PRACTICE SOLUTION TESTED QUESTIONS
UPDATED
◉ A child will say "car" when shown the written word CAR, and not
when shown the word HORSE. To be confident that saying "car" is
under appropriate stimulus control, you will make sure the child says
"car" when shown. Answer: CAR, but not when shown similar words
such as FAR, CAT, BAR, CAN, etc
◉ A child can often read a word in context of a sentence but sometimes
mispronounces the word when it appears in isolation. To correct this,
provide practice by reading the word. Answer: mixed randomly with
other words in a deck of flash cards
◉ A game leader gives an instruction (e.g., "touch your head") the
players respond according to the instruction, and their responses are
reinforced (the players stay in the game) only if the statement, "Simon
says..." precedes the instruction. The fourth term in this contingency is.
Answer: the statement "Simon says..."
◉ to establish discrimination. Answer: deliver reinforcement in the
presence of an SD
,withhold reinforcement in the presence of the Sdetla
withhold reinforcement in the absence of the SD
◉ A three term contingency is. Answer: a discriminative stimulus for
punishment, a behavior, and a punisher
◉ When cookies are cooling on the counter, the child's taking one is
likely to be reinforced. if the child's grandmother is in the kitchen,
however, taking a cookie may be punished. The child's grandma is.
Answer: a conditioned stimulus whose presence or absence signals the
consequence for taking a cookie
◉ To establish discrimination. Answer: deliver reinforcement in the
presence of SD
◉ in a conditioned discrimination, a response is reinforced. Answer: in
the presence of an SD only when other conditions are met or other
stimuli are present
◉ A simple discrimination is exemplified with. Answer: all of the above
a three term contingency
, a discriminative stimulus for punishment, a behavior and a punisher
an SD, behavior, reinforcer
◉ A conditioned discrimination may consist of. Answer: all of the above
◉ a three term contingency is. Answer: an SD, a behavior, and a
reinforcer
◉ Discrimination is the result of. Answer: differential reinforcement
◉ a conditional discrimination may consist of. Answer: a conditioned
stimulus and three term contingency
◉ a child sometimes reverses "d" and "b" when writing. The most
effective approach for teaching this discrimination would be to ask the
child to. Answer: write a word beginning with "d" then "b" in random
order
◉ in a matching-to-sample task, whether or not the selection of a
comparison stimulus is reinforced depends on. Answer: the sample
stimulus