Bcba Cooper Ch. 16

Front 1

_________ alters the effectiveness of some object or event as a reinforcer and the current frequency of all behavior that has been reinforced by that stimulus, object, or event.
a) Discriminative stimulus
b) Establishing operation
c) Behavior-altering effects
d) Value-altering effects

Back 1

b) Establishing operation

Front 2

The term _________ has been suggested to replace the term establishing operation (EO).
a) Motivating operation
b) Evocative effect
c) Abative effect
d) Abolishing operation

Back 2

a) Motivating operation

Front 3

Question 3.
The effect that can produce either an increase or decrease in the reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event is the:
a) Behavior-altering effect
b) Abative effect
c) Evocative effect
d) Value-altering effect

Back 3

d) Value-altering effect

Front 4

The effect that can produce either an increase or decrease in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by some stimulus, object, or event is the:
a) Behavior-altering effect
b) Abative effect
c) Evocative effect
d) Value-altering effect

Back 4

a) Behavior-altering effect

Front 5

Motivating operations (MOs) and SDs are both
a) Antecedent variables that alter the future frequency of some behavior
b) Consequent variables that alter the current frequency of some behavior
c) Antecedent variables that alter the current frequency of some behavior
d) Consequent variables that alter the future frequency of some behavior

Back 5

c) Antecedent variables that alter the current frequency of some behavior

Front 6

_________ control(s) a type of behavior because it has been related to the differential availability or an effective reinforcer for that type of behavior.
a) Motivating operations (MOs)
b) Unconditioned motivating operations (UMOs)
c) Conditioned motivating operations (CMOs)
d) Discriminative stimulus (SD)

Back 6

d) Discriminative stimulus (SD)

Front 7

_________ is (are) related to the differential reinforcing effectiveness of a particular type of environmental event.
a) Motivating operations
b) Discriminative stimulus
c) Motivating variables
d) Discriminative operations

Back 7

a) Motivating operations

Front 8

This type of motivating operation has value-altering effects that are not learned.
a) Conditioned motivating operations
b) Unconditioned motivating operations
c) Surrogate motivating operations
d) Reflexive motivating operations

Back 8

b) Unconditioned motivating operations

Front 9

Which of the following is an example of a UMO as it relates to humans?
a) Getting paid for a job every 2 weeks
b) Putting on a sweater to go outside
c) Sleeping after a week of not getting any sleep
d) Playing with your children after they have been in school all day

Back 9

c) Sleeping after a week of not getting any sleep

Front 10

The type of motivating operation that accomplishes what the original motivating operation it was paired with did is a
a) Surrogate CMO
b) Transitive CMO
c) Reflexive CMO
d) Substantive CMO

Back 10

a) Surrogate CMO

Front 11

This type of motivating operation alters a relation to itself by acquiring MO effectiveness by preceding a worsening or improvement.
a) Surrogate CMO
b) Transitive CMO
c) Reflexive CMO
d) Substantive CMO

Back 11

c) Reflexive CMO

Front 12

This type of motivating operation makes something else effective as a reinforcer because of its relation or association with an unconditioned reinforcer.
a) Surrogate CMO
b) Transitive CMO
c) Reflexive CMO
d) Substantive CMO

Back 12

b) Transitive CMO

Front 13

This type of motivating operation has particular implications for the training of language in individuals with little or no speech.
a) Surrogate CMO
b) Transitive CMO
c) Reflexive CMO
d) Substantive CMO

Back 13

b) Transitive CMO

Front 14

The continued study of motivating operations is most important to understanding in what field of applied behavior analysis?
a) The three-term contingency
b) How people learn
c) Why people learn
d) How to best refine the terminology

Back 14

a) The three-term contingency