PSYC 365 Final questions with correct answers
According to behaviour analysts, creativity refers to
a. The results of thinking
b. a behavioural excess
c. an indicator of psychic forces
d. kinds of behaviour Correct Answer-d. kinds of behaviour
Of the following options, which is not a characteristic of behaviour
modification?
a. it defines problems in terms of behavioural deficits and excesses
b. it assesses behaviour problems before trying to solve those problems.
c. it makes use of conditioning principles
d. it uses summary labels because they convey information quickly
Correct Answer-d. it uses summary labels because they convey
information quickly
Behaviour modification draws upon
a. basic conditioning and secondary conditioning procedures
b. primary conditioning and secondary conditioning procedures
c. first-order conditioning and second-order conditioning procedures
,d. operant and Pavlovian conditioning procedures Correct Answer-d.
operant and Pavlovian conditioning procedures
Behaviour analysts often avoid the use of summary labels because
a. the label can be mistaken for a cause of behaviour
b. the label can cause others to respond to the labeled person in terms of
the label.
c. the label can cause too great a focus on the problem rather than on the
person's assets.
d. all of the above Correct Answer-d. all of the above
The acronym PSI stands for
a.proper standards of instruction
b. performance system of instruction
c. personalized system of instruction
d. potent systematized instruction Correct Answer-c. personalized
system of instruction (PSI)
During the 1960s, behaviour modification expanded from treating
individual behaviour problems to larger applications to local groups of
people. This led to the development of
a. health psychology
,b behavioural community psychology
c. cognitive behavioural therapy
d. cognitive group therapy Correct Answer-b. behavioural community
psychology
Which of the following statements is true?
a. hearing voices is always a behavioural excess
b. making little eye contact during conversation is always a behavioural
deficit
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b Correct Answer-d. neither a nor d
Which of the following people developed the Personal System of
Instruction (PSI)
a. B.F. Skinner
b. Ivar Lovaas
c. Fred Keller
d. Tawa Witko Correct Answer-c. Fred Keller (PSI or the Keller plan)
a. BF Skinner (operant conditioning)
b. Ivar Lovaas (developed behavioural treatments for children with
ASDs. Early intensive behavioural intervention (EIBI)
, d. Tawa Witko (importance of understanding the cultural backgrounds
of one's clients comes from the Lakota Sioux reservation near the
Badlands in South Dakota. Dr. Tawa Witko, a psychologist on the
reservation, described the case of an individual who had been diagnosed
by another psychologist as schizophrenic. The reason for the diagnosis
was that the man heard voices, especially around ceremony times. Dr.
Witko explained that this phenomenon is common among Native
Americans, has spiritual meaning, and does not in itself indicate mental
illness)
Of the following options, which is NOT a feature of the behaviour
modification approach?
a. it alters the environment as a means of changing behaviour.
b. it is an eclectic approach that makes used of Freudian methods and
cognitive psychology methods.
c. It assesses the casual influences on behaviour as part of treatment
d. it makes use of behavioural measurement using rate, duration, and
frequency measures. Correct Answer-b. it is an eclectic approach that
makes used of Freudian methods and cognitive psychology methods.
A behavioural excess is
a. too small a quantity of a behaviour
b. too great a quantity of a behaviour
c. a behaviour that is too difficult for the learner
According to behaviour analysts, creativity refers to
a. The results of thinking
b. a behavioural excess
c. an indicator of psychic forces
d. kinds of behaviour Correct Answer-d. kinds of behaviour
Of the following options, which is not a characteristic of behaviour
modification?
a. it defines problems in terms of behavioural deficits and excesses
b. it assesses behaviour problems before trying to solve those problems.
c. it makes use of conditioning principles
d. it uses summary labels because they convey information quickly
Correct Answer-d. it uses summary labels because they convey
information quickly
Behaviour modification draws upon
a. basic conditioning and secondary conditioning procedures
b. primary conditioning and secondary conditioning procedures
c. first-order conditioning and second-order conditioning procedures
,d. operant and Pavlovian conditioning procedures Correct Answer-d.
operant and Pavlovian conditioning procedures
Behaviour analysts often avoid the use of summary labels because
a. the label can be mistaken for a cause of behaviour
b. the label can cause others to respond to the labeled person in terms of
the label.
c. the label can cause too great a focus on the problem rather than on the
person's assets.
d. all of the above Correct Answer-d. all of the above
The acronym PSI stands for
a.proper standards of instruction
b. performance system of instruction
c. personalized system of instruction
d. potent systematized instruction Correct Answer-c. personalized
system of instruction (PSI)
During the 1960s, behaviour modification expanded from treating
individual behaviour problems to larger applications to local groups of
people. This led to the development of
a. health psychology
,b behavioural community psychology
c. cognitive behavioural therapy
d. cognitive group therapy Correct Answer-b. behavioural community
psychology
Which of the following statements is true?
a. hearing voices is always a behavioural excess
b. making little eye contact during conversation is always a behavioural
deficit
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b Correct Answer-d. neither a nor d
Which of the following people developed the Personal System of
Instruction (PSI)
a. B.F. Skinner
b. Ivar Lovaas
c. Fred Keller
d. Tawa Witko Correct Answer-c. Fred Keller (PSI or the Keller plan)
a. BF Skinner (operant conditioning)
b. Ivar Lovaas (developed behavioural treatments for children with
ASDs. Early intensive behavioural intervention (EIBI)
, d. Tawa Witko (importance of understanding the cultural backgrounds
of one's clients comes from the Lakota Sioux reservation near the
Badlands in South Dakota. Dr. Tawa Witko, a psychologist on the
reservation, described the case of an individual who had been diagnosed
by another psychologist as schizophrenic. The reason for the diagnosis
was that the man heard voices, especially around ceremony times. Dr.
Witko explained that this phenomenon is common among Native
Americans, has spiritual meaning, and does not in itself indicate mental
illness)
Of the following options, which is NOT a feature of the behaviour
modification approach?
a. it alters the environment as a means of changing behaviour.
b. it is an eclectic approach that makes used of Freudian methods and
cognitive psychology methods.
c. It assesses the casual influences on behaviour as part of treatment
d. it makes use of behavioural measurement using rate, duration, and
frequency measures. Correct Answer-b. it is an eclectic approach that
makes used of Freudian methods and cognitive psychology methods.
A behavioural excess is
a. too small a quantity of a behaviour
b. too great a quantity of a behaviour
c. a behaviour that is too difficult for the learner
