PSYC 365 Behaviour Modification Principles – Final Exam Practice | 113 Questions and Answers | Athabasca University | 2026–2027

PSYC 365 Behaviour Modification Principles – Final Exam Practice | 113 Questions and Answers | Athabasca University | 2026–2027 Description: This comprehensive set of 113 multiple-choice questions and answers covers the core principles of behaviour modification as taught in PSYC 365 at Athabasca University. It is designed for final exam revision and includes reinforcement, punishment, extinction, shaping, chaining, fading, prompting, generalization, discrimination, token economies, contingency contracting, functional assessment, and ethical considerations. Each question has one correct answer marked with , and correct answers are mixed across A, B, C, and D to avoid patterns. Keywords: PSYC 365, behaviour modification, final exam, revision, Athabasca University, reinforcement, punishment, extinction, shaping, chaining, prompting, fading, generalization, discrimination, token economy, functional assessment, ethics, MCQs, practice questions. 1. What is the primary focus of behaviour modification? A. Unconscious conflicts B. Observable and measurable behaviour C. Personality traits D. Childhood memories 2. Which principle states that behaviour is influenced by its consequences? A. Cognitive dissonance B. Operant conditioning C. Classical conditioning D. Social learning theory 3. What is positive reinforcement? A. Adding a stimulus to increase behaviour B. Removing a stimulus to increase behaviour C. Adding a stimulus to decrease behaviour D. Removing a stimulus to decrease behaviour 4. What is negative reinforcement? A. Adding a punisher B. Removing an aversive stimulus to increase behaviour C. Removing a reinforcer D. Ignoring behaviour 5. What is positive punishment? A. Adding an aversive stimulus to decrease behaviour B. Removing a reinforcer to decrease behaviour C. Adding a reinforcer to increase behaviour D. Removing an aversive stimulus to increase behaviour 6. What is negative punishment? A. Adding an aversive stimulus B. Removing a reinforcer to decrease behaviour C. Removing an aversive stimulus D. Adding a reinforcer 7. Extinction involves: A. Reinforcing a behaviour B. Withholding reinforcement for a previously reinforced behaviour C. Punishing a behaviour D. Shaping a behaviour 8. What is a reinforcer? A. Any stimulus that decreases behaviour B. Any stimulus that increases behaviour C. Any stimulus that has no effect D. Any stimulus that causes fear 9. What is a punisher? A. Any stimulus that increases behaviour B. Any stimulus that decreases behaviour C. Any stimulus that is neutral D. Any stimulus that is reinforcing 10. Which schedule reinforces every occurrence of a behaviour? A. Fixed ratio B. Variable ratio C. Continuous reinforcement D. Intermittent reinforcement 11. Which schedule reinforces after a fixed number of responses? A. Fixed interval B. Fixed ratio C. Variable interval D. Variable ratio 12. Which schedule reinforces after a fixed amount of time? A. Fixed ratio B. Variable ratio C. Fixed interval D. Variable interval 13. Which schedule reinforces after an unpredictable number of responses? A. Fixed ratio B. Variable ratio C. Fixed interval D. Variable interval 14. Which schedule reinforces after an unpredictable amount of time? A. Fixed ratio B. Variable ratio C. Fixed interval D. Variable interval 15. Shaping involves: A. Reinforcing successive approximations of a target behaviour B. Punishing all approximations C. Reinforcing only the final behaviour D. Extinguishing all behaviours 16. Chaining involves: A. Reinforcing a single response B. Linking together separate behaviours in a sequence C. Punishing a sequence D. Extinguishing a sequence 17. Fading involves: A. Gradually removing prompts B. Gradually adding prompts C. Suddenly removing prompts D. Ignoring prompts 18. Prompting involves: A. Removing assistance B. Providing assistance to elicit a behaviour C. Punishing a behaviour D. Extinguishing a behaviour 19. Generalization means: A. Responding differently to similar stimuli B. Responding similarly to similar stimuli C. Responding only to one stimulus D. Ignoring all stimuli 20. Discrimination means: A. Responding similarly to all stimuli B. Responding differently to different stimuli C. Ignoring all stimuli D. Responding only to reinforcers