SPE 526 Module 5 Stimulus Control Test
With Solution
Which of the following statement is correct?
Statement 1: The example of not answering the phone when hearing the
doorbell or the alarm clock demonstrates a stimulus-delta condition.
(HINT: Does doorbell signal the availability of social reinforcement for
answering the phone?)
Statement 2: In the example of wearing sunglasses in a sunny day and not
removing the sunglasses in the supermarket, the sun is an SD for wearing
sunglasses, and the supermarket is an SDp for removing sunglasses.
(HINT: In this scenario, the sun evoked a behavior of wearing sunglasses.
However, can the sun signal the availability of sunglasses at all or is the sun
an MO? In addition, for the supermarket to become an SDp, it must signal a
punisher for removing sunglasses? Was removing sunglasses punished?) -
ANSWER Only statement 1 is correct
Which of the following procedures may work as an AO that abates a problem
behavior? - ANSWER Noncontingent delivery of maintaining reinforcer.
Getting warmer as a UAO can:
(HINT: Does a UAO evoke a response and establish reinforcement
effectiveness or abate a response and abolish reinforcement effectiveness?) -
, ANSWER abate all behavior that results in getting closer to a heat source.
Emma only slept for 3 hours last night. During the math class today, the
teacher kept on asking her questions. She got annoyed and responded, "shut
up!" Based on this scenario, select the best answer. - ANSWER The lack of
enough sleep evoked her response, "Shut up!"
(HINT: Can the lack of enough sleep be the EO for her response?)
The difference between a UMO and a CMO is that ______________________. -
ANSWER A CMO was a neutral stimulus before acquiring value-altering and
behavior-altering effects.
(HINT: Review how a CMO acquires its effects.)
A man went to a foreign country. He does not speak the language. When he
was hungry the first day there, he bought the food from a street vendor by
pointing to the food that he wanted. The second day, he went to the same
street vendor and pointed to the food again. Based on this scenario, select
the incorrect answer.
A. If an establishing operation exists the second day, pointing to the food
was evoked by that establishing operation.
(HINT: If hunger exists the second day, can it evoke "pointing to the food"
again?)
With Solution
Which of the following statement is correct?
Statement 1: The example of not answering the phone when hearing the
doorbell or the alarm clock demonstrates a stimulus-delta condition.
(HINT: Does doorbell signal the availability of social reinforcement for
answering the phone?)
Statement 2: In the example of wearing sunglasses in a sunny day and not
removing the sunglasses in the supermarket, the sun is an SD for wearing
sunglasses, and the supermarket is an SDp for removing sunglasses.
(HINT: In this scenario, the sun evoked a behavior of wearing sunglasses.
However, can the sun signal the availability of sunglasses at all or is the sun
an MO? In addition, for the supermarket to become an SDp, it must signal a
punisher for removing sunglasses? Was removing sunglasses punished?) -
ANSWER Only statement 1 is correct
Which of the following procedures may work as an AO that abates a problem
behavior? - ANSWER Noncontingent delivery of maintaining reinforcer.
Getting warmer as a UAO can:
(HINT: Does a UAO evoke a response and establish reinforcement
effectiveness or abate a response and abolish reinforcement effectiveness?) -
, ANSWER abate all behavior that results in getting closer to a heat source.
Emma only slept for 3 hours last night. During the math class today, the
teacher kept on asking her questions. She got annoyed and responded, "shut
up!" Based on this scenario, select the best answer. - ANSWER The lack of
enough sleep evoked her response, "Shut up!"
(HINT: Can the lack of enough sleep be the EO for her response?)
The difference between a UMO and a CMO is that ______________________. -
ANSWER A CMO was a neutral stimulus before acquiring value-altering and
behavior-altering effects.
(HINT: Review how a CMO acquires its effects.)
A man went to a foreign country. He does not speak the language. When he
was hungry the first day there, he bought the food from a street vendor by
pointing to the food that he wanted. The second day, he went to the same
street vendor and pointed to the food again. Based on this scenario, select
the incorrect answer.
A. If an establishing operation exists the second day, pointing to the food
was evoked by that establishing operation.
(HINT: If hunger exists the second day, can it evoke "pointing to the food"
again?)
