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 pg
Chapter 1. Introduction pg pg
Type: Conceptual
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1. A behavioral excess is:
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* a) too much of a particular type of behavior
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b) too little of a particular type of behavior
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c) an appropriate behavior occurring to the wrong stimulus
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d) an appropriate behavior occurring at the wrong time or place
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Difficulty: Easy pg
Type: Conceptual
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2. Which of the following is an example of behavior?
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a) hair color
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c) the clothes someone is wearing
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Difficulty: Medium pg
Type: Factual
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3. In behavior modification, motivation and intelligence refer to:
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a) inner mental processes
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c) causes of behavior
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Difficulty: Easy pg
Type: Conceptual
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,4. In behavior modification, the term “environment” refers to:
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a) the neighborhood in which a person is raised
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b) the natural pg pg habitat p g of pg an pg organism
* c) the specific physical variables in one’s immediate surroundings
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d) the general situation where one happens to be
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Difficulty: Easy pg
Type: Factual
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5. A child does not pronounce words clearly and does not interact with
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pg other children. These are examples of:
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a) behavioral excesses
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* c) behavioral deficits
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Difficulty: Medium pg
Type: Conceptual
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6. Behavior modifiers stress the importance of defining problems in
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pg terms ofspecific behavioral deficits or behavioral excesses because:
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a) therapists can then focus on the individual’s problem behaviors rather than
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pg on his orher strengths
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* b) it is behavior that causes concern, and there are specific
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pg procedures now availableto change behavior
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, c) labeling an individual implies that a particular treatment program will be helpful
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d) labeling an individual is useful for quickly providing general information
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Difficulty: Hard pg
Type: Applied pg
7. Which of the following is not a characteristic of behavior modification?
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a) It defines problems in terms of behavior.
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b) Its treatment procedures and techniques are ways of rearranging an
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c) Its techniques draw extensively from the principles of operant and
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* d) It emphasizes the use of summary labels for classifying individuals.
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Difficulty: Easy pg
Type: Applied pg
8. Which of the following is an example of covert behavior?
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* a) a skier thinking, “I hope I don’t fall”
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c) a student drinking coffee
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Difficulty: Medium pg
Type: Conceptual
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9. Which of the following is an example of overt behavior?
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a) feelings of nervousness
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c) a boy on a date thinking, “I like this girl”
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Difficulty: Medium pg
Type: Conceptual
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What It Is and How To Do It
12th Edition by Garry Martin & Joseph J. Pear.
All Chapters 1 - 29
, OPTION-BASED QUESTIONS pg
Chapter 1. Introduction pg pg
Type: Conceptual
pg
1. A behavioral excess is:
pg pg pg
* a) too much of a particular type of behavior
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
b) too little of a particular type of behavior
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
c) an appropriate behavior occurring to the wrong stimulus
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
d) an appropriate behavior occurring at the wrong time or place
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
Difficulty: Easy pg
Type: Conceptual
pg
2. Which of the following is an example of behavior?
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a) hair color
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c) the clothes someone is wearing
pg pg pg pg pg *d) dressing in the morning
pg pg pg pg
Difficulty: Medium pg
Type: Factual
pg
3. In behavior modification, motivation and intelligence refer to:
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
a) inner mental processes
pg pg pg * b) ways of behaving
pg pg pg pg
c) causes of behavior
pg pg pg d) major sources of abnormality
pg pg pg pg
Difficulty: Easy pg
Type: Conceptual
pg
,4. In behavior modification, the term “environment” refers to:
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
a) the neighborhood in which a person is raised
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
b) the natural pg pg habitat p g of pg an pg organism
* c) the specific physical variables in one’s immediate surroundings
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
d) the general situation where one happens to be
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
Difficulty: Easy pg
Type: Factual
pg
5. A child does not pronounce words clearly and does not interact with
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
pg other children. These are examples of:
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a) behavioral excesses
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* c) behavioral deficits
pg pg d) behavioral characteristics
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Difficulty: Medium pg
Type: Conceptual
pg
6. Behavior modifiers stress the importance of defining problems in
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
pg terms ofspecific behavioral deficits or behavioral excesses because:
pg p
g pg pg pg pg pg pg
a) therapists can then focus on the individual’s problem behaviors rather than
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
pg on his orher strengths
pg pg p
g pg
* b) it is behavior that causes concern, and there are specific
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
pg procedures now availableto change behavior
pg pg p
g pg pg
, c) labeling an individual implies that a particular treatment program will be helpful
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
d) labeling an individual is useful for quickly providing general information
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
pg about how thatindividual might perform
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g pg pg
Difficulty: Hard pg
Type: Applied pg
7. Which of the following is not a characteristic of behavior modification?
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a) It defines problems in terms of behavior.
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b) Its treatment procedures and techniques are ways of rearranging an
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
pg individual’senvironment. p
g
c) Its techniques draw extensively from the principles of operant and
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
pg Pavlovianconditioning.p
g
* d) It emphasizes the use of summary labels for classifying individuals.
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg
Difficulty: Easy pg
Type: Applied pg
8. Which of the following is an example of covert behavior?
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* a) a skier thinking, “I hope I don’t fall”
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c) a student drinking coffee
pg pg pg pg d) a child talking to her dog in the backyard
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Difficulty: Medium pg
Type: Conceptual
pg
9. Which of the following is an example of overt behavior?
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a) feelings of nervousness
pg pg pg * b) yelling at someone
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c) a boy on a date thinking, “I like this girl”
pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg pg p g d) imagining a beautiful sunset
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Difficulty: Medium pg
Type: Conceptual
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