TESTBANKforBehaviorModification: WhatIt
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. IsandHowToDoIt
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12thEditionbyGarry Martin &Joseph J.Pear.
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,AllChapters1-29
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, OPTION-BASED QUESTIONS .
Chapter 1. Introduction . .
Type:Conceptual .
1. A behavioral excess is: . . .
* a) too much of a particular type of behavior
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b) too little of a particular type of behavior . . . . . . .
c) an appropriate behavior occurring to the wrong stimulus
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d) an appropriate behavior occurring at the wrong time or place
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Difficulty:Easy .
Type:Conceptual .
2. Which of the following is an example of behavior? . . . . . . . .
a) hair color
. . b) the color of someone’s eyes
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c) the clothes someone is wearing
. . . . . *d) dressing in the morning
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Difficulty:Medium .
Type:Factual .
3. In behavior modification, motivation and intelligence refer to:
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a) inner mental processes
. . . * b) ways of behaving
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c) causes of behavior
. . . d) major sources of abnormality
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Difficulty:Easy .
Type:Conceptual .
, 4. In behavior modification, the term “environment” refers to:
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a) the neighborhood in which a person is raised
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b) the natural habitat of an organism
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* c)thespecificphysicalvariablesinone’simmediatesurroundings
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d)thegeneralsituationwhereonehappenstobe
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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
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Difficulty:Medium .
Type:Conceptual .
6. Behavior modifiers stress the importance of defining problems in terms
. . . . . . . . .
. ofspecific behavioral deficits or behavioral excesses because:
. . . . . . .
a) therapists can then focus on the individual’s problem behaviors rather than on his orher
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. strengths
* b) it is behavior that causes concern, and there are specific procedures now
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. availableto change behavior . . .
. . . . . .
. IsandHowToDoIt
. . . . .
12thEditionbyGarry Martin &Joseph J.Pear.
. . . . . . . .
,AllChapters1-29
. . . . .
, 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)thespecificphysicalvariablesinone’simmediatesurroundings
. . . . . . . .
d)thegeneralsituationwhereonehappenstobe
. . . . . . . .
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
. . . . . . . . .
. ofspecific behavioral deficits or behavioral excesses because:
. . . . . . .
a) therapists can then focus on the individual’s problem behaviors rather than on his orher
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. strengths
* b) it is behavior that causes concern, and there are specific procedures now
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. availableto change behavior . . .
