SPE 563 Module 5 Foundational Terminology Cumulative Assessment
Questions and 100% Answers 2026/27 Update – ASU
1, For the following foundational term, please select the definition below that best matches the
term.
verification
a) A natural science approach to the study of behavior as a subject matter.
b) A controlled comparison of a phenomenon of interest (dependent variable) under two or
more different conditions (independent variable).
c) A short-term contingency that reinforces maladaptive behavior is pitted against a long-
term contingency that provides large reinforcers for good behavior.
d) Passing behavior from one person to another by imitation and modeling.
e) Repeating conditions within an experiment to determine the reliability of effects and
increase internal validity.
f) The variable that is systematically manipulated in an experiment to see whether changes
in the independent variable produce reliable changes in the dependent variable.
g) All forms of life evolve as a result of selection with respect to function.
h) How the environment changes an individual over his or her lifetime.
i) Demonstrating that the prior level of baseline responding would have remained
unchanged had the independent variable not been introduced.
j) A statement of the anticipated outcome of a presently unknown or future measurement.
k) The tendency to tailor behavior about good/bad, right/wrong to particular situations,
rather than more generally across situations.
l) The variable measured to determine if it changes as a result of manipulations of the
independent variable.
m) The evolutionary history of individuals originating from the contingencies that operate
during the environmental history of a species.
2, For the following foundational term, please select the definition below that best matches the
term.
reinforcement trap
a) A natural science approach to the study of behavior as a subject matter.
b) A controlled comparison of a phenomenon of interest (dependent variable) under two or
more different conditions (independent variable).
c) A short-term contingency that reinforces maladaptive behavior is pitted against a
long-term contingency that provides large reinforcers for good behavior.
d) Passing behavior from one person to another by imitation and modeling.
e) Repeating conditions within an experiment to determine the reliability of effects and
increase internal validity.
SPE 563 Module 5 Foundational Terminology Cumulative Assessment 2026
, f) The variable that is systematically manipulated in an experiment to see whether changes
in the independent variable produce reliable changes in the dependent variable.
g) All forms of life evolve as a result of selection with respect to function.
h) How the environment changes an individual over his or her lifetime.
i) Demonstrating that the prior level of baseline responding would have remained
unchanged had the independent variable not been introduced.
j) A statement of the anticipated outcome of a presently unknown or future measurement.
k) The tendency to tailor behavior about good/bad, right/wrong to particular situations,
rather than more generally across situations.
l) The variable measured to determine if it changes as a result of manipulations of the
independent variable.
m) The evolutionary history of individuals originating from the contingencies that operate
during the environmental history of a species.
3, For the following foundational term, please select the definition below that best matches the
term.
replication
a) A natural science approach to the study of behavior as a subject matter.
b) A controlled comparison of a phenomenon of interest (dependent variable) under two or
more different conditions (independent variable).
c) A short-term contingency that reinforces maladaptive behavior is pitted against a long-
term contingency that provides large reinforcers for good behavior.
d) Passing behavior from one person to another by imitation and modeling.
e) Repeating conditions within an experiment to determine the reliability of effects and
increase internal validity.
f) The variable that is systematically manipulated in an experiment to see whether changes
in the independent variable produce reliable changes in the dependent variable.
g) All forms of life evolve as a result of selection with respect to function.
h) How the environment changes an individual over his or her lifetime.
i) Demonstrating that the prior level of baseline responding would have remained
unchanged had the independent variable not been introduced.
j) A statement of the anticipated outcome of a presently unknown or future measurement.
k) The tendency to tailor behavior about good/bad, right/wrong to particular situations,
rather than more generally across situations.
l) The variable measured to determine if it changes as a result of manipulations of the
independent variable.
m) The evolutionary history of individuals originating from the contingencies that operate
during the environmental history of a species.
SPE 563 Module 5 Foundational Terminology Cumulative Assessment 2026
Questions and 100% Answers 2026/27 Update – ASU
1, For the following foundational term, please select the definition below that best matches the
term.
verification
a) A natural science approach to the study of behavior as a subject matter.
b) A controlled comparison of a phenomenon of interest (dependent variable) under two or
more different conditions (independent variable).
c) A short-term contingency that reinforces maladaptive behavior is pitted against a long-
term contingency that provides large reinforcers for good behavior.
d) Passing behavior from one person to another by imitation and modeling.
e) Repeating conditions within an experiment to determine the reliability of effects and
increase internal validity.
f) The variable that is systematically manipulated in an experiment to see whether changes
in the independent variable produce reliable changes in the dependent variable.
g) All forms of life evolve as a result of selection with respect to function.
h) How the environment changes an individual over his or her lifetime.
i) Demonstrating that the prior level of baseline responding would have remained
unchanged had the independent variable not been introduced.
j) A statement of the anticipated outcome of a presently unknown or future measurement.
k) The tendency to tailor behavior about good/bad, right/wrong to particular situations,
rather than more generally across situations.
l) The variable measured to determine if it changes as a result of manipulations of the
independent variable.
m) The evolutionary history of individuals originating from the contingencies that operate
during the environmental history of a species.
2, For the following foundational term, please select the definition below that best matches the
term.
reinforcement trap
a) A natural science approach to the study of behavior as a subject matter.
b) A controlled comparison of a phenomenon of interest (dependent variable) under two or
more different conditions (independent variable).
c) A short-term contingency that reinforces maladaptive behavior is pitted against a
long-term contingency that provides large reinforcers for good behavior.
d) Passing behavior from one person to another by imitation and modeling.
e) Repeating conditions within an experiment to determine the reliability of effects and
increase internal validity.
SPE 563 Module 5 Foundational Terminology Cumulative Assessment 2026
, f) The variable that is systematically manipulated in an experiment to see whether changes
in the independent variable produce reliable changes in the dependent variable.
g) All forms of life evolve as a result of selection with respect to function.
h) How the environment changes an individual over his or her lifetime.
i) Demonstrating that the prior level of baseline responding would have remained
unchanged had the independent variable not been introduced.
j) A statement of the anticipated outcome of a presently unknown or future measurement.
k) The tendency to tailor behavior about good/bad, right/wrong to particular situations,
rather than more generally across situations.
l) The variable measured to determine if it changes as a result of manipulations of the
independent variable.
m) The evolutionary history of individuals originating from the contingencies that operate
during the environmental history of a species.
3, For the following foundational term, please select the definition below that best matches the
term.
replication
a) A natural science approach to the study of behavior as a subject matter.
b) A controlled comparison of a phenomenon of interest (dependent variable) under two or
more different conditions (independent variable).
c) A short-term contingency that reinforces maladaptive behavior is pitted against a long-
term contingency that provides large reinforcers for good behavior.
d) Passing behavior from one person to another by imitation and modeling.
e) Repeating conditions within an experiment to determine the reliability of effects and
increase internal validity.
f) The variable that is systematically manipulated in an experiment to see whether changes
in the independent variable produce reliable changes in the dependent variable.
g) All forms of life evolve as a result of selection with respect to function.
h) How the environment changes an individual over his or her lifetime.
i) Demonstrating that the prior level of baseline responding would have remained
unchanged had the independent variable not been introduced.
j) A statement of the anticipated outcome of a presently unknown or future measurement.
k) The tendency to tailor behavior about good/bad, right/wrong to particular situations,
rather than more generally across situations.
l) The variable measured to determine if it changes as a result of manipulations of the
independent variable.
m) The evolutionary history of individuals originating from the contingencies that operate
during the environmental history of a species.
SPE 563 Module 5 Foundational Terminology Cumulative Assessment 2026
