Test bank for behavior modification what it is and how to do it 11th edition martin and pear

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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’s | eyes
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” | 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

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’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
8. Which | of | the | following | is | not | a | characteristic | of | behavior | modification?
a) It | defines | problems | in | terms | of | behavior.
b) Its |treatment |procedures | and |techniques |are |ways |of | rearranging | an
| individual’s |environment.

c) Its |techniques |draw |extensively |from |the |principles |of |operant |and |Pavlovian
|conditioning.

* d) | It | emphasizes | the | use | of | summary | labels | for | classifying | individuals.
Difficulty: | Easy
Type: |Applied

9. Which | of | the | following | is | an | example | of | covert | behavior?
* a) | a | skier | thinking, | “I | hope | I | don’t | fall” b) | a | pitcher | throwing | a | ball
c) | a | student | drinking | coffee d) | a | child | talking | to | her | dog | in | the | backyard
Difficulty: | Medium
Type: |Conceptual

10. Which | of | the | following | is | an | example | of | overt | behavior?
a) | feelings | of | nervousness * |b) |yelling | at | someone
c) | a | boy | on | a | date | thinking, | “I | like | this | girl” | d) | imagining | a | beautiful | sunset
Difficulty: | Medium
Type: |Conceptual

11. Behavior | therapy | was |first | used |to | refer | to:
a) behavior |modification |in |which |there |is |typically |an |attempt |to |analyze |or |clearly
|demonstrate |controlling |variables

b) the | scientific | study | of | laws | that | govern | the | behavior | of | human | beings | and | other | animals
*c) | Joseph | Wolpe’s | behavioral | treatment | for | specific | phobias
d) | behavior | modification | that | focuses | on | overt | behaviors | that | are | of | social | significance
Difficulty: | Easy
Type: |Conceptual

12. Which | of | the | following | is | an | example | of | an | outcome | of | behavior?
a) throwing | a | baseball
b) lifting | a | heavy | weight
*c) | scoring | a | goal | in | ice | hockey
d) |standing |at |the |free |throw |line |in |basketball
Difficulty: | Medium
Type: |Conceptual


13. Behavior | modifiers | are |cautious |about |using |summary |labels |to |refer | to |individuals |or
|their |actions |because:

a) the | label | for | the | behavior | is | often | used | as | a | pseudo-explanation | for | the | behavior
b) labels | can | negatively | affect | the | way | an | individual | might | be | treated
c) labeling |may |influence |us |to |focus |on |an |individual’s |problem |behaviors |rather |than
|on |his |or |her |strengths

* d) | all | of | the | above