UPDATE | JUST RELEASED.
CAPELLA UNIVERSITY
1. According to the matching law, if an individual receives 70% of their reinforcement from
Schedule A and 30% from Schedule B, how will they likely distribute their responses?
A. 100% of responses to Schedule A
B. 50% of responses to each schedule
C. Approximately 30% of responses to Schedule A and 70% to Schedule B
D. Approximately 70% of responses to Schedule A and 30% to Schedule B
Answer: D
Conceptual Explanation: Herrnstein’s matching law states that the relative rate of
responding matches the relative rate of reinforcement delivered on concurrent schedules.
2. Which of the following describes a situation where a response is influenced by a verbal
description of contingencies rather than direct contact with those contingencies?
A. Contingency-shaped behavior
B. Schedule-induced behavior
,C. Respondent conditioning
D. Rule-governed behavior
Answer: D
Conceptual Explanation: Rule-governed behavior is controlled by verbal antecedents
(rules) rather than by the immediate consequences experienced through direct contact.
3. In the context of verbal behavior, which operant is characterized by point-to-point
correspondence but no formal similarity?
A. Textual
B. Transcription
C. Echoic
D. Intraverbal
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Textual behavior involves reading written words; there is point-
to-point correspondence between the text and the vocal response, but they look/sound
different (no formal similarity).
4. A child sees a ball, says ‘ball’, and receives praise. This is an example of which verbal
operant?
A. Mand
B. Echoic
, C. Tact
D. Intraverbal
Answer: C
Conceptual Explanation: A tact is a verbal operant under the functional control of a
nonverbal discriminative stimulus and produces generalized conditioned reinforcement.
5. Which concept refers to the emergence of accurate responding to untrained and non-
reinforced stimulus-stimulus relations following the reinforcement of responses to some
stimulus-stimulus relations?
A. Stimulus Discrimination
B. Response Generalization
C. Stimulus Equivalence
D. Concept Formation
Answer: C
Conceptual Explanation: Stimulus equivalence describes the emergence of untrained
relations (reflexivity, symmetry, transitivity) after training specific relations.
6. In stimulus equivalence, if a learner is taught that A=B and B=C, and then correctly
identifies that A=C without training, which property has been demonstrated?
A. Transitivity
B. Symmetry
APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS WEEK
9 QUIZ | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
|2026/2027 UPDATE | JUST RELEASED.
CAPELLA UNIVERSITY
1. According to the matching law, if an individual receives 70% of their reinforcement from
Schedule A and 30% from Schedule B, how will they likely distribute their responses?
A. 100% of responses to Schedule A
B. 50% of responses to each schedule
C. Approximately 30% of responses to Schedule A and 70% to Schedule B
D. Approximately 70% of responses to Schedule A and 30% to Schedule B
Answer: D
Conceptual Explanation: Herrnstein’s matching law states that the relative rate of
responding matches the relative rate of reinforcement delivered on concurrent schedules.
2. Which of the following describes a situation where a response is influenced by a verbal
description of contingencies rather than direct contact with those contingencies?
A. Contingency-shaped behavior
B. Schedule-induced behavior
,C. Respondent conditioning
D. Rule-governed behavior
Answer: D
Conceptual Explanation: Rule-governed behavior is controlled by verbal antecedents
(rules) rather than by the immediate consequences experienced through direct contact.
3. In the context of verbal behavior, which operant is characterized by point-to-point
correspondence but no formal similarity?
A. Textual
B. Transcription
C. Echoic
D. Intraverbal
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Textual behavior involves reading written words; there is point-
to-point correspondence between the text and the vocal response, but they look/sound
different (no formal similarity).
4. A child sees a ball, says ‘ball’, and receives praise. This is an example of which verbal
operant?
A. Mand
B. Echoic
, C. Tact
D. Intraverbal
Answer: C
Conceptual Explanation: A tact is a verbal operant under the functional control of a
nonverbal discriminative stimulus and produces generalized conditioned reinforcement.
5. Which concept refers to the emergence of accurate responding to untrained and non-
reinforced stimulus-stimulus relations following the reinforcement of responses to some
stimulus-stimulus relations?
A. Stimulus Discrimination
B. Response Generalization
C. Stimulus Equivalence
D. Concept Formation
Answer: C
Conceptual Explanation: Stimulus equivalence describes the emergence of untrained
relations (reflexivity, symmetry, transitivity) after training specific relations.
6. In stimulus equivalence, if a learner is taught that A=B and B=C, and then correctly
identifies that A=C without training, which property has been demonstrated?
A. Transitivity
B. Symmetry
