ABA 622 PRE TEST MIDTERM EXAM SCRIPT Questions with
Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: An example of ---- schedules: a rat receives food on a VI schedule when a green light is on
and the FR schedule when a red light is on
Answer: multiple
Question 2: An automatic contingency, the reinforcer is ---- by the behavior itself
Answer: produced
Question 3: A stimulus that singles the unavailability of reinforcement is called a stimulus -----
Answer: delta
Question 4: Respondent conditioning is also known as ---- conditioning
Answer: classical or pavlovian
Question 5: A ---- punisher is a conditioned punisher paired with multiple unconditioned punishers
Answer: generalized
Question 6: mixed schedules typically produce ----responses rates compared to multiple schedules
Answer: lower
Question 7: A scenario where changing the classroom layout alters students' behavior demonstrates the
concept of ---- in altering stimulus control
Answer: environmental modification
Question 8: A generalized reinforcer is a conditioned reinforcer paired with ---- unconditioned
reinforcers
Answer: multiple
Question 9: Stimulus control is demonstrated through ----
Answer: discriminative responding
Question 10: A discriminative stimulus can function as a --- reinforcer
Answer: conditioned
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, Question 11: When recording data on a complex behavior a behavior analyst must break it down into
individual ----
Answer: responses
Question 12: Different ways to obtain attention is an example of a ---- class
Answer: response
Question 13: Respondent conditioning is important for emotional ---
Answer: responses
Question 14: ---- is the subject matter of behavior analysis.
Answer: Behavior
Question 15: In operant conditioning, the ---- precedes the consequence
Answer: response
Question 16: In a fixed interval schedule, reinforcement is delivered after a fixed amount of----
Answer: time
Question 17: Operant extinction is a key principle of ---- behavior.
Answer: reducing
Question 18: In socially mediated contingencies, the antecedent and or the consequence is delivered by
another ----
Answer: person
Question 19: A response class is ---- than a response but ----- than a behavior
Answer: broader, narrower
Question 20: Variable ratio schedules typically produce --- response rates
Answer: high
Question 21: Stimulus control is part of the ---- contingency
Answer: three term
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Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: An example of ---- schedules: a rat receives food on a VI schedule when a green light is on
and the FR schedule when a red light is on
Answer: multiple
Question 2: An automatic contingency, the reinforcer is ---- by the behavior itself
Answer: produced
Question 3: A stimulus that singles the unavailability of reinforcement is called a stimulus -----
Answer: delta
Question 4: Respondent conditioning is also known as ---- conditioning
Answer: classical or pavlovian
Question 5: A ---- punisher is a conditioned punisher paired with multiple unconditioned punishers
Answer: generalized
Question 6: mixed schedules typically produce ----responses rates compared to multiple schedules
Answer: lower
Question 7: A scenario where changing the classroom layout alters students' behavior demonstrates the
concept of ---- in altering stimulus control
Answer: environmental modification
Question 8: A generalized reinforcer is a conditioned reinforcer paired with ---- unconditioned
reinforcers
Answer: multiple
Question 9: Stimulus control is demonstrated through ----
Answer: discriminative responding
Question 10: A discriminative stimulus can function as a --- reinforcer
Answer: conditioned
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, Question 11: When recording data on a complex behavior a behavior analyst must break it down into
individual ----
Answer: responses
Question 12: Different ways to obtain attention is an example of a ---- class
Answer: response
Question 13: Respondent conditioning is important for emotional ---
Answer: responses
Question 14: ---- is the subject matter of behavior analysis.
Answer: Behavior
Question 15: In operant conditioning, the ---- precedes the consequence
Answer: response
Question 16: In a fixed interval schedule, reinforcement is delivered after a fixed amount of----
Answer: time
Question 17: Operant extinction is a key principle of ---- behavior.
Answer: reducing
Question 18: In socially mediated contingencies, the antecedent and or the consequence is delivered by
another ----
Answer: person
Question 19: A response class is ---- than a response but ----- than a behavior
Answer: broader, narrower
Question 20: Variable ratio schedules typically produce --- response rates
Answer: high
Question 21: Stimulus control is part of the ---- contingency
Answer: three term
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