TEST BANK
Behavior Modification What It Is and How to Do It by Garry Martin
11th Edition
TEST BANK
,Chapter 1. Introduction
Garry Martin: Behavior Modification What It Is and How to Do It 11th Edition
Multiple Choice Questions On Main Text (Note: * indicates the correct answer)
1. A behavioral deficit is:
* a) too little of a particular type of behavior
b) too much 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. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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’s
environment.
c) Its techniques draw extensively from the principles of operant and Pavlovian
conditioning.
* d) It emphasizes the use of summary labels for classifying individuals.
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Applied
9. 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
10. 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
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Conceptual
11. Behavior therapy was first used to refer to:
a) behavior modification in which there is typically an attempt to analyze or clearly
demonstrate controlling variables
b) the scientific study of laws that govern the behavior of human beings and other animals
*c) Joseph Wolpe’s behavioral treatment for specific phobias
d) behavior modification that focuses on overt behaviors that are of social significance
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Conceptual
12. Which of the following is an example of an outcome of behavior?
a) throwing a baseball
b) lifting a heavy weight
*c) scoring a goal in ice hockey
d) standing at the free throw line in basketball
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Conceptual
13. Behavior modifiers are cautious about using summary labels to refer to individuals or
their actions because:
a) the label for the behavior is often used as a pseudo-explanation for the behavior
b) labels can negatively affect the way an individual might be treated
c) labeling may influence us to focus on an individual’s problem behaviors rather than on
his or her strengths
* d) all of the above
,Difficulty: fHard
Type: fConceptual
14. The f people, f objects, f and f events f that f make f up f a f person’s f environment f are f called:
* a) f stimuli b) f conditioned f stimuli
c) unconditioned f stimuli d) f reinforcing f stimuli
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fFactual
15. Which f of f the f following f is f not f a f characteristic f of f behavior f modification?
a) Its f treatment f procedures f are f ways f of f altering f an f individual’s f environment.
b) Its fmethods fand frationales fcan fbe fdescribed fprecisely.
* c) f Its f techniques f stem f primarily f from f cognitive f psychology.
d) f Its f techniques f are f often f applied f by f individuals f in f everyday f life.
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fConceptual
16. Behavioral f assessment f seeks f to:
a) determine f the f underlying f mental f disturbance f responsible f for f behavioral f symptoms
b) identify fthe ftype fof fmental fdisorder f assumed f to funderlie fparticular f patterns fof
f abnormal fbehavior
* c) fidentify fpotential fcontrolling fvariables fof fproblem fbehaviors, fand fselect
fbehavioral ftreatment
d) fdetermine fthe fnecessary fintelligence flevel fof fpotential fclients fas fa fprerequisite
fto fbehavior fmodification f programs
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fApplied
17. Which f of f the f following f is f not f a f misconception f about f behavior f modification?
a) fBehavior fmodifiers fonly fdeal fwith fthe fobservable fand fthey fdon’t fdeal fwith fthe
fthoughts f and ffeelings fof fclients.
* b) fBehavior fmodification f involves fthe fsystematic fapplication f of flearning
fprinciples fto fimprove fcovert fand fovert fbehaviors.
c) Behavior f modification f involves f the fuse f of f drugs, f psychosurgery, f and
f electroconvulsive ftherapy.
d) Behavior f modification f only f changes f symptoms; f it f doesn’t f get f at f the f underlying f problems.
Difficulty: fHard
Type: fApplied
18. Which f of f the f following f is f an f example f of f cognitive f behavior?
a) a f child f reading f out f loud f for f a f parent
b) a fbaseball fplayer ftalking fto fher fcoach
* f f c) f a f person f on f a f hot f day f imagining f that f he f is f sitting f at f the f ocean
d) f a f student f writing f with f a f pen
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fConceptual
19. Behaviors f to f be f improved f in f a f behavior f modification f program f are f frequently f called:
a) fovert fbehaviors b) fcovert fbehaviors
c) fcognitive f behaviors * fd) ftarget fbehaviors
,Type: fConceptual
20. Behavior f Analysis f refers f to:
a) fbehavior fmodification fin fwhich fthere fis ftypically fan fattempt fto fanalyze for
fclearly fdemonstrate fcontrolling fvariables
* f f b) f the f scientific f study f of f laws f that f govern f the f behavior f of f human f beings f and f other
f animals
c) behavioral f treatment f carried f out f on f dysfunctional f behavior
d) behavior f modification f that f focuses f on f overt f behaviors f that f are f of f social f significance
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fApplied
21. involves fthe f systematic fapplication f of f learning f principles f and
f techniques f to fassess fand fimprove findividuals’ fcovert fand fovert fbehaviors fin forder fto
fenhance ftheir fdaily ffunctioning.
a) f Behavioral f assessment b) f Behavior f analysis
* c) f Behavior f modification d) f Cognitive f behavior f therapy
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fApplied
22. Classical f conditioning f was f developed f by:
a) B.F. f Skinner * fb) fIvan fPavlov
c) f Joseph f Wolpe d) f Aaron f Beck
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fFactual
23. In f the f 1950s, developed f a f behavioral f treatment f for f specific f phobias.
a) f Hans f Eyesenck b) f Aaron f Beck
c) f Albert f Ellis *d) f Joseph f Wolpe
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fFactual
24. The fterm f“cognitive ftherapy” fwas fused fby to frefer fto fstrategies ffor
frecognizing fmaladaptive fthinking fand freplacing fit fwith fadaptive fthinking.
* a) f Beck b) f Ellis
c) f Wolpe d) f Skinner
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fFactual
True/False fQuestions fon fMain fText f (Note: f Correct f answer f indicated fin
f left f margin) f T 25. fBehavior f modification f accepts f changes f in f a fbehavior
f as f the findicator f of f the fextent fto fwhich fa fproblem fis fbeing fhelped.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fConceptual
F 26. fOne fof fthe fdefining fcharacteristics fof fbehavior fmodification fis fthat fit
fdoes fnot femphasize fscientific fdemonstration fthat fan fintervention fwas
fresponsible ffor fa fparticular fbehavior fchange.
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fConceptual
T 27. fBehavior fis, fessentially, fanything fa fperson f does for fsays.
, Type: fFactual
F 28. fBehavior fmodifiers fdeal fonly fwith fobservable fbehavior, fand
fdiscount fsubjective f events f such f as f thoughts f and f feelings.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fFactual
F 29. fThe f color f of f a f person’s f eyes f is f an f example f of f behavior.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fFactual
T 30. fStudying f for f a f course f is f an f example f of f a f behavior.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fFactual
F 31. fRemembering fthe f feelings f of f your f first f kiss f is f an f example f of f overt f behavior.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fConceptual
T 32. fThinking f“I fhope fI fpass fthis fcourse” fwhile fsitting fin fclass, fis fan
fexample fof fcovert fbehavior.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fConceptual
F 33. fTo fa fbehavior fmodifier, f intelligence f is f something f that f you f were f born
f with, f a f sort fof f“inherited fcapacity f for f learning.”
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fFactual
T 34. fHyperactivity f is f a f label f for f certain f behaviors.
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fFactual
T 35. fAccording f to fthe fauthors f of f the ftext, f the fterm fbehavior
f modification f has f a fbroader fmeaning fthan fthe fterm fbehavior ftherapy.
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fConceptual
F 36. fA f teenager f frequently f interrupts f conversations f between f his
f parents. f That’s fan fexample fof fa fbehavioral fdeficit.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fFactual
T 37. fA fgolfer f often fthinks fnegatively fjust fbefore fimportant f shots. f That’s
fan f example fof fa fbehavioral fexcess.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fFactual
F 38. fBehavior fmodification f can fonly fbe fapplied fby fexperts, f and
fnot fby findividuals fin feveryday flife.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fConceptual
Behavior Modification What It Is and How to Do It by Garry Martin
11th Edition
TEST BANK
,Chapter 1. Introduction
Garry Martin: Behavior Modification What It Is and How to Do It 11th Edition
Multiple Choice Questions On Main Text (Note: * indicates the correct answer)
1. A behavioral deficit is:
* a) too little of a particular type of behavior
b) too much 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. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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’s
environment.
c) Its techniques draw extensively from the principles of operant and Pavlovian
conditioning.
* d) It emphasizes the use of summary labels for classifying individuals.
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Applied
9. 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
10. 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
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Conceptual
11. Behavior therapy was first used to refer to:
a) behavior modification in which there is typically an attempt to analyze or clearly
demonstrate controlling variables
b) the scientific study of laws that govern the behavior of human beings and other animals
*c) Joseph Wolpe’s behavioral treatment for specific phobias
d) behavior modification that focuses on overt behaviors that are of social significance
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Conceptual
12. Which of the following is an example of an outcome of behavior?
a) throwing a baseball
b) lifting a heavy weight
*c) scoring a goal in ice hockey
d) standing at the free throw line in basketball
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Conceptual
13. Behavior modifiers are cautious about using summary labels to refer to individuals or
their actions because:
a) the label for the behavior is often used as a pseudo-explanation for the behavior
b) labels can negatively affect the way an individual might be treated
c) labeling may influence us to focus on an individual’s problem behaviors rather than on
his or her strengths
* d) all of the above
,Difficulty: fHard
Type: fConceptual
14. The f people, f objects, f and f events f that f make f up f a f person’s f environment f are f called:
* a) f stimuli b) f conditioned f stimuli
c) unconditioned f stimuli d) f reinforcing f stimuli
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fFactual
15. Which f of f the f following f is f not f a f characteristic f of f behavior f modification?
a) Its f treatment f procedures f are f ways f of f altering f an f individual’s f environment.
b) Its fmethods fand frationales fcan fbe fdescribed fprecisely.
* c) f Its f techniques f stem f primarily f from f cognitive f psychology.
d) f Its f techniques f are f often f applied f by f individuals f in f everyday f life.
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fConceptual
16. Behavioral f assessment f seeks f to:
a) determine f the f underlying f mental f disturbance f responsible f for f behavioral f symptoms
b) identify fthe ftype fof fmental fdisorder f assumed f to funderlie fparticular f patterns fof
f abnormal fbehavior
* c) fidentify fpotential fcontrolling fvariables fof fproblem fbehaviors, fand fselect
fbehavioral ftreatment
d) fdetermine fthe fnecessary fintelligence flevel fof fpotential fclients fas fa fprerequisite
fto fbehavior fmodification f programs
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fApplied
17. Which f of f the f following f is f not f a f misconception f about f behavior f modification?
a) fBehavior fmodifiers fonly fdeal fwith fthe fobservable fand fthey fdon’t fdeal fwith fthe
fthoughts f and ffeelings fof fclients.
* b) fBehavior fmodification f involves fthe fsystematic fapplication f of flearning
fprinciples fto fimprove fcovert fand fovert fbehaviors.
c) Behavior f modification f involves f the fuse f of f drugs, f psychosurgery, f and
f electroconvulsive ftherapy.
d) Behavior f modification f only f changes f symptoms; f it f doesn’t f get f at f the f underlying f problems.
Difficulty: fHard
Type: fApplied
18. Which f of f the f following f is f an f example f of f cognitive f behavior?
a) a f child f reading f out f loud f for f a f parent
b) a fbaseball fplayer ftalking fto fher fcoach
* f f c) f a f person f on f a f hot f day f imagining f that f he f is f sitting f at f the f ocean
d) f a f student f writing f with f a f pen
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fConceptual
19. Behaviors f to f be f improved f in f a f behavior f modification f program f are f frequently f called:
a) fovert fbehaviors b) fcovert fbehaviors
c) fcognitive f behaviors * fd) ftarget fbehaviors
,Type: fConceptual
20. Behavior f Analysis f refers f to:
a) fbehavior fmodification fin fwhich fthere fis ftypically fan fattempt fto fanalyze for
fclearly fdemonstrate fcontrolling fvariables
* f f b) f the f scientific f study f of f laws f that f govern f the f behavior f of f human f beings f and f other
f animals
c) behavioral f treatment f carried f out f on f dysfunctional f behavior
d) behavior f modification f that f focuses f on f overt f behaviors f that f are f of f social f significance
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fApplied
21. involves fthe f systematic fapplication f of f learning f principles f and
f techniques f to fassess fand fimprove findividuals’ fcovert fand fovert fbehaviors fin forder fto
fenhance ftheir fdaily ffunctioning.
a) f Behavioral f assessment b) f Behavior f analysis
* c) f Behavior f modification d) f Cognitive f behavior f therapy
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fApplied
22. Classical f conditioning f was f developed f by:
a) B.F. f Skinner * fb) fIvan fPavlov
c) f Joseph f Wolpe d) f Aaron f Beck
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fFactual
23. In f the f 1950s, developed f a f behavioral f treatment f for f specific f phobias.
a) f Hans f Eyesenck b) f Aaron f Beck
c) f Albert f Ellis *d) f Joseph f Wolpe
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fFactual
24. The fterm f“cognitive ftherapy” fwas fused fby to frefer fto fstrategies ffor
frecognizing fmaladaptive fthinking fand freplacing fit fwith fadaptive fthinking.
* a) f Beck b) f Ellis
c) f Wolpe d) f Skinner
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fFactual
True/False fQuestions fon fMain fText f (Note: f Correct f answer f indicated fin
f left f margin) f T 25. fBehavior f modification f accepts f changes f in f a fbehavior
f as f the findicator f of f the fextent fto fwhich fa fproblem fis fbeing fhelped.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fConceptual
F 26. fOne fof fthe fdefining fcharacteristics fof fbehavior fmodification fis fthat fit
fdoes fnot femphasize fscientific fdemonstration fthat fan fintervention fwas
fresponsible ffor fa fparticular fbehavior fchange.
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fConceptual
T 27. fBehavior fis, fessentially, fanything fa fperson f does for fsays.
, Type: fFactual
F 28. fBehavior fmodifiers fdeal fonly fwith fobservable fbehavior, fand
fdiscount fsubjective f events f such f as f thoughts f and f feelings.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fFactual
F 29. fThe f color f of f a f person’s f eyes f is f an f example f of f behavior.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fFactual
T 30. fStudying f for f a f course f is f an f example f of f a f behavior.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fFactual
F 31. fRemembering fthe f feelings f of f your f first f kiss f is f an f example f of f overt f behavior.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fConceptual
T 32. fThinking f“I fhope fI fpass fthis fcourse” fwhile fsitting fin fclass, fis fan
fexample fof fcovert fbehavior.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fConceptual
F 33. fTo fa fbehavior fmodifier, f intelligence f is f something f that f you f were f born
f with, f a f sort fof f“inherited fcapacity f for f learning.”
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fFactual
T 34. fHyperactivity f is f a f label f for f certain f behaviors.
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fFactual
T 35. fAccording f to fthe fauthors f of f the ftext, f the fterm fbehavior
f modification f has f a fbroader fmeaning fthan fthe fterm fbehavior ftherapy.
Difficulty: f Easy
Type: fConceptual
F 36. fA f teenager f frequently f interrupts f conversations f between f his
f parents. f That’s fan fexample fof fa fbehavioral fdeficit.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fFactual
T 37. fA fgolfer f often fthinks fnegatively fjust fbefore fimportant f shots. f That’s
fan f example fof fa fbehavioral fexcess.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fFactual
F 38. fBehavior fmodification f can fonly fbe fapplied fby fexperts, f and
fnot fby findividuals fin feveryday flife.
Difficulty: f Medium
Type: fConceptual
