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 f of f the f following f is f not f a f characteristic f of f behavior f modification?
a) It f defines f problems f in f terms f of f behavior.
b) Its f treatment f procedures f and f techniques f are f ways f of f rearranging
f an f individual’sfenvironment.
c) Its f techniques f draw f extensively f from f the f principles f of f operant
f and f Pavlovianfconditioning.
* d) f It f emphasizes f the f use f of f summary f labels f for f classifying f individuals.
Difficulty: fEasy
Type: fApplied
8. Which f of f the f following f is f an f example f of f covert f behavior?
* a) f a f skier f thinking, f “I f hope f I f don’t f fall” b) f a f pitcher f throwing f a f ball
c) f a f student f drinking f coffee d) f a f child f talking f to f her f dog f in f the
f backyard
Difficulty: fMedium
Type: fConceptual
9. Which f of f the f following f is f an f example f of f overt f 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 f of f the f following f is f not f a f characteristic f of f behavior f modification?
a) It f defines f problems f in f terms f of f behavior.
b) Its f treatment f procedures f and f techniques f are f ways f of f rearranging
f an f individual’sfenvironment.
c) Its f techniques f draw f extensively f from f the f principles f of f operant
f and f Pavlovianfconditioning.
* d) f It f emphasizes f the f use f of f summary f labels f for f classifying f individuals.
Difficulty: fEasy
Type: fApplied
8. Which f of f the f following f is f an f example f of f covert f behavior?
* a) f a f skier f thinking, f “I f hope f I f don’t f fall” b) f a f pitcher f throwing f a f ball
c) f a f student f drinking f coffee d) f a f child f talking f to f her f dog f in f the
f backyard
Difficulty: fMedium
Type: fConceptual
9. Which f of f the f following f is f an f example f of f overt f behavior?
