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A parametric study is one that:
a) Examines and compares the effects of a range of different values of the independent
variable
b) Involves use of a single-value independent variable that is manipulated
c) Isolates the effects of confounding variables that exert unknown or uncontrolled
influences
on the dependent variable
d) Is used to study the most effective elements of a treatment package
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A person who learns to say "red" when presented with a red card also says "red" when
presented with an orange card. This is called:
a) Stimulus generalization.
b) Response generalization.
c) Discrimination.
d) The Premack Principle
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A student for whom you are providing behavior analysis services lives with her mother. Her
parents are divorced and her mother has custody per a court order. The father calls you
and asks for a progress report on his daughter. What do you tell the father?
a) Tell him that since he is no longer the legal guardian, you are not ethically permitted to
release any information on the student without written authorization from the mother
b) Since he is the father, you tell him how his daughter is doing
c) You tell him that since he and the mother are divorced, you are only permitted to send a
written report in the mail.
d) Tell him that he needs to call the school principal for the information as you are ethically
not permitted to do so.
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A study has external validity if:
a) It's findings are generalizable to other settings, populations, or individuals.
b) It's findings are valid for the subjects studied.
c) If the changes in behavior appear in untrained responses.
d) If the changes in behavior appear in untrained environments.
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, An experimenter examines the effects of token reinforcement on wandering behavior
exhibited each day for six months. The independent variable in this study is:
a) Token reinforcement.
b) Wandering behavior.
c) Number of days.
d) Number of months.
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Direct replication is necessary to:
a) Increase confidence that the IV caused the changes in the DV
b) Study whether the results would be obtained in other situations.
c) Study whether other populations could benefit from the intervention
d) Increase confidence that response measures used measured what they were supposed to.
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Edward begins to engage in severe head banging. The first step in the development of a
treatment plan (in addition to ensuring safeguards are in place) should be:
a. Contact his Primary Care Physician to rule-out any medical complications
that may be responsible for this new behavior
b. Conducting a formal Analogue Functional Analysis.
c. Attempt a DRO procedure.
d. Wait to see of the behavior continues for more than one week.
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How often is a reinforcer produced in an FR 10 schedule?
a) Every l0th response
b) Every 10 minutes
c) On the average, every l0th response
d) On the average, every 10 minutes
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In ______ conditioning, the correlation is not between two stimuli as in ________
conditioning, but between a response and a(n) _______.
a. operant, respondent, consequence
b. respondent, operant, establishing operation
c. operant, respondent, SD
d. respondent, operant, consequence
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It is desirable to use the multiple baseline design when:
a) The behavior is likely to be irreversible
b) Leaving an untreated subject, behavior, or setting is impractical.
c) You want the most powerful design
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