RELIAS QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2024 - 2025
1. Identify two consequences: ANS - reinforcement and punishment
2. The field of Applied Behavior Analysis focuses on ______________ behavior. ANS - observable
3. What follows behavior? ANS - consequences
4. Another way to conceptualize negative in negative reinforcement and negative punishment is: ANS -
removal
Negative refers to the removal of a stimulus in regards to the consequence.
5. Jane rarely used her phone. Whenever her annoying coworker approaches her and she is on the
phone her coworker walks away. Now Jane is always talking on the phone. What principle of behavior
accounts for this increase? ANS - negative reinforcement
6. Reinforcement is any event that _________ behavior and _________ behavior. ANS - follows;
increases
7. Who was the founder of modern behaviorism? ANS - B.F. Skinner
8. When Kay talked to Nancy, she liked to complain about work. Nancy would listen and try to cheer her
up by talking with her. The more Nancy talked with Kay the more she complained. By talking with Kay
after she complained, Nancy used what principle? ANS - positive reinforcement
9. The definition of behavior is: ANS - any observable movement of a living thing
, 1. Alyse didn't sing in music class often. One day, her teacher saw Alyse singing and complimented her
voice in front of the class. Alyse stopped singing in music class all together. What principle did the music
teacher use on Alyse's singing behavior? ANS - positive punishment
2. Motivating operations increase the relative value of a particular reinforcer and also ________. ANS -
Motivating operations increase the relative value of a particular reinforcer and also increase the
likelihood of any behavior that has produced that reinforcer in the past.
3. Ratio Schedules are based on ______________ and interval schedules are based on
___________________. ANS - number of responses, passage of time
4. Luke threw toys at his peers during free play. When the teacher caught him doing this, she would take
the toy that he threw and put it in a box that he couldn't access for the rest of the day. His behavior
decreased. This is an example of: ANS - negative punishment
5. Hilary has autism and she likes to push buttons on her toys over and over again. After a while, to her
parent's satisfaction, the batteries wore out of the toy. Hilary stopped pushing the buttons on the toy.
What decreased her behavior? ANS - extinction
6. Jake yelled when he wanted music turned off and his parents would turn it off. One day, his parents
decided to ignore the yelling. Jake's yelling initially increased then decreased over the next couple days
as they continued to ignore. What occurred? ANS - extinction burst
His parents put his behavior of yelling on extinction by no longer providing the reinforcement of turning
the music off, but it initially increased before its eventual decrease. This is known as an extinction burst.
7. __________________schedules of reinforcement are when only some of the responses are
reinforced. ANS - Intermittent
8. Motivating Operations variables in the environment that alter the relative value of a __________ at a
particular time. ANS - reinforcer
ANSWERS 2024 - 2025
1. Identify two consequences: ANS - reinforcement and punishment
2. The field of Applied Behavior Analysis focuses on ______________ behavior. ANS - observable
3. What follows behavior? ANS - consequences
4. Another way to conceptualize negative in negative reinforcement and negative punishment is: ANS -
removal
Negative refers to the removal of a stimulus in regards to the consequence.
5. Jane rarely used her phone. Whenever her annoying coworker approaches her and she is on the
phone her coworker walks away. Now Jane is always talking on the phone. What principle of behavior
accounts for this increase? ANS - negative reinforcement
6. Reinforcement is any event that _________ behavior and _________ behavior. ANS - follows;
increases
7. Who was the founder of modern behaviorism? ANS - B.F. Skinner
8. When Kay talked to Nancy, she liked to complain about work. Nancy would listen and try to cheer her
up by talking with her. The more Nancy talked with Kay the more she complained. By talking with Kay
after she complained, Nancy used what principle? ANS - positive reinforcement
9. The definition of behavior is: ANS - any observable movement of a living thing
, 1. Alyse didn't sing in music class often. One day, her teacher saw Alyse singing and complimented her
voice in front of the class. Alyse stopped singing in music class all together. What principle did the music
teacher use on Alyse's singing behavior? ANS - positive punishment
2. Motivating operations increase the relative value of a particular reinforcer and also ________. ANS -
Motivating operations increase the relative value of a particular reinforcer and also increase the
likelihood of any behavior that has produced that reinforcer in the past.
3. Ratio Schedules are based on ______________ and interval schedules are based on
___________________. ANS - number of responses, passage of time
4. Luke threw toys at his peers during free play. When the teacher caught him doing this, she would take
the toy that he threw and put it in a box that he couldn't access for the rest of the day. His behavior
decreased. This is an example of: ANS - negative punishment
5. Hilary has autism and she likes to push buttons on her toys over and over again. After a while, to her
parent's satisfaction, the batteries wore out of the toy. Hilary stopped pushing the buttons on the toy.
What decreased her behavior? ANS - extinction
6. Jake yelled when he wanted music turned off and his parents would turn it off. One day, his parents
decided to ignore the yelling. Jake's yelling initially increased then decreased over the next couple days
as they continued to ignore. What occurred? ANS - extinction burst
His parents put his behavior of yelling on extinction by no longer providing the reinforcement of turning
the music off, but it initially increased before its eventual decrease. This is known as an extinction burst.
7. __________________schedules of reinforcement are when only some of the responses are
reinforced. ANS - Intermittent
8. Motivating Operations variables in the environment that alter the relative value of a __________ at a
particular time. ANS - reinforcer
