Behavior Therapy Test 4
19 Questions
| Total Attempts: 117
Questions and Answers
- 1.When extinction begins and the behavior temporarily increases in frequency, duration, or intensity, this phenomenon is called a (an) .
- 2.Extinction works best when:
- A.
It follows positive reinforcement
- B.
It follows continuous reinforcement
- C.
It follows negative punishers
- D.
It reinforcers positive punishers
- 3.In order to extinguish a negatively reinforced behavior, the is no longer removed or avoided following a behavior.
- 4.Extinction and negative reinforcement both decrease a behavior.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Extinction is when a behavior is no longer reinforced and as a result, the behavior stops occurring.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.When extinction is used following intermittent reinforcement, the behavior will be more resistant to extinction.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Extreme cold and extreme levels of auditory stimulation are examples of:
- A.
Unconditioned punishers
- B.
Conditioned punishers
- C.
Negative punishers
- D.
Positive punishers
- 8.A consequence can be considered a punisher if the:
- A.
Behavior immediately decreases
- B.
Behavior immediately increase
- C.
Behavior decreases in the future
- D.
Behavior is accelerated in the future
- 9.Zach comes home past his curfew and is yelled at by his parents. If, as a result of being yelled at, Zach never comes home late again it would be an example of .
- A.
Positive punishment
- B.
Negative punishment
- C.
Positive reinforcement
- D.
Negative reinforcement
- 10.Bill spits on an umpire during a baseball game and is suspended for ten games. As a result of being suspended, Bill never spits on an umpire again. Being suspended for his behavior of spitting is referred to as a:
- 11.A conditioned punisher is .
- 12.In behavior modification, a punisher is defined by its:
- A.
Consequences
- B.
Way the punishers are delivered
- C.
A and B
- D.
Effect on the behavior it follows
- 13.Please fill answer below
- 14.Nicholas used to come home late for supper until his parents started to take away a dollar of his allowance every time he was late. Nicholas behavior of coming home late decreased to zero. This is an example of what form of negative punishment?
- 15.Stimulus control develops as a result of .
- 16.A (an) is the stimulus that is present when a behavior is reinforced.
- 17.Behaviors usually occur at random and are rarely under stimulus control.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.A group of stimuli having the same functional effect on a certain behavior are said to belong to a stimulus:
- A.
Class
- B.
Behavior
- C.
Group
- 19.Genralization is associated with broad stimulus control.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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