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Behavior Modification: What It Is and How To Do It (12th Edition) – Garry Martin & Joseph J. Pear | Complete Test Bank (Chapters 1–29) | Verified Questions & Answers | Grade A+

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This verified test bank includes complete questions and answers for all 29 chapters of Behavior Modification: What It Is and How To Do It (12th Edition) by Garry Martin and Joseph J. Pear. It covers every major topic in the textbook, including key behavioral principles, reinforcement techniques, shaping, fading, and applications of applied behavior analysis (ABA). Ideal for students, instructors, and exam preparation, this resource aligns fully with the latest edition (ISBN 9781000988673).

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To Do It 12th Edition

by Garry Martin & Joseph J.

All Chapters 1- 29 | Verified Questions & Answers |Grade A+


ISBN 9781000988673




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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter 2. Areas of Application: An Overview .................................................................................... 16
Chapter 3. Respondent (Classical, Pavlovian) Conditioning of Reflexive ........................................... 24
Chapter 4. Increasing a Behavior with Positive Reinforcement ......................................................... 34
Chapter 5. Increasing Behavior with Conditioned Reinforcement .................................................... 47
Chapter 6. Decreasing a Behavior with Extinction ............................................................................. 54
Chapter 7. Getting a New Behavior to Occur With Shaping ................................................................ 63
Chapter 8. Developing Behavioral Persistence with Schedules ......................................................... 69
Of Reinforcement ................................................................................................................................. 69
Chapter 9. Responding at the Right Time and Place: Stimulus Discrimination and Stimulus
Generalization ...................................................................................................................................... 80
Chapter 10. Changing the Control of a Behavior with Fading ............................................................. 91
Chapter 11. Getting a New Sequence of Behaviors to Occur with Behavior Chaining ....................... 98
Chapter 12. Differential Reinforcement Procedures to DecreaseBehavior ..................................... 105
Chapter 13. Decreasing Behavior with Punishment ......................................................................... 112
Chapter 14. Establishing Behavior by Escape and AvoidanceConditioning ..................................... 120
Chapter 15. Respondent and Operant Conditioning Together ......................................................... 127
Chapter16. Transferring Behavior to New Settings and MakingIt Last:Generality of
Beh
avior Change 137
Chapter 17. Antecedent Control: Rules and Goals ............................................................................ 147
Chapter 18. Antecedent Control: Modeling, Guidance, and Situational Inducement ...................... 153
Chapter 19. Antecedent Control: Motivation..................................................................................... 160
Chapter 20. Behavioral Assessment: Initial Considerations ............................................................ 168
Chapter 21. Direct Behavioral Assessment: What to Record and How ............................................ 176
Chapter 22. Doing Behavior Modification Research ......................................................................... 183
Chapter 23. Functional Assessment of Problem Behavior ............................................................... 193
Chapter 24. Planning, Applying, and Evaluating a Behavioral Program .......................................... 200
Chapter 25. Token Economies ........................................................................................................... 208
Chapter 26. Helping an Individual to Develop Self-Control .............................................................. 215
Chapter 27. Approaches to Behavior Therapy: Cognitive Restructuring, Self-Directed Coping
Methods, and Mindfulness and Acceptance ..................................................................................... 228
Chapter 28. Psychological Disorders Treated by Behavioral andCognitive-Behavioral Therapies242
Chapter 29. Giving It All Some Perspective: A Brief History .................................................... 256
Chapter 30. Ethical Issues................................................................................................................ 267




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OPTION-BASED QUESTIONS



Chapter 1. Introduction
Type: Conceptual
1. A behavioral excess is:


*Correct Answer 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 *Correct Answerd) dressing in the
morning
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Factual


3. In behavior modification, motivation and intelligence refer to:
a) inner mental processes *Correct Answer b) ways of behaving


c) causes of behavior d) major sources of abnormality


Difficulty: Easy
Type: Conceptual

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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
*Correct Answer 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


*Correct Answer 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 oriiher strengths
*Correct Answer b) it is behavior that causes concern, and there are
specific procedures now availableiito 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 thatindividual might
perform
Difficulty: Hard
Type: Applied

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