Complete Test Bank for Behavior Modification: What It Is and How To Do It (12th Edition) – Garry Martin & Joseph J. Pear | All Chapters 1–29 | Verified Psychology Resource

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)thespecific physicalvariables inone’simmediate surroundings
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d)thegeneralsituation where onehappenstobe
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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
* * * * * * * * *




* ofspecific behavioral deficits or behavioral excesses because:
* * * * * * *




a) therapists can then focus on the individual’s problem behaviors rather than on his orher
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *




* strengths

* b) it is behavior that causes concern, and there are specific procedures now
* * * * * * * * * * * *




* availableto change behavior * * *

, 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 about how
* * * * * * * * * * *




* thatindividual might perform
* * *




Difficulty: Hard *




Type:Applied *




7. Which of the following is not a characteristic of behavior modification?
* * * * * * * * * *




a) It defines problems in terms of behavior.
* * * * * *




b) Its treatment procedures and techniques are ways of rearranging an
* * * * * * * * *




* individual’senvironment. *




c) Its techniques draw extensively from the principles of operant and
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* Pavlovianconditioning. *




* d) It emphasizes the use of summary labels for classifying individuals.
* * * * * * * * * *




Difficulty:Easy *




Type:Applied *




8. Which of the following is an example of covert behavior?
* * * * * * * * *




* a) a skier thinking, “I hope I don’t fall”
* * * * * * * * b) a pitcher throwing a ball
* * * * *




c) a student drinking coffee
* * * * d) a child talking to her dog in the backyard
* * * * * * * * *




Difficulty: Medium *




Type:Conceptual *




9. Which of the following is an example of overt behavior?
* * * * * * * * *




a) feelings of nervousness
* * * * b) yelling at someone
* * * *




c) a boy on a date thinking, “I like this girl” d) imagining a beautiful sunset
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Difficulty: Medium *




Type:Conceptual *