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 | 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
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
Difficulty: |Medium
Type: |Conceptual
| | | | |
| 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 | 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
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
Difficulty: |Medium
Type: |Conceptual
