TEST BANK for Behavior Modification: What It Is and How To
Do It
12th Edition by Garry Martin & Joseph J. Pear.
All Chapters 1 - 29
, OPTION-BASED QUESTIONS
Chapter 1. Introduction
Type: Conceptual
1. A behavioral excess is:
* a) too much of a particular type of behavior
b) too little of a particular type of behavior
c) an appropriate behavior occurring to the wrong stimulus
d) an appropriate behavior occurring at the wrong time or place
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Conceptual
2. Which of the following is an example of behavior?
a) hair color b) the color of someone’s eyes
c) the clothes someone is wearing *d) dressing in the morning
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Factual
3. In behavior modification, motivation and intelligence refer to:
a) inner mental processes * b) ways of behaving
c) causes of behavior d) major sources of abnormality
Difficulty: Easy
,Type: Conceptual
4. In behavior modification, the term “environment” refers to:
a) the neighborhood in which a person is raised
b) the natural habitat of an organism
* c) the specific physical variables in one’s immediate surroundings
d) the general situation where one happens to be
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Factual
5. A child does not pronounce words clearly and does not interact with other
children. These are examples of:
a) behavioral excesses b) behavioral abnormalities
* c) behavioral deficits d) behavioral characteristics
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Conceptual
6. Behavior modifiers stress the importance of defining problems in
terms of specific behavioral deficits or behavioral excesses because:
a) therapists can then focus on the individual’s problem behaviors rather than on
his or her strengths
* b) it is behavior that causes concern, and there are specific
procedures now available to change behavior
c) labeling an individual implies that a particular treatment program will be helpful
, d) labeling s an s individual s is s useful s for s quickly s providing s general s information
s about s how s thatsindividual s might s perform
Difficulty: s Hard
Type: sApplied
7. Which s of s the s following s is s not s a s characteristic s of s behavior s modification?
a) It s defines s problems s in s terms s of s behavior.
b) Its s treatment s procedures s and s techniques s are s ways s of s rearranging
s an s individual’ssenvironment.
c) Its s techniques s draw s extensively s from s the s principles s of s operant
s and s Pavloviansconditioning.
* d) s It s emphasizes s the s use s of s summary s labels s for s classifying s individuals.
Difficulty: sEasy
Type: sApplied
8. Which s of s the s following s is s an s example s of s covert s behavior?
* a) s a s skier s thinking, s “I s hope s I s don’t s fall” b) s a s pitcher s throwing s a s ball
c) s a s student s drinking s coffee d) s a s child s talking s to s her s dog s in s the
s backyard
Difficulty: sMedium
Type: sConceptual
9. Which s of s the s following s is s an s example s of s overt s behavior?
a) s feelings s of s nervousness * s b) s yelling s at s someone
Do It
12th Edition by Garry Martin & Joseph J. Pear.
All Chapters 1 - 29
, OPTION-BASED QUESTIONS
Chapter 1. Introduction
Type: Conceptual
1. A behavioral excess is:
* a) too much of a particular type of behavior
b) too little of a particular type of behavior
c) an appropriate behavior occurring to the wrong stimulus
d) an appropriate behavior occurring at the wrong time or place
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Conceptual
2. Which of the following is an example of behavior?
a) hair color b) the color of someone’s eyes
c) the clothes someone is wearing *d) dressing in the morning
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Factual
3. In behavior modification, motivation and intelligence refer to:
a) inner mental processes * b) ways of behaving
c) causes of behavior d) major sources of abnormality
Difficulty: Easy
,Type: Conceptual
4. In behavior modification, the term “environment” refers to:
a) the neighborhood in which a person is raised
b) the natural habitat of an organism
* c) the specific physical variables in one’s immediate surroundings
d) the general situation where one happens to be
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Factual
5. A child does not pronounce words clearly and does not interact with other
children. These are examples of:
a) behavioral excesses b) behavioral abnormalities
* c) behavioral deficits d) behavioral characteristics
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Conceptual
6. Behavior modifiers stress the importance of defining problems in
terms of specific behavioral deficits or behavioral excesses because:
a) therapists can then focus on the individual’s problem behaviors rather than on
his or her strengths
* b) it is behavior that causes concern, and there are specific
procedures now available to change behavior
c) labeling an individual implies that a particular treatment program will be helpful
, d) labeling s an s individual s is s useful s for s quickly s providing s general s information
s about s how s thatsindividual s might s perform
Difficulty: s Hard
Type: sApplied
7. Which s of s the s following s is s not s a s characteristic s of s behavior s modification?
a) It s defines s problems s in s terms s of s behavior.
b) Its s treatment s procedures s and s techniques s are s ways s of s rearranging
s an s individual’ssenvironment.
c) Its s techniques s draw s extensively s from s the s principles s of s operant
s and s Pavloviansconditioning.
* d) s It s emphasizes s the s use s of s summary s labels s for s classifying s individuals.
Difficulty: sEasy
Type: sApplied
8. Which s of s the s following s is s an s example s of s covert s behavior?
* a) s a s skier s thinking, s “I s hope s I s don’t s fall” b) s a s pitcher s throwing s a s ball
c) s a s student s drinking s coffee d) s a s child s talking s to s her s dog s in s the
s backyard
Difficulty: sMedium
Type: sConceptual
9. Which s of s the s following s is s an s example s of s overt s behavior?
a) s feelings s of s nervousness * s b) s yelling s at s someone
