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, OPTION-BASED QUESTIONS
Chapter 1. Introduction
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
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Difficulty: @ z c Hard
Type: @zcApplied
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Difficulty: @ z c Easy
Type: @zcApplied
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Difficulty: @ z c Medium
Type: @zcConceptual
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Difficulty: @ z c Medium
Type: @zcConceptual
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Type: @zcConceptual
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Modification
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What It Is and How to
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@zc Do It Eleventh
@zc @zc
@zc Edition @ z c Martin and @zc
@zc Pear
131
, OPTION-BASED QUESTIONS
Chapter 1. Introduction
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
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Type: @zcApplied
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Difficulty: @ z c Easy
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c) @ z c a @ z c student @ z c drinking @ z c coffee d) @ z c a @ z c child @ z c talking @ z c to @ z c her @ z c dog @ z c in @ z c the
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Type: @zcConceptual
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Difficulty: @ z c Medium
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*c) @ z c Joseph @ z c Wolpe’s @ z c behavioral @ z c treatment @ z c for @ z c specific @ z c phobias
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d) @zcstanding @zcat @zcthe @zcfree @zcthrow @zcline @zcin @zcbasketball
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