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 an individual is useful for quickly providing general information
about how that individual might perform
Difficulty: Hard
Type: Applied
7. Which a of a the a following a is a not a a a characteristic a of a behavior a modification?
a) It a defines a problems a in a terms a of a behavior.
b) Its a treatment a procedures a and a techniques a are a ways a of a rearranging
a an a individual’saenvironment.
c) Its a techniques a draw a extensively a from a the a principles a of a operant
a and a Pavlovianaconditioning.
* d) a It a emphasizes a the a use a of a summary a labels a for a classifying a individuals.
Difficulty: aEasy
Type: aApplied
8. Which a of a the a following a is a an a example a of a covert a behavior?
* a) a a a skier a thinking, a “I a hope a I a don’t a fall” b) a a a pitcher a throwing a a a ball
c) a a a student a drinking a coffee d) a a a child a talking a to a her a dog a in a the
a backyard
Difficulty: aMedium
Type: aConceptual
9. Which a of a the a following a is a an a example a of a overt a behavior?
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 an individual is useful for quickly providing general information
about how that individual might perform
Difficulty: Hard
Type: Applied
7. Which a of a the a following a is a not a a a characteristic a of a behavior a modification?
a) It a defines a problems a in a terms a of a behavior.
b) Its a treatment a procedures a and a techniques a are a ways a of a rearranging
a an a individual’saenvironment.
c) Its a techniques a draw a extensively a from a the a principles a of a operant
a and a Pavlovianaconditioning.
* d) a It a emphasizes a the a use a of a summary a labels a for a classifying a individuals.
Difficulty: aEasy
Type: aApplied
8. Which a of a the a following a is a an a example a of a covert a behavior?
* a) a a a skier a thinking, a “I a hope a I a don’t a fall” b) a a a pitcher a throwing a a a ball
c) a a a student a drinking a coffee d) a a a child a talking a to a her a dog a in a the
a backyard
Difficulty: aMedium
Type: aConceptual
9. Which a of a the a following a is a an a example a of a overt a behavior?
