TEST BANK for Behavior Modification: What It Is and How To Do It
12th Edition by Garry Martin & Joseph J. Pear.
All Chapters 1 - 29
, OPTION-BASED QUESTIONS
Chapter 1. Introduction
Type: Conceptual
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 t child t does t not t pronounce t words t clearly t and t does t not t
interact t with t other t children.tThese t are t examples t of:
a) t behavioral t excesses b) t behavioral t abnormalities
* c) t behavioral t deficits d) t behavioral t characteristics
Difficulty: t Medium
Type: t Conceptual
, 6. Behavior t modifiers t stress t the t importance t of t
defining t problems t in t terms t oftspecific t behavioral t
deficits t or t behavioral t excesses t because:
a) t therapists t can t then t focus t on t the t individual’s t problem t
behaviors t rather t than t on t his t orther t strengths
* b) t it t is t behavior t that t causes t concern, t and t there t are t
specific t procedures t now t availabletto t change t behavior
12th Edition by Garry Martin & Joseph J. Pear.
All Chapters 1 - 29
, OPTION-BASED QUESTIONS
Chapter 1. Introduction
Type: Conceptual
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 t child t does t not t pronounce t words t clearly t and t does t not t
interact t with t other t children.tThese t are t examples t of:
a) t behavioral t excesses b) t behavioral t abnormalities
* c) t behavioral t deficits d) t behavioral t characteristics
Difficulty: t Medium
Type: t Conceptual
, 6. Behavior t modifiers t stress t the t importance t of t
defining t problems t in t terms t oftspecific t behavioral t
deficits t or t behavioral t excesses t because:
a) t therapists t can t then t focus t on t the t individual’s t problem t
behaviors t rather t than t on t his t orther t strengths
* b) t it t is t behavior t that t causes t concern, t and t there t are t
specific t procedures t now t availabletto t change t behavior
