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What It Is and How to Do It
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1. A behavioral deficit is:
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,c) labeling an individual implies that a particular treatment program will be helpful
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d) labeling an individual is useful for quickly providing general information about
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c) Its techniques draw extensively from the principles of operant and
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c) a student drinking coffee
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10. Which of the following is an example of overt behavior?
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12. Which of the following is an example of an outcome of behavior?
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13. Behavior modifiers are cautious about using summary labels to refer to
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b) labels can negatively affect the way an individual might be treated
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c) labeling may influence us to focus on an individual’s problem behaviors rather
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than on his or her strengths
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* d) all of the above ss ss ss ss
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14. The people, objects, and events that make up a person’s environment are called:
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b) Its methods and rationales can be described precisely.
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d) Its techniques are often applied by individuals in everyday life.
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18. Which of the following is an example of cognitive behavior?
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a) a child reading out loud for a parent
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b) a baseball player talking to her coach
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19. Behaviors to be improved in a behavior modification program are frequently called:
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Modification
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What It Is and How to Do It
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ss Eleventh Edition ss
s s Martin and Pear ss ss
131
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, OPTION-BASED QUESTIONS ss
Chapter 1. Introduction ss ss
Multiple Choice Questions On Main Texts s (Note: * indicates the correct answer)
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1. A behavioral deficit is:
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b)too much of a particular type of behavior
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c)an appropriate behavior occurring to the wrong stimulus
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3. Which of the following is an example of behavior?
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4. In behavior modification, motivation and intelligence refer to:
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5. In behavior modification, the term “environment” refers to:
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b) the natural habitat of an organism
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d) the general situation where one happens to be
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Type: Factual ss
6. A child does not pronounce words clearly and does not interact with other
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7. Behavior modifiers stress the importance of defining problems in terms
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a) therapists can then focus on the individual’s problem behaviors rather than on
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sshis or her strengths
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* b) it is behavior that causes concern, and there are specific procedures now
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ssavailable to change behavior ss ss ss
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,c) labeling an individual implies that a particular treatment program will be helpful
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d) labeling an individual is useful for quickly providing general information about
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how that individual might perform
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Difficulty: Hard s s
Type: Applied ss
8. Which of the following is not a characteristic of behavior modification?
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a) It defines problems in terms of behavior.
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b) Its treatment procedures and techniques are ways of rearranging an
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individual’s environment.
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c) Its techniques draw extensively from the principles of operant and
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Pavlovian conditioning.
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Difficulty: Easy s s
Type: Applied ss
9. Which of the following is an example of covert behavior?
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c) a student drinking coffee
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Difficulty: Medium s s
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10. Which of the following is an example of overt behavior?
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a) feelings of nervousness
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c) a boy on a date thinking, “I like this girl” d) imagining a beautiful sunset
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Difficulty: Medium s s
Type: Conceptual ss
11. Behavior therapy was first used to refer to: ss ss ss ss ss ss ss
a) behavior modification in which there is typically an attempt to analyze or
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clearly demonstrate controlling variables
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b) the scientific study of laws that govern the behavior of human beings and other animals
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Difficulty: Easy s s
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12. Which of the following is an example of an outcome of behavior?
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b) lifting a heavy weight ss ss ss
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13. Behavior modifiers are cautious about using summary labels to refer to
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individuals or their actions because:
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a) the label for the behavior is often used as a pseudo-explanation for the behavior
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b) labels can negatively affect the way an individual might be treated
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c) labeling may influence us to focus on an individual’s problem behaviors rather
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than on his or her strengths
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* d) all of the above ss ss ss ss
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Type: Conceptual ss
14. The people, objects, and events that make up a person’s environment are called:
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b) Its methods and rationales can be described precisely.
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d) Its techniques are often applied by individuals in everyday life.
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16. Behavioral assessment seeks to: ss ss ss
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b) identify the type of mental disorder assumed to underlie particular patterns of
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abnormal behavior
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* c) identify potential controlling variables of problem behaviors, and select
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behavioral treatment
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d) determine the necessary intelligence level of potential clients as a prerequisite to
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behavior modification programs
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17. Which of the following is not a misconception about behavior modification?
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a) Behavior modifiers only deal with the observable and they don’t deal with the
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thoughts
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to improve covert and overt behaviors.
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c) Behavior modification involves the use of drugs, psychosurgery, and
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electroconvulsive therapy.
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d) Behavior modification only changes symptoms; it doesn’t get at the underlying problems.
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Difficulty: Hard s s
Type: Applied ss
18. Which of the following is an example of cognitive behavior?
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a) a child reading out loud for a parent
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b) a baseball player talking to her coach
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19. Behaviors to be improved in a behavior modification program are frequently called:
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a) overt behaviors
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c) cognitive behaviors
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Difficulty:
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