SPCE 611 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
One advantage to free operant preference assessments is: - Answers - there is less
potential for children to satiate on the stimuli than with the force choice and approach
responding assessments.
they provide a rank orderof preferences, unlike forced choice assessments
they can be less time consuming than forced choice and approach respoonding
assessments
Which type of CMO often evokes problem behavior? - Answers - CMO reflexive
If you are teaching a client to make a peanut butter sandwhich, which of the following
represents a total-task presentation approach? - Answers - Having the student complete
all steps of the task, while the trainer provides the necessary level of prompt for each
step
Which of the following populations has errorless learning been implemented with? -
Answers - individuals with psychiatric conditions
individuals with traumatic brain injury
individuals with developmental disabilties
Why do we need to operationally define target behavior? - Answers - (A) For clinical
purposes, we need for accurate, ongoing evaluation of behavior
(B) For research purposes, need to accurately and reliably collect data within and
across studies.
All of the following are threats to internal validity except: - Answers - generalization to
additional populations
Evie's teacher wants to implement DRO with Evie. Evie's problem behavior is hitting
others to get their attention when she wants to talk to them. Why would sit quietly and
wait not be a good replacement behavior for hitting someone to get their attention? -
Answers - it does not have the same function
The _______ _______ reinforcement schedule results in "break and run" patterns if
responding. - Answers - fixed ratio
The primary purpose of providing examples and non-examples is to: - Answers - help
data collectors carefully discriminate between ocurrence of the target behavior and non-
occurrence
ANSWERS
One advantage to free operant preference assessments is: - Answers - there is less
potential for children to satiate on the stimuli than with the force choice and approach
responding assessments.
they provide a rank orderof preferences, unlike forced choice assessments
they can be less time consuming than forced choice and approach respoonding
assessments
Which type of CMO often evokes problem behavior? - Answers - CMO reflexive
If you are teaching a client to make a peanut butter sandwhich, which of the following
represents a total-task presentation approach? - Answers - Having the student complete
all steps of the task, while the trainer provides the necessary level of prompt for each
step
Which of the following populations has errorless learning been implemented with? -
Answers - individuals with psychiatric conditions
individuals with traumatic brain injury
individuals with developmental disabilties
Why do we need to operationally define target behavior? - Answers - (A) For clinical
purposes, we need for accurate, ongoing evaluation of behavior
(B) For research purposes, need to accurately and reliably collect data within and
across studies.
All of the following are threats to internal validity except: - Answers - generalization to
additional populations
Evie's teacher wants to implement DRO with Evie. Evie's problem behavior is hitting
others to get their attention when she wants to talk to them. Why would sit quietly and
wait not be a good replacement behavior for hitting someone to get their attention? -
Answers - it does not have the same function
The _______ _______ reinforcement schedule results in "break and run" patterns if
responding. - Answers - fixed ratio
The primary purpose of providing examples and non-examples is to: - Answers - help
data collectors carefully discriminate between ocurrence of the target behavior and non-
occurrence
