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Behavior Modification What It Is and How to Do It by Garry Martin
11th Edition
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,Chapter 1. Introduction
Garry Martin: Behavior Modification What It Is and How to Do It 11th Edition
Multiple Choice Questions On Main Text (Note: * indicates the correct answer) 1. A
behavioral deficit is:
* a) too little of a particular type of behavior
b) too much 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. 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
3. Which of the following is an example of behavior?
a) hair color b) the color of someone’seyes
c) the clothes someone is wearing *d) dressing in the morning
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Factual
4. 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
5. In behavior modification, the term “environment”refersto:
a) the neighborhood in which a person is raised
b) the natural habitat of an organism
* c) the specific physical variables in one’simmediate surroundings d) the
general situation where one happens to be
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Factual
6. 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
7. 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’sproblembehaviors 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 an individual is useful for quickly providing general information about how that individual
might perform
Difficulty: Hard
Type: Applied
8. z zWhich zof zthe zfollowing zis znot za zcharacteristic zof zbehavior zmodification?
a) It zdefines zproblems zin zterms zof zbehavior. z
b) Its ztreatment zprocedures zand ztechniques zare zways zof zrearranging zan zindividual’s zenvironment. z
c) Its ztechniques zdraw zextensively zfrom zthe zprinciples zof zoperant zand zPavlovian z
conditioning.
* d) zIt zemphasizes zthe zuse zof zsummary zlabels zfor zclassifying zindividuals.
Difficulty: zEasy
Type: zApplied
9. Which zof zthe zfollowing zis zan zexample zof zcovert zbehavior? z
* a) za zskier zthinking, z“Ihope zI zdon’tfall”b) za zpitcher zthrowing za zball z
c) za zstudent zdrinking zcoffee d) za zchild ztalking zto zher zdog zin zthe zbackyard
Difficulty: zMedium
Type: zConceptual
10. zWhich zof zthe zfollowing zis zan zexample zof zovert zbehavior?
a) zfeelings zof znervousness * zb) zyelling zat zsomeone
c) za zboy zon za zdate zthinking, z“Ilike zthis zgirl”d)imagining za zbeautiful zsunset
Difficulty: zMedium
zType: zConceptual
11. zBehavior ztherapy zwas zfirst zused zto zrefer zto:
a) behavior zmodification zin zwhich zthere zis ztypically zan zattempt zto zanalyze zor zclearly
zdemonstrate zcontrolling zvariables z
b) the zscientific zstudy zof zlaws zthat zgovern zthe zbehavior zof zhuman zbeings zand zother zanimals
z*c) zJoseph zWolpe’sbehavioral ztreatment zfor zspecific zphobias z
d) behavior zmodification zthat zfocuses zon zovert zbehaviors zthat zare zof zsocial zsignificance z
Difficulty: zEasy
Type: zConceptual
12. zWhich zof zthe zfollowing zis zan zexample zof zan zoutcome zof zbehavior?
a) throwing za zbaseball z
b) lifting za zheavy zweight z
*c) zscoring za zgoal zin zice zhockey
d) zstanding zat zthe zfree zthrow zline zin zbasketball
Difficulty: zMedium
zType: zConceptual
13. zBehavior zmodifiers zare zcautious zabout zusing zsummary zlabels zto zrefer zto zindividuals zor
ztheir zactions zbecause:
a) the zlabel zfor zthe zbehavior zis zoften zused zas za zpseudo-explanation zfor zthe zbehavior z
b) labels zcan znegatively zaffect zthe zway zan zindividual zmight zbe ztreated z
c) labeling zmay zinfluence zus ztobehaviorsfocusratherthanon zan zindividu zhis zor zher zstrengths z
* d) zall zof zthe zabove z
Behavior Modification What It Is and How to Do It by Garry Martin
11th Edition
TEST BANK
,Chapter 1. Introduction
Garry Martin: Behavior Modification What It Is and How to Do It 11th Edition
Multiple Choice Questions On Main Text (Note: * indicates the correct answer) 1. A
behavioral deficit is:
* a) too little of a particular type of behavior
b) too much 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. 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
3. Which of the following is an example of behavior?
a) hair color b) the color of someone’seyes
c) the clothes someone is wearing *d) dressing in the morning
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Factual
4. 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
5. In behavior modification, the term “environment”refersto:
a) the neighborhood in which a person is raised
b) the natural habitat of an organism
* c) the specific physical variables in one’simmediate surroundings d) the
general situation where one happens to be
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Factual
6. 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
7. 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’sproblembehaviors 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 an individual is useful for quickly providing general information about how that individual
might perform
Difficulty: Hard
Type: Applied
8. z zWhich zof zthe zfollowing zis znot za zcharacteristic zof zbehavior zmodification?
a) It zdefines zproblems zin zterms zof zbehavior. z
b) Its ztreatment zprocedures zand ztechniques zare zways zof zrearranging zan zindividual’s zenvironment. z
c) Its ztechniques zdraw zextensively zfrom zthe zprinciples zof zoperant zand zPavlovian z
conditioning.
* d) zIt zemphasizes zthe zuse zof zsummary zlabels zfor zclassifying zindividuals.
Difficulty: zEasy
Type: zApplied
9. Which zof zthe zfollowing zis zan zexample zof zcovert zbehavior? z
* a) za zskier zthinking, z“Ihope zI zdon’tfall”b) za zpitcher zthrowing za zball z
c) za zstudent zdrinking zcoffee d) za zchild ztalking zto zher zdog zin zthe zbackyard
Difficulty: zMedium
Type: zConceptual
10. zWhich zof zthe zfollowing zis zan zexample zof zovert zbehavior?
a) zfeelings zof znervousness * zb) zyelling zat zsomeone
c) za zboy zon za zdate zthinking, z“Ilike zthis zgirl”d)imagining za zbeautiful zsunset
Difficulty: zMedium
zType: zConceptual
11. zBehavior ztherapy zwas zfirst zused zto zrefer zto:
a) behavior zmodification zin zwhich zthere zis ztypically zan zattempt zto zanalyze zor zclearly
zdemonstrate zcontrolling zvariables z
b) the zscientific zstudy zof zlaws zthat zgovern zthe zbehavior zof zhuman zbeings zand zother zanimals
z*c) zJoseph zWolpe’sbehavioral ztreatment zfor zspecific zphobias z
d) behavior zmodification zthat zfocuses zon zovert zbehaviors zthat zare zof zsocial zsignificance z
Difficulty: zEasy
Type: zConceptual
12. zWhich zof zthe zfollowing zis zan zexample zof zan zoutcome zof zbehavior?
a) throwing za zbaseball z
b) lifting za zheavy zweight z
*c) zscoring za zgoal zin zice zhockey
d) zstanding zat zthe zfree zthrow zline zin zbasketball
Difficulty: zMedium
zType: zConceptual
13. zBehavior zmodifiers zare zcautious zabout zusing zsummary zlabels zto zrefer zto zindividuals zor
ztheir zactions zbecause:
a) the zlabel zfor zthe zbehavior zis zoften zused zas za zpseudo-explanation zfor zthe zbehavior z
b) labels zcan znegatively zaffect zthe zway zan zindividual zmight zbe ztreated z
c) labeling zmay zinfluence zus ztobehaviorsfocusratherthanon zan zindividu zhis zor zher zstrengths z
* d) zall zof zthe zabove z
