SPCE 611 Exam 4 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS
Stan has to walk home from work, which is a one-mile walk. It is July when
it is 102 degrees out. Stan sees a convenience store with a sign that says,
"ice-cold drinks here," and he realizes how thirsty he is. He goes into the
convenience store to buy a drink. What does the sign saying, " ice-cold
drinks here" function as? - ANSWER- discriminative stimulus
Food is a reinforcer for 5-year-old Kelsey, but she just ate lunch. What
effect does eating lunch have on food as a reinforcer? - ANSWER- abolishing
operation
Mr. Smith is working with a student on learning numbers. Mr. Smith teaches
the child to match the number with itself or in other words, to match to
sample (MTS). Which type of relation does this represent? - ANSWER- A to A
relation
Carrie is a job coach working with a student in an office. Carrie notices that
the student is having a hard time alphabetizing the files. Carrie tells the
student to watch her and then shows her how to alphabetize files. Which
type of prompt is she using? - ANSWER- modeling
Which of the following is a stimulus that in the presence of which, a response
will not be reinforced? - ANSWER- S-delta
Stimulus control has been achieved when: - ANSWER- A response occurs
more frequently in the presence of a specific stimuus but rarely occurs in
the absence of the stimulus.
Which of the following would be included in a feature stimulus class
for ducks: - ANSWER- webbed feet
If you are teaching a client to make his bed, which of the following
represents a backward chaining approach? - ANSWER- Having the trainer
complete all steps except the last one (putting the pillow on the bed). The
student puts the pillows on the bed by himself. When he has mastered that
step, the traininer completes all but the last two steps, and the student
completes those. And so on...
The high school marching band performs a different routine every Friday
night during halftime of the football game. These routines have many, many
steps and constitute behavioral chains. When teaching each routine, the
band director first shows the students the full show and then has the band
perform the whole thing, while prompting them through it (e.g., "Keep going,
remember, next, we will march forward for 8 counts."). Even though many of
the students do not get all of the moves right during the
ANSWERS
Stan has to walk home from work, which is a one-mile walk. It is July when
it is 102 degrees out. Stan sees a convenience store with a sign that says,
"ice-cold drinks here," and he realizes how thirsty he is. He goes into the
convenience store to buy a drink. What does the sign saying, " ice-cold
drinks here" function as? - ANSWER- discriminative stimulus
Food is a reinforcer for 5-year-old Kelsey, but she just ate lunch. What
effect does eating lunch have on food as a reinforcer? - ANSWER- abolishing
operation
Mr. Smith is working with a student on learning numbers. Mr. Smith teaches
the child to match the number with itself or in other words, to match to
sample (MTS). Which type of relation does this represent? - ANSWER- A to A
relation
Carrie is a job coach working with a student in an office. Carrie notices that
the student is having a hard time alphabetizing the files. Carrie tells the
student to watch her and then shows her how to alphabetize files. Which
type of prompt is she using? - ANSWER- modeling
Which of the following is a stimulus that in the presence of which, a response
will not be reinforced? - ANSWER- S-delta
Stimulus control has been achieved when: - ANSWER- A response occurs
more frequently in the presence of a specific stimuus but rarely occurs in
the absence of the stimulus.
Which of the following would be included in a feature stimulus class
for ducks: - ANSWER- webbed feet
If you are teaching a client to make his bed, which of the following
represents a backward chaining approach? - ANSWER- Having the trainer
complete all steps except the last one (putting the pillow on the bed). The
student puts the pillows on the bed by himself. When he has mastered that
step, the traininer completes all but the last two steps, and the student
completes those. And so on...
The high school marching band performs a different routine every Friday
night during halftime of the football game. These routines have many, many
steps and constitute behavioral chains. When teaching each routine, the
band director first shows the students the full show and then has the band
perform the whole thing, while prompting them through it (e.g., "Keep going,
remember, next, we will march forward for 8 counts."). Even though many of
the students do not get all of the moves right during the
