SPCE 316 Exam Questions and Answers
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A study was undertaken to determine the effects of amount of study time
on test performance. In this case, what type of variable is the amount of
study time? - ✔✔independent
Follow-up phases should be given a letter notation. - ✔✔False (pg 12)
In single-subject research, letter notations stand for: - ✔✔study phases
How is the independent variable represented on an x-y graph? -
✔✔labels on phases
What did J. B. Watson urge psychologists to focus their study on? -
✔✔observable behavior
Baer emphasized that procedures in a study should be described in a way
that: - ✔✔experimental methods can be clearly compared.
Good technical descriptions of study procedures are necessary to ensure
that research can be replicated. - ✔✔True
Which of the following is a type of variable? - ✔✔independent
,The purpose of the follow-up phase in an investigation is to: -
✔✔determine whether the effects of the independent variable will
continue
Which of the following elements may NOT be found on an x-y graph? -
✔✔description of independent variables
The x-axis on a graph usually represents: - ✔✔time
Which of the following are reasons that baseline data are gathered before
implementing the independent variable? - ✔✔Important aspects of the
dependent variable and its environment may be revealed (pg 8)
The term subjects is preferred over the term participants by many current
researchers. - ✔✔False
A notation indicating a combination of letters can take which of the
following forms? - ✔✔a combination intervention
What are the three areas that Baer noted that research on socially
significant behavior would be? (select all that apply) - ✔✔applied,
behavioral, analytical
Brain development is simultaneous with cultural development. - ✔✔True
(pg 40)
, Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement? - ✔✔A
child does not have to do chores for a week because she improved her
grades this term. (pg 24)
Which of the following is NOT among the basic principles of operant
conditioning when reinforcement is used? - ✔✔The researcher decides
which consequences will be reinforcing (pg 22)
Punishment should usually be used to decrease behavior. - ✔✔False
(pg 33)
What does a reinforcer menu consist of? - ✔✔stimuli that are reinforcing
for a certain individual (pg 27)
At what point does a stimulus that has been reinforcing no longer work as a
reinforcer? - ✔✔satiation (pg 28)
Which of the following is NOT a level of culture identified by Hammond? -
✔✔ethnic (pg 40)
On what assumption does extinction rely? - ✔✔A behavior will decrease
when it is not rewarded (pg 36)
The Premack Principle may not work if: - ✔✔the individual can do the
preferred activity anyway. (pg 26)
100% Solved | Graded A+
A study was undertaken to determine the effects of amount of study time
on test performance. In this case, what type of variable is the amount of
study time? - ✔✔independent
Follow-up phases should be given a letter notation. - ✔✔False (pg 12)
In single-subject research, letter notations stand for: - ✔✔study phases
How is the independent variable represented on an x-y graph? -
✔✔labels on phases
What did J. B. Watson urge psychologists to focus their study on? -
✔✔observable behavior
Baer emphasized that procedures in a study should be described in a way
that: - ✔✔experimental methods can be clearly compared.
Good technical descriptions of study procedures are necessary to ensure
that research can be replicated. - ✔✔True
Which of the following is a type of variable? - ✔✔independent
,The purpose of the follow-up phase in an investigation is to: -
✔✔determine whether the effects of the independent variable will
continue
Which of the following elements may NOT be found on an x-y graph? -
✔✔description of independent variables
The x-axis on a graph usually represents: - ✔✔time
Which of the following are reasons that baseline data are gathered before
implementing the independent variable? - ✔✔Important aspects of the
dependent variable and its environment may be revealed (pg 8)
The term subjects is preferred over the term participants by many current
researchers. - ✔✔False
A notation indicating a combination of letters can take which of the
following forms? - ✔✔a combination intervention
What are the three areas that Baer noted that research on socially
significant behavior would be? (select all that apply) - ✔✔applied,
behavioral, analytical
Brain development is simultaneous with cultural development. - ✔✔True
(pg 40)
, Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement? - ✔✔A
child does not have to do chores for a week because she improved her
grades this term. (pg 24)
Which of the following is NOT among the basic principles of operant
conditioning when reinforcement is used? - ✔✔The researcher decides
which consequences will be reinforcing (pg 22)
Punishment should usually be used to decrease behavior. - ✔✔False
(pg 33)
What does a reinforcer menu consist of? - ✔✔stimuli that are reinforcing
for a certain individual (pg 27)
At what point does a stimulus that has been reinforcing no longer work as a
reinforcer? - ✔✔satiation (pg 28)
Which of the following is NOT a level of culture identified by Hammond? -
✔✔ethnic (pg 40)
On what assumption does extinction rely? - ✔✔A behavior will decrease
when it is not rewarded (pg 36)
The Premack Principle may not work if: - ✔✔the individual can do the
preferred activity anyway. (pg 26)
