SPCE 611 - EXAM 5 MOD 11-12
Punishment - correct answer ✔Presentation of a stimulus that decreases the
rate of occurrence of the target behavior
Negative Punishment - correct answer ✔The removal of a stimulus that
decreases the rate of occurrence of the target behavior
Recovery from punishment - correct answer ✔After punishment is
discontinued, sometimes the behavior that experienced the punishment
contingency will recover.
Intensity
Schedule
Immediacy - correct answer ✔Factors that influence the effectiveness of
punishment
Undesirable emotional responses
Avoidance and escape
Increased rate of problem behavior
*Decreased self-esteem* - correct answer ✔The use of punishment may
cause unwanted side effects to appear. Which one is not one of the side
effects?
Positive punishment - correct answer ✔Little Peter was walking along the
fence of his uncle's dairy farm. Peter reached up and grabbed the wire along
the fence, not realizing it was electrified. After recovering from the pain
caused by the shock, Peter never again touched the fence wires. Which
statement best describes the shock stimulus felt by Peter?
, The delivery of a stimulus, following a behavior, which increases the likelihood
that the behavior will occur again
*The delivery of a stimulus, following a behavior, which decreases the
likelihood that the behavior will occur again *
A stimulus delivered with good intentions
The removal of a stimulus, following a behavior, which decreases the
likelihood that the behavior will occur again - correct answer ✔Which
statement best describes positive punishment?
Response blocking - correct answer ✔Physically intervening as soon as the
student beings to emit a problem behavior to prevent the completing of the
response
*Test punisher on your pet prior to implementing it with your student *
Conduct punisher assessment
Use the least intensity of punishment that is effective
Deliver the punisher immediately - correct answer ✔Which statement is not a
recommended as a guideline for the use of punishment?
It reminds the practitioner that the technique produces physical discomfort. -
correct answer ✔Carr and Lovaas (1983) recommended that practitioners
experience any punisher personally before the treatment begins for what
reason?
Right to safe and humane treatment
Least restrictive alternative
Right to effective treatment
Punishment - correct answer ✔Presentation of a stimulus that decreases the
rate of occurrence of the target behavior
Negative Punishment - correct answer ✔The removal of a stimulus that
decreases the rate of occurrence of the target behavior
Recovery from punishment - correct answer ✔After punishment is
discontinued, sometimes the behavior that experienced the punishment
contingency will recover.
Intensity
Schedule
Immediacy - correct answer ✔Factors that influence the effectiveness of
punishment
Undesirable emotional responses
Avoidance and escape
Increased rate of problem behavior
*Decreased self-esteem* - correct answer ✔The use of punishment may
cause unwanted side effects to appear. Which one is not one of the side
effects?
Positive punishment - correct answer ✔Little Peter was walking along the
fence of his uncle's dairy farm. Peter reached up and grabbed the wire along
the fence, not realizing it was electrified. After recovering from the pain
caused by the shock, Peter never again touched the fence wires. Which
statement best describes the shock stimulus felt by Peter?
, The delivery of a stimulus, following a behavior, which increases the likelihood
that the behavior will occur again
*The delivery of a stimulus, following a behavior, which decreases the
likelihood that the behavior will occur again *
A stimulus delivered with good intentions
The removal of a stimulus, following a behavior, which decreases the
likelihood that the behavior will occur again - correct answer ✔Which
statement best describes positive punishment?
Response blocking - correct answer ✔Physically intervening as soon as the
student beings to emit a problem behavior to prevent the completing of the
response
*Test punisher on your pet prior to implementing it with your student *
Conduct punisher assessment
Use the least intensity of punishment that is effective
Deliver the punisher immediately - correct answer ✔Which statement is not a
recommended as a guideline for the use of punishment?
It reminds the practitioner that the technique produces physical discomfort. -
correct answer ✔Carr and Lovaas (1983) recommended that practitioners
experience any punisher personally before the treatment begins for what
reason?
Right to safe and humane treatment
Least restrictive alternative
Right to effective treatment
