SPCE 611 Exam 4 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS
Stan has to walk home from work, which is a one-mile walk. It is July when it is 102
degrees out. Stan sees a convenience store with a sign that says, "ice-cold drinks
here," and he realizes how thirsty he is. He goes into the convenience store to buy a
drink. What does the sign saying, " ice-cold drinks here" function as? - ANSWER-
discriminative stimulus
Food is a reinforcer for 5-year-old Kelsey, but she just ate lunch. What effect does
eating lunch have on food as a reinforcer? - ANSWER- abolishing operation
Mr. Smith is working with a student on learning numbers. Mr. Smith teaches the child to
match the number with itself or in other words, to match to sample (MTS). Which type of
relation does this represent? - ANSWER- A to A relation
Carrie is a job coach working with a student in an office. Carrie notices that the student
is having a hard time alphabetizing the files. Carrie tells the student to watch her and
then shows her how to alphabetize files. Which type of prompt is she using? -
ANSWER- modeling
Which of the following is a stimulus that in the presence of which, a response will not be
reinforced? - ANSWER- S-delta
Stimulus control has been achieved when: - ANSWER- A response occurs more
frequently in the presence of a specific stimuus but rarely occurs in the absence of the
stimulus.
Which of the following would be included in a feature stimulus class for ducks: -
ANSWER- webbed feet
If you are teaching a client to make his bed, which of the following represents a
backward chaining approach? - ANSWER- Having the trainer complete all steps except
the last one (putting the pillow on the bed). The student puts the pillows on the bed by
himself. When he has mastered that step, the traininer completes all but the last two
steps, and the student completes those. And so on...
The high school marching band performs a different routine every Friday night during
halftime of the football game. These routines have many, many steps and constitute
behavioral chains. When teaching each routine, the band director first shows the
students the full show and then has the band perform the whole thing, while prompting
them through it (e.g., "Keep going, remember, next, we will march forward for 8
counts."). Even though many of the students do not get all of the moves right during the
ANSWERS
Stan has to walk home from work, which is a one-mile walk. It is July when it is 102
degrees out. Stan sees a convenience store with a sign that says, "ice-cold drinks
here," and he realizes how thirsty he is. He goes into the convenience store to buy a
drink. What does the sign saying, " ice-cold drinks here" function as? - ANSWER-
discriminative stimulus
Food is a reinforcer for 5-year-old Kelsey, but she just ate lunch. What effect does
eating lunch have on food as a reinforcer? - ANSWER- abolishing operation
Mr. Smith is working with a student on learning numbers. Mr. Smith teaches the child to
match the number with itself or in other words, to match to sample (MTS). Which type of
relation does this represent? - ANSWER- A to A relation
Carrie is a job coach working with a student in an office. Carrie notices that the student
is having a hard time alphabetizing the files. Carrie tells the student to watch her and
then shows her how to alphabetize files. Which type of prompt is she using? -
ANSWER- modeling
Which of the following is a stimulus that in the presence of which, a response will not be
reinforced? - ANSWER- S-delta
Stimulus control has been achieved when: - ANSWER- A response occurs more
frequently in the presence of a specific stimuus but rarely occurs in the absence of the
stimulus.
Which of the following would be included in a feature stimulus class for ducks: -
ANSWER- webbed feet
If you are teaching a client to make his bed, which of the following represents a
backward chaining approach? - ANSWER- Having the trainer complete all steps except
the last one (putting the pillow on the bed). The student puts the pillows on the bed by
himself. When he has mastered that step, the traininer completes all but the last two
steps, and the student completes those. And so on...
The high school marching band performs a different routine every Friday night during
halftime of the football game. These routines have many, many steps and constitute
behavioral chains. When teaching each routine, the band director first shows the
students the full show and then has the band perform the whole thing, while prompting
them through it (e.g., "Keep going, remember, next, we will march forward for 8
counts."). Even though many of the students do not get all of the moves right during the
