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18 Cards in this Set
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The controlling variables of primary importance in applied behavior analysis are located in:
a) The environment b) Consequences c) The mental states d) Reinforcement |
a) The environment
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Two functionally distinct types of behavior important to behavior analysis include:
a) Learned and operant behavior b) Reflexive and respondent behavior c) Respondent and operant behavior d) Operant and conditioned behavior |
c) Respondent and operant behavior
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Which of the following is considered a property of behavior amenable to measurement?
a) Temporal Weight b) Temporal Locus c) Temporal Displacement d) Temporal Size |
b) Temporal Locus
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A _____ denotes a set or collection of knowledge and skills a person has learned that are relevant to particular settings or tasks.
a) Repertoire b) Behavior c) Skill d) Response |
a) Repertoire
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Behavior is affected by stimulus changes that occur prior to and immediately after the behavior. The term _____ refers to environmental conditions or stimulus changes that exist or occur prior to the behavior of interest.
a) Consequence b) Stimulus c) Event d) Antecedent |
d) Antecedent
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A behavior that is elicited by antecedent stimuli and is "brought about" by a stimulus that precedes it is:
a) Operant b) Learned c) Respondent d) New |
c) Respondent
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A response is followed by a stimulus change, the effect of which is an increase in the future frequency of behavior. Which type of stimulus-change operation most likely occurred?
a) Reinforcement b) Punishment c) Extinction d) Positive Punishment |
a) Reinforcement
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A response is followed by a stimulus change, the effect of which is a decrease in the future frequency of behavior. Which type of stimulus-change operation most likely occurred?
a) Reinforcement b) Punishment c) Negative Reinforcement d) Positive Reinforcement |
b) Punishment
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Water is an example of a ______ reinforcer, while money is an example of a _______ reinforcer.
a) Conditioned, unconditioned b) Secondary, primary c) Unconditioned, conditioned d) Powerful, ineffective |
c) Unconditioned, conditioned
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Answering the door when you hear the door bell and not when it is silent is an example of behavior being under:
a) Simultaneous prompting b)Equivalence c) Stimulus control d) Premack principle |
c) Stimulus control
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A behavior that occurs more frequently under some antecedent conditions than it does in others is called a(n):
a) Stimulus control b) Operant behavior c) Discriminative stimulus d) Discriminated operant |
d) Discriminated operant
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Food deprivation may alter the momentary effectiveness of food as a reinforcer. Food deprivation is an example of a(n):
a) Satiation trial b) Motivating operation c) Operant behavior d) Experimental control |
b) Motivating operation
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The three-term contingency is made of these three terms:
a) Attitude, behavior, reinforcement b) Antecedent, reinforcement, punishment c) Antecedent, behavior, consequence d) Antecedent, stimulus, control |
c) Antecedent, behavior, consequence
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The term "contingent" as used in behavior analysis refers to the dependent relationship of a particular consequence on the occurrence of behavior and is also used in reference to the _________ contiguity of behavior and its consequences.
a) Temporal b) Independent c) Dependent d) False |
a) Temporal
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_______ behavior is elicited by antecedent stimuli.
a) Operant b) Temporal c) Respondent d) All |
c) Respondent
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Conditioned _______ are the product of respondent conditioning.
a) Antecedents b) Stimuli c) Punishers d) Reflexes |
d) Reflexes
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Operant behavior is selected by its:
a) Consequences b) Antecedents c) Conditioners d) Respondent |
a) Consequences
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Operant conditioning encompasses:
a) Time and stimuli b) Antecedents and phylogeny c) Conditioned and unconditioned d) Reinforcement and punishment |
d) Reinforcement and punishment
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