PSY 217 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
A child engages in tantrum behaviors to get out of doing their chores. How would
you put tantrums on extinction?- Answer - Follow through with making sure the child completes their
chores
1. What is not a common example of a side effect of extinction?- Answer - A
pleasant reaction
2. When extinction is implemented, sometimes the rate of responding increases
before it decreases. What is this called?- Answer - Extinction burst
3. If a behavior is reinforced during an extinction burst, what is likely to hap-
pen?- Answer - The behavior will continue to occur, but now at a higher level
4. The parent who goes in to their child's room everytime they call out at night
could benefit from sleep training that involves extinction. Using this technique, how
will the parent implement extinction?- Answer - Not going into the room when the child calls
out
5. Differentially reinforcing of a behavior involves
rein- forcing smaller steps that lead toward a terminal or goal behavior, by
reinforc- ing one small step until the individual is consistently engaging in that
response and then requiring them to engage in a step closer to the terminal
behavior before providing reinforcement.- Answer - Successive approximations
6. True or false- Answer - When shaping behavior, you should never back
up to a previ- ously successful step.- Answer - False
7. Which aspect of behavior can be shaped?- Answer - All of these can be shaped
8. True or false- Answer - Both undesirable behavior and desirable
behavior can be shaped.- Answer - True
9. What process takes advantage of extinction-induced variability?- Answer -
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, Shaping
10. Differential reinforcement includes placing one behavior on (i.e., no
reinforcement), while providing for the other
behavior.- Answer - - Extinction, reinforcement
11. When a student engages in a problematic behavior and that is maintained by
removal of work/demands, how do we put this behavior on extinction?- Answer -
Continue to follow through with the demand
12. True or False- Answer - Engaging in planned ignoring of a behavior is
guaranteed to make the behavior decrease.- Answer - False
13. True or False- Answer - Extinction and punishment function in the same
to decrease behavior- Answer - False
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A child engages in tantrum behaviors to get out of doing their chores. How would
you put tantrums on extinction?- Answer - Follow through with making sure the child completes their
chores
1. What is not a common example of a side effect of extinction?- Answer - A
pleasant reaction
2. When extinction is implemented, sometimes the rate of responding increases
before it decreases. What is this called?- Answer - Extinction burst
3. If a behavior is reinforced during an extinction burst, what is likely to hap-
pen?- Answer - The behavior will continue to occur, but now at a higher level
4. The parent who goes in to their child's room everytime they call out at night
could benefit from sleep training that involves extinction. Using this technique, how
will the parent implement extinction?- Answer - Not going into the room when the child calls
out
5. Differentially reinforcing of a behavior involves
rein- forcing smaller steps that lead toward a terminal or goal behavior, by
reinforc- ing one small step until the individual is consistently engaging in that
response and then requiring them to engage in a step closer to the terminal
behavior before providing reinforcement.- Answer - Successive approximations
6. True or false- Answer - When shaping behavior, you should never back
up to a previ- ously successful step.- Answer - False
7. Which aspect of behavior can be shaped?- Answer - All of these can be shaped
8. True or false- Answer - Both undesirable behavior and desirable
behavior can be shaped.- Answer - True
9. What process takes advantage of extinction-induced variability?- Answer -
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, Shaping
10. Differential reinforcement includes placing one behavior on (i.e., no
reinforcement), while providing for the other
behavior.- Answer - - Extinction, reinforcement
11. When a student engages in a problematic behavior and that is maintained by
removal of work/demands, how do we put this behavior on extinction?- Answer -
Continue to follow through with the demand
12. True or False- Answer - Engaging in planned ignoring of a behavior is
guaranteed to make the behavior decrease.- Answer - False
13. True or False- Answer - Extinction and punishment function in the same
to decrease behavior- Answer - False
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