Test Bank For Behavior Modification: What It Is and
How To Do It, 12th Edition 2026 by Garry Martin &
Joseph J. Pear, All Chapters 1 - 30,
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,Test Bank for Behavior Modification: What It Is and
How to Do It
12th Edition by Garry Martin & Joseph J. Pear
All Chapters 1 - 30
,Chapter 1: Introduction
Multiple Choice Questions
Type: Conceptual | Difficulty: Easy
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
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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
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Difficulty: Medium | Type: Factual
3. In behavior modification, motivation and intelligence refer to:
a) inner mental processes
b) ways of behaving
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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
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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
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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
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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 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.
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Difficulty: Easy | Type: Applied
8. Which of the following is an example of covert behavior?
a) a skier thinking, "I hope I don't fall"
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How To Do It, 12th Edition 2026 by Garry Martin &
Joseph J. Pear, All Chapters 1 - 30,
Wickyaplus
,Test Bank for Behavior Modification: What It Is and
How to Do It
12th Edition by Garry Martin & Joseph J. Pear
All Chapters 1 - 30
,Chapter 1: Introduction
Multiple Choice Questions
Type: Conceptual | Difficulty: Easy
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 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
8. Which of the following is an example of covert behavior?
a) a skier thinking, "I hope I don't fall"
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