TEST BANK for Behavior Modification: What It Is and How To Do It
12th Edition by Garry Martin & Joseph J. Pear.
All Chapters 1 - 29
, OPTION-BASED QUESTIONS
Chapter 1. Introduction
Type: Conceptual
1. A behavioral excess is:
* a) too much of a particular type of behavior
b) too little of a particular type of behavior
c) an appropriate behavior occurring to the wrong stimulus
d) an appropriate behavior occurring at the wrong time or place
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Conceptual
2. Which of the following is an example of behavior?
a) hair color b) the color of someone’s eyes
c) the clothes someone is wearing *d) dressing in the morning
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Factual
3. In behavior modification, motivation and intelligence refer to:
a) inner mental processes * b) ways of behaving
c) causes of behavior d) major sources of abnormality
Difficulty: Easy
,Type: Conceptual
4. In behavior modification, the term “environment” refers to:
a) the neighborhood in which a person is raised
b) the natural habitat of an organism
* c) the specific physical variables in one’s immediate surroundings
d) the general situation where one happens to be
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Factual
5. A child does not pronounce words clearly and does not interact with other
children. These are examples of:
a) behavioral excesses b) behavioral abnormalities
* c) behavioral deficits d) behavioral characteristics
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Conceptual
6. Behavior modifiers stress the importance of defining problems in
terms of specific behavioral deficits or behavioral excesses because:
a) therapists can then focus on the individual’s problem behaviors rather than on
his or her strengths
* b) it is behavior that causes concern, and there are specific
procedures now available to change behavior
, c) labeling an individual implies that a particular treatment program will be helpful
d) labeling an individual is useful for quickly providing general information
about how that individual might perform
Difficulty: Hard
Type: Applied
7. Which rof rthe rfollowing ris rnot ra rcharacteristic rof rbehavior rmodification?
a) It rdefines rproblems rin r terms rof rbehavior.
b) Its rtreatment r procedures r and r techniques r are r ways r of
r rearranging r an r individual’s renvironment.
c) Its rtechniques rdraw rextensively rfrom rthe rprinciples rof
roperant rand rPavlovian rconditioning.
* d) r It remphasizes r the r use r of r summary rlabels r for r classifying r individuals.
Difficulty: rEasy
Type: rApplied
8. Which rof rthe rfollowing ris ran rexample rof rcovert rbehavior?
* a) ra rskier rthinking, r“I rhope rI rdon’t rfall” b) ra rpitcher rthrowing ra rball
c) ra rstudent rdrinking r coffee d) ra rchild rtalking rto rher rdog r in rthe
rbackyard
Difficulty: rMedium
Type: rConceptual
9. Which rof rthe rfollowing ris ran rexample rof rovert rbehavior?
12th Edition by Garry Martin & Joseph J. Pear.
All Chapters 1 - 29
, OPTION-BASED QUESTIONS
Chapter 1. Introduction
Type: Conceptual
1. A behavioral excess is:
* a) too much of a particular type of behavior
b) too little of a particular type of behavior
c) an appropriate behavior occurring to the wrong stimulus
d) an appropriate behavior occurring at the wrong time or place
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Conceptual
2. Which of the following is an example of behavior?
a) hair color b) the color of someone’s eyes
c) the clothes someone is wearing *d) dressing in the morning
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Factual
3. In behavior modification, motivation and intelligence refer to:
a) inner mental processes * b) ways of behaving
c) causes of behavior d) major sources of abnormality
Difficulty: Easy
,Type: Conceptual
4. In behavior modification, the term “environment” refers to:
a) the neighborhood in which a person is raised
b) the natural habitat of an organism
* c) the specific physical variables in one’s immediate surroundings
d) the general situation where one happens to be
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Factual
5. A child does not pronounce words clearly and does not interact with other
children. These are examples of:
a) behavioral excesses b) behavioral abnormalities
* c) behavioral deficits d) behavioral characteristics
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Conceptual
6. Behavior modifiers stress the importance of defining problems in
terms of specific behavioral deficits or behavioral excesses because:
a) therapists can then focus on the individual’s problem behaviors rather than on
his or her strengths
* b) it is behavior that causes concern, and there are specific
procedures now available to change behavior
, c) labeling an individual implies that a particular treatment program will be helpful
d) labeling an individual is useful for quickly providing general information
about how that individual might perform
Difficulty: Hard
Type: Applied
7. Which rof rthe rfollowing ris rnot ra rcharacteristic rof rbehavior rmodification?
a) It rdefines rproblems rin r terms rof rbehavior.
b) Its rtreatment r procedures r and r techniques r are r ways r of
r rearranging r an r individual’s renvironment.
c) Its rtechniques rdraw rextensively rfrom rthe rprinciples rof
roperant rand rPavlovian rconditioning.
* d) r It remphasizes r the r use r of r summary rlabels r for r classifying r individuals.
Difficulty: rEasy
Type: rApplied
8. Which rof rthe rfollowing ris ran rexample rof rcovert rbehavior?
* a) ra rskier rthinking, r“I rhope rI rdon’t rfall” b) ra rpitcher rthrowing ra rball
c) ra rstudent rdrinking r coffee d) ra rchild rtalking rto rher rdog r in rthe
rbackyard
Difficulty: rMedium
Type: rConceptual
9. Which rof rthe rfollowing ris ran rexample rof rovert rbehavior?
