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Behaviors of focus in a behavior modification program are referred to as a. Outcome behaviors b. Target behaviors c. Overt behaviors d. Goals |
b. Target behaviors |
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A young mother of four sees a behavioral therapist because her children "don't mind me at all" The therapist spends quite a bit of time analyzing the antecendents of behaviors. This process is referred to as a. Applied behavioral analysis b. A behavior modification program c. A behavioral assessment d. An ABC assessment |
d. An ABC assessment |
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Jillian takes privileges away from her daughter if she isn't quiet or doesn't stay in bed after she tucks her in. However, Jillian explains she is very frustrated because not matter how many privileges she takes away, her daughter continues to get out of bed and call her in for various things. Jillian relays she is exhausted. It is likely her daughter is under the control of |
punishment |
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You come into class in a great mood and you are really looking forward to the lecture. But as soon as the class starts, the Pat next to you starts crunching on carrots! You barely manage to tolerate this when he pulls out his corn nuts! You abruptly get up and give Pat a dirty look and sit across the room where it is quiet. Your behavior is under the control of |
Negative reinforcement |
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Every time Tom hears the National Anthem, he feels emotional and gets teary-eyed. Tom's behavior is under the control of a. Operant conditioning b. Classical conditioning c. Negative reinforcement d. Avoidant conditioning |
b. Classical conditioning |
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This person was greatly influenced by Pavlov, is considered the father of behaviorism, and is responsible for the Little Albert Experiment a. Thorndike b. Skinner c. Darwin d. Watson |
d. Watson |
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You went out for sushi a few years ago and got sick the next day. You blamed the caterpillar roll. Ever since then, you not only avoid sushi, you also can't stand chopsticks and feel sick at the sight of them. If someone ask you to go out for sushi, you feel anxious. Identify the conditioned stimulus |
Chopsticks |
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Gilbert doesn't want to attend therapy but his parents bring him to you anyway. They complain that their son doesn't do his chores, rarely speaks to them about anything, has not interest in socializing and won't look anyone in the eye. As a behaviorist you explain to them that Gilbert is exhibiting |
Behavioral Deficits |
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Callie finally gets herself to the gym only to find that it smells horrible in there. She tries to move to another part of the gym but it doesn't help. She decides to leave, her behavior is classified as |
Escape Conditioning |
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Jay's mother is proud she was able to extinguish her son's whining behavior. However, she does say it was difficult since Jay became frustrated during the process and his whining behavior increased for some time. This is a normal process during the extinction process and is called |
Extinction Burst |
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A behaviorist would identify the following behavior as a. losing 2 pounds b. keeping you car clean c. eating healthier d. starting a meeting on time e. all of these behaviors |
d. starting a meeting on time |
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Avery is driving her mother crazy in the store asking for treats. The mother finally gives in and says Avery can have a treat if she is quiet for rest of the time. Avery mother happily agrees while munching on cookies. In this situation, we can assume the mother's behavior is under the control of ___________ and Avery's behavior is under the control of _________________ |
negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement |
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When you were a child, you were spanked w/ wooden spoons. To this day , when you seen wooden spoons, your heart races and you are filled w/anxiety. Your therapist pairs wooden spoons with relaxtion, happy thoughts, joy and you get to eat your favorite raw cookie dough off the wooden spoons. Even though this took some time, now you feel happy every time you use a wooden spoon. Your therapist utilized |
counter-conditioning |
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You are taking the final exam and trying to figure out the difference between operant and respondent conditioning. You remember a. operant involves pairing, while respondent involves reinforcement b. operant are voluntary, classical responses are involuntary c. operant involves type of learning, while respondent does not d. all of the above |
b. operant are voluntary, classical responses are involuntary |
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You are afraid of strong winds and when they are predicted, you stay in your basement with lour music on, for days at a time. Your behavior is under the control of |
avoidance conditioning |
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In order to increase your chances of succeeding on your target behavior, you hang your chart up in the break room for everyone to see it. As weeks go by you are 100% successful because other staff members are congratulating you. Hanging up a chart was a good thing because it created |
reactivity |
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You begin working for a day care center and are educated about positive punishment reinforcement and told that the agency does not allow any form of punishment. You are enjoying your new job and have found that turning of the lights quiets the children down. Have you violated the rules of the agency and utilized punishment |
yes |
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You have helped design a behavior modification program for your client, who would like to decrease depressive symptoms so she can be happier in life. You both decide she will make her bed every day within 20 mins of rising. Her behavioral goal is a. making her bed every day b. being happier in life c. decreasing depressive symptoms |
b. being happier in her life |
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As Kevin's final exam draws near, he finds his anxiety increasing. The only thing that seems to help is studying, so Kevin's studying behavior has increased quiet a bit in the past week. His increase in studying is under the control of a. positive reinforcement b. negative reinforcement c. punishment d. avoidance conditioning |
b. negative reinforcement |
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You heard that Wilson calls upon students randomly and asks questions about the required reading. THIS IS YOUR WORST FEAR! You sit in the very back and make certain not to make eye contact, so you are not called on. Your behavior is under the control of |
avoidance conditioning |
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Kimberly would like her best friend to call her more often and decides she will speak with her the next time they talk. So when her BF calls, Kimberly berates her for being a terrible BF and makes her feel guilty for not calling enough. However instead of calling more, she calls less frequently. The best friend's behavior is operating under |
punishment |
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Grace a famous actress doesn't like to be recognized when she goes out into public. She wears disguises and found people will leave her alone and it is effective. Her behavior is under the control of |
avoidance conditioning |
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Sunshine is recovering from the stomach flu and feels queasy. Her friend bring her lasagna, her favorite dish. However she buries her head into a pillow trying not to smell it. The following may account for the reason she does not want to eat a. motivating operations b. satiation c. respondent conditioning d. reactivity |
a. motivating operations |
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A 7-year-old-boy is no longer given what he wants when he whines. This was not easy to do at first, because he became even whinier at first. After a couple of weeks he no longer whined and instead asked nicely. To his mother's dismay three months later his whining reappeared. His whinier behavior at first is __________ and it reappearing 3 months later as ____________ |
extinction burst, spontaneous recovery |
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For their 25th wedding anniversary, Dan bought his wife a vacation to Hawaii. When she opened the tickets, she said she could hardly wait until July. The couple's trip follows which type of intermittent reinforcement schedule a. ratio b. interval c. interval with limited hold d. duration |
c. interval with limited hold |
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A 5th grade teacher, has difficulty getting students to answer and ask questions in class. The teacher decided when he could to give out tokens so that the students could exchange as prizes at the end of the months. The teacher is utilizing a. fixed ratio schedule b. variable ratio schedule c. fixed interval schedule d. variable interval schedule |
b. variable ratio schedule |
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In the above example the teacher is also utilizing _________ when he awards the prizes at the end of the month |
back up reinforcers |
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You are allowing your 6 yo child to stir the cookie batter for you. You resist the urge to grab the spoon and stir it yourself. Stirring cookie batter until it is all mixed up follows which type of intermittent reinforcement schedule a. fixed ratio schedule b. variable ratio schedule c. fixed interval schedule d. variable interval schedule |
b. variable ratio schedule |
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You allow your students to use their laptops in class for note-taking. what they don't know that you have software that allows you to track whether they are actually on the internet or not. Whenever you get a chance you check to see if someone is using the internet, if no one is using the internet, they all get an extra credit point. You do this several times throughout the class. You are utilizing a |
Variable interval schedule with limitedhold |
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Kimberly and her brother Paul are reinforced whenever their mother happens to be watching them play and she observes any type of kindness between the two. This intermittent reinforcement schedule approximates a. ratio b. interval c. interval with limited hold d. duration |
interval with limited hold |
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Katie gets reinforced with star stickers every time she makes her bed in the morning before school. The stickers are put on a chart that is hung on her door so everyone can see it. She is motivated because she gets money for the stickers at the end of the week. The stickers are a __________, the chart acts as an ___________, and the money is referred to a ____________ |
Conditioned reinforcer, reactivity, back up reinforcer |
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Kate is hammering in nails and she is very strong. She is able to hammer a nail into a board in four strokes, while it takes her BF several minutes to complete the same task. When receiving the intermittent reinforcement of getting a nail hammered in all the way which type of schedule is this a. fixed ratio b. variable ratio c. fixed interval d. variable interval |
b. variable ratio |
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Mike is looking forward to tonight's football game but his wife wants him to take her to dinner. She suggest that he record the game and watch it alter. Mike tells her it is not the same and wants to watch it live. Turning on the tv and seeing the game live follows what type of schedule |
interval with limited hold |
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At the last minute, Lori's daughter decides she wants to dress up as a scary monster instead of a princess for Halloween. Lori has never done monster makeup before and has asked her neighbor to help. Lori reasons that her neighbor is a graphic artist and will do better. Her daughter ends up winning first prize. Her neighbor's ability to do great monster makeup would follow what principle |
Stimulus generalization |
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Kevin goes on a date and feels his date does not like him. During dinner, he purchased a flower for his date. She immediately warms up. After dinner she becomes cold again so he buys her some chocolate and she warms up again by giving him a hug. After awhile she seems to be bored so he goes and buys her jewelry, and she awards him with a kiss. Kevin's behavior is a |
Response generalization |
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Jamie arrives at a formal dinner with clients she wants to impress. Even though she had just come from a pool party in which she was yelling and having a great time. At her dinner she walks in calmly, and acts appropriately for the occasion, she has engaged in |
Stimulus discrimination |
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Christopher's father wants him to stop swearing. Christopher is given money if he does not swear more than once per say in his father presence. But Christopher's mother says that is ridiculous and thinks she should not earn money unless he does not swear at all. His father is utilizing a ________ while his mom prefers a ____________ |
Differential reinforcement of limited responding, and differential reinforcement of zero responding |
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The teacher cannot seem to get his class to be quiet while he lectures so he moves them to the library. He is utilizing a. stimulus generalization b. situational inducement c. response generalization d. shaping |
b. situational inducement |
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Pat loves to go out dancing with his friends. However, he sprained his ankle hiking and turned his friends down. His friends were surprised because he always wants to go. His behavior can be explained in terms of |
motivating operations
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Diana is having difficulty studying for the GRE. Every time she sits down, she finds something else to do. Her friend suggest that she start off by making her bed, clean her room, organize her desk and then immediately study for the GRE. Her friend is utilizing |
Behavioral momentum |
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He added a cognitive component to behaviorism through his experimental studies on aggression. he talked about our ability to entertain images in our minds as well as language and thus ceased to be a strict behaviorist |
Bandura |
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The following theory holds that it is not the events that cause distress. Rather it's am event's perceived significance that causes emotional distress |
CBT |
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Jamie attends therapy because she is high anxious about an oral exam for licensing. Her therapist role-plays with her, models appropriate responses and teaches her how to self-instruct. He hopes she has been innoculated to the upcoming stressful event. Who is her therapist |
Meichenbaum |
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His research led him to develop social learning theory |
Bandura |
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Keri reluctantly goes to therapy upon her mom's urging. However, she complains that she doesn't like her therapist because he talked about dysfunctional thought patterns and he gave her a lot of outside assignments called reality checking and hypothesis testing. She tried another therapist who focused on her irrational self-statements and thinking. This therapist is confrontational and even rude at times. The first time she saw________ and the second time she saw _________ |
Beck, Ellis |
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Art is struggling because he has a new job he loves, but he continues to come into contact with balloons quite often. He is afraid of balloons. Which therapist could probably help Art to reduce his fear of balloons so he could keep his job? |
Wolpe |
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Most effective treatment for Agoraphobia is |
In vivo exposure |
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Sally is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Which type of therapy should she be referred to? |
DBT |
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Ellis theory is termed |
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy REBT |
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A woman states she is afraid of snakes. One therapist recommends immersing her in a tank of snakes allowing them to crawl all over her in hopes her fear response will eventually extinguished. Another therapy recommends a type of counter conditioning that includes relation with the feared object. The first therapist practices __________ while the second therapist practices _______________ |
Flooding and systematic desensitization |
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Which type of punishment is a mother using when she makes her toddler do time out |
Type I positive punishment |
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What type of punishment is a father doing when he takes away the Xbox |
Type II negative punishment |
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Food, water and shelter are what types of reinforcers |
un-conditioned reinforcers |
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Praise, coffee, candy are what types of reinforcers |
conditioned reinforcers |
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What type of reinforcer happens if Sally gets a sticker as soon as she exhibits a behavior |
Direct reinforcer |
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What is it called when a parent is teaching a child to ride a bike, they let go as the child gets more comfortable |
Fading |
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Sally was only rewarded when she reached a certain level of performance, then the next time when she reached a more desired level. What is this called |
Shaping |
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Pat loves to dance but he has to learn his major dance moves one step at a time. What is this called |
Forward chaining |
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Wilson struggled with her dance moves so she needed to learn the last step first and work backwards because this made it easier. What is this called |
Backwards Chaining |
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Chris is a dancing King he needs no steps to be broken down and he is able to dance the whole routine after being shown it once. What is this called |
Total task |
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Chris knows that every time he comes to class if he smiles at Pat, Pat will give him a hug. What is this called |
SD |
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What will you do after graduation |
sleep |
