SPCE 609 FINAL EXAM || Complete Exam File: High-
Scoring Q&A Set!!
A _______________________ specifies the dependent relations between an action, events
that follow the action and the circumstances within which these relations take place. correct
answers contingency statement
If we analyze Bob's behavior, the behavior must be his. correct answers The whose behavior
test
If we analyze Bob's behavior, he should be receiving the outcome. correct answers The
receiver test
Be concrete, anyone reading the example would agree on what the behavior was. correct
answers The specific test
The behavior analyzed must be what a person does, not what is done to them. correct answers
The action test
The after condition must be different than the before condition. correct answers The outcome
change test
Use smaller contingencies. correct answers The related outcome test.
The outcome must follow the behavior within 60 seconds to be considered a contingency.
correct answers The 60 second test
The after condition needs to be an event, not a behavior of the behavor, but can be someone
else's behavior. correct answers The event test
ABA has often been considered unethical because there is confusion over: correct answers
What it is we actually do
reaction to controversial procedures
concerns about coercion
ABA is the systematic manipulation of the __________________ to shape behavior in a
direction that is therapeutic and beneficial to the individual. correct answers environment
_____________ refers to the acquisition, maintenance and change of an organism's behavior
as a result of lifetime events. correct answers learning
_______________________ refers to alterations in the brain that accompany behavior
change and participate in the regulation of behavior. correct answers Neuroplasticity
The _____________________ of behavior is a natural-science approach to understanding
behavior regulation. correct answers experimental analysis
Experimental analysis is concerned with controlling and changing the factors that affect the
___________________________________. correct answers behavior of humans and animals
, Respondant and operant are: correct answers two types of conditioning
a _______________________ involves respondent behavior elicited by a biologically
relevant stimulus. correct answers reflex
_______________________________ occurs when a feature or event of the environment
without a known effect on behavior is correlated with an unconditoned stimulus. correct
answers Respondant conditioning
The unconditioned stimulus _____________ a response based on an organism's biological
history. correct answers elicits
_____________________ involves the regulation of behavior by its consequences. correct
answers operant conditioning
Operant behavior is ____________________. correct answers emitted
According to Skinner, the two kinds of causation are _____________ and ___________.
correct answers immediate; remote
___________________ causation is typical of sciences like evolutionary biology, geology
and astronomy. correct answers remote
___________ causation is the kind of mechanism studied by physics and chemistry. correct
answers immediate
___________________ is a branch of biology concerned with heritable, functional changes
to the genome that do not involve alterations of the gene itself. correct answers epigenetics
Selection by consequences according to skinner, happen at the ____________,
_____________, and ________________ level. correct answers biology, behavior, culture
private events: correct answers physical, not mental
Skinner states that behavior results from __________ and the _________________. correct
answers genes;environment
basic research looks at _______ behavior and __________ variable and applied research
looks at variables that can ___________ behavior. correct answers any; any; improve
In the ____________ approaches of analysis, behavior is categorized by age to infer stages of
development and looks at the intellectual ________________ of children. correct answers
structural; growth
One problem with the structural approach is _________________________. correct answers
circular reasoning.
a ____________ is an integrated set of movements, or behavioral performance, which is
functionally related to environmental events in the world. correct answers response
Scoring Q&A Set!!
A _______________________ specifies the dependent relations between an action, events
that follow the action and the circumstances within which these relations take place. correct
answers contingency statement
If we analyze Bob's behavior, the behavior must be his. correct answers The whose behavior
test
If we analyze Bob's behavior, he should be receiving the outcome. correct answers The
receiver test
Be concrete, anyone reading the example would agree on what the behavior was. correct
answers The specific test
The behavior analyzed must be what a person does, not what is done to them. correct answers
The action test
The after condition must be different than the before condition. correct answers The outcome
change test
Use smaller contingencies. correct answers The related outcome test.
The outcome must follow the behavior within 60 seconds to be considered a contingency.
correct answers The 60 second test
The after condition needs to be an event, not a behavior of the behavor, but can be someone
else's behavior. correct answers The event test
ABA has often been considered unethical because there is confusion over: correct answers
What it is we actually do
reaction to controversial procedures
concerns about coercion
ABA is the systematic manipulation of the __________________ to shape behavior in a
direction that is therapeutic and beneficial to the individual. correct answers environment
_____________ refers to the acquisition, maintenance and change of an organism's behavior
as a result of lifetime events. correct answers learning
_______________________ refers to alterations in the brain that accompany behavior
change and participate in the regulation of behavior. correct answers Neuroplasticity
The _____________________ of behavior is a natural-science approach to understanding
behavior regulation. correct answers experimental analysis
Experimental analysis is concerned with controlling and changing the factors that affect the
___________________________________. correct answers behavior of humans and animals
, Respondant and operant are: correct answers two types of conditioning
a _______________________ involves respondent behavior elicited by a biologically
relevant stimulus. correct answers reflex
_______________________________ occurs when a feature or event of the environment
without a known effect on behavior is correlated with an unconditoned stimulus. correct
answers Respondant conditioning
The unconditioned stimulus _____________ a response based on an organism's biological
history. correct answers elicits
_____________________ involves the regulation of behavior by its consequences. correct
answers operant conditioning
Operant behavior is ____________________. correct answers emitted
According to Skinner, the two kinds of causation are _____________ and ___________.
correct answers immediate; remote
___________________ causation is typical of sciences like evolutionary biology, geology
and astronomy. correct answers remote
___________ causation is the kind of mechanism studied by physics and chemistry. correct
answers immediate
___________________ is a branch of biology concerned with heritable, functional changes
to the genome that do not involve alterations of the gene itself. correct answers epigenetics
Selection by consequences according to skinner, happen at the ____________,
_____________, and ________________ level. correct answers biology, behavior, culture
private events: correct answers physical, not mental
Skinner states that behavior results from __________ and the _________________. correct
answers genes;environment
basic research looks at _______ behavior and __________ variable and applied research
looks at variables that can ___________ behavior. correct answers any; any; improve
In the ____________ approaches of analysis, behavior is categorized by age to infer stages of
development and looks at the intellectual ________________ of children. correct answers
structural; growth
One problem with the structural approach is _________________________. correct answers
circular reasoning.
a ____________ is an integrated set of movements, or behavioral performance, which is
functionally related to environmental events in the world. correct answers response
