study. - EAB 3002 questions with correct answers

study. - EAB 3002 • Question 1 1 out of 1 points _____ is(are) the evolutionary history of a species. • Question 2 1 out of 1 points At what level does selection by consequence occur? • Question 3 1 out of 1 points In terms of selection, operants are selected by ______ and cultural practices are selected by ______. • Question 4 1 out of 1 points Scheller and Axel (1984) found biological evidence that: • Question 5 1 out of 1 points Pierce and colleagues proposed that the obese-prone genotype may confer an evolutionary advantage: • Question 6 1 out of 1 points The ability to have one’s behavior strengthened by reinforcement is ______. • Question 7 1 out of 1 points What are the two major sources of heritable genetic variation? • Question 8 1 out of 1 points The single common principle operating at the level of biology, behavior, and culture is ________. • Question 9 1 out of 1 points If a population is subjected to extreme temperatures and as a consequence the next generation is more weather resistant, _____ has occurred. • Question 10 1 out of 1 points Pierce (1991) described the power of a _____ in a troop of baboons that were taught to avoid a more appetizing banana in favor of a less appetizing chow. • Question 1 1 out of 1 points Which of the four guiding principles of the precision teaching captures the idea that if slow learning is observed, the program of instruction needs to be changed? Selected Answer: Answers: • Question 2 1 out of 1 points Behavior trapping occurs when ______. Selected Answer: Answers: • Question 3 1 out of 1 points Behavioral interventions are directed at: Selected Answer: Answers: • Question 4 1 out of 1 points Applied behavior analysis is a field of study that focuses on the application of the ____, methods, and procedures of the science of behavior. Selected Answer: Answers: • Question 5 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is not a typical component of a course built around Keller’s personalized system of instruction (PSI)? Selected Answer: Answers: • Question 6 1 out of 1 points Level 1 of the ABC school program for autistic children involves: Selected Answer: Answers: • Question 7 0 out of 1 points Fred Keller wrote a seminal article on college teaching called ______. Selected Answer: Answers: • Question 8 1 out of 1 points When a reinforcement procedure is applied progressively to different participants with similar target behavior the researcher is employing a _____ design. Selected Answer: Answers: • Question 9 1 out of 1 points When recording behavior, behavior analysts strive for greater than ____ agreement between multiple independent observers. Selected Answer: Answers: • Question 10 0 out of 1 points When a reinforcement procedure is applied in one situation but is withheld in another situation the researcher is employing a ______ design. Selected Answer: Answers: • Question 1 0 out of 1 points The unit of selection at the behavioral level is the _______. • Question 2 1 out of 1 points When organisms were faced with unpredictable and changing environments, natural selection favored _______ _______ - that is, adjusting one’s behavior on the basis of past experience “…”. • Question 3 1 out of 1 points If few (or no) response variations are reinforced, the operant decreases and the process is _______. • Question 4 1 out of 1 points A culture is said to evolve when the _______________ adopts these innovations. • Question 5 1 out of 1 points From a behavioral viewpoint, natural selection involves _________ ___ __________ “…”. The habitat or environment inadvertently sets requirements for survival of individuals. • Question 6 1 out of 1 points Skinner explained the ____________ of human gestures in terms of selection by consequences and susceptibility to aversive stimulation. • Question 7 1 out of 1 points At the level of behavior “…”, ________ __ _________ is described by the principle of reinforcement – the selection of operant behavior by the effects that it produces. • Question 8 1 out of 1 points From a behavioral view, wide variation in spontaneous speech sounds allows for ___________ of vocal operants by reinforcement supplied by listeners. • Question 9 1 out of 1 points Many organisms evolved genetic programs that __________ for operant processes. • Question 10