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TEST BANK for Behavior Modification: What It Is and How To Do It 11th Edition by Garry Martin & Joseph J. Pear. All Chapters 1-29. (Complete Download). TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I: The Behavior Modification Approach 1. Introduction 2. Areas of Application: An Overview 3. Defining, Measuring, and Recor...

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Test Bank for Behavior Modification What It Is and How to Do It 11th Edition by
Garry Martin, Joseph J. Pear
OPTION-BASED QUESTIONS
Chapter 1. Introduction
Multiple Choice Questions On Main Text (Note: * indicates the correct answer)
1. A behavioral deficit is:
* a) too little of a particular type of behavior
b)too much of a particular type of behavior
c)an appropriate behavior occurring to the wrong stimulus
d)an appropriate behavior occurring at the wrong time or place
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Conceptual

2. A behavioral excess is:
* a) too much of a particular type of behavior
b) too little of a particular type of behavior
c) an appropriate behavior occurring to the wrong stimulus
d) an appropriate behavior occurring at the wrong time or place
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Conceptual

3. Which of the following is an example of behavior?
a) hair color b) the color of someone’s eyes
c) the clothes someone is wearing *d) dressing in the morning
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Factual

4. In behavior modification, motivation and intelligence refer to:
a) inner mental processes * b) ways of behaving
c) causes of behavior d) major sources of abnormality
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Conceptual

5. In behavior modification, the term “environment” refers to:
a) the neighborhood in which a person is raised
b) the natural habitat of an organism
* c) the specific physical variables in one’s immediate surroundings
d) the general situation where one happens to be
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Factual

6. A child does not pronounce words clearly and does not interact with other children.
These are examples of:
a) behavioral excesses b) behavioral abnormalities
* c) behavioral deficits d) behavioral characteristics
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Conceptual

7. Behavior modifiers stress the importance of defining problems in terms of
specific behavioral deficits or behavioral excesses because:
a) therapists can then focus on the individual’s problem behaviors rather than on his or




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her strengths
* b) it is behavior that causes concern, and there are specific procedures now available
to change behavior
c) labeling an individual implies that a particular treatment program will be helpful
d) labeling an individual is useful for quickly providing general information about how that
individual might perform
Difficulty: Hard
Type: Applied
8. Which of the following is not a characteristic of behavior modification?
a) It defines problems in terms of behavior.
b) Its treatment procedures and techniques are ways of rearranging an individual’s
environment.
c) Its techniques draw extensively from the principles of operant and Pavlovian
conditioning.
* d) It emphasizes the use of summary labels for classifying individuals.
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Applied

9. Which of the following is an example of covert behavior?
* a) a skier thinking, “I hope I don’t fall” b) a pitcher throwing a ball
c) a student drinking coffee d) a child talking to her dog in the backyard
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Conceptual

10. Which of the following is an example of overt behavior?
a) feelings of nervousness * b) yelling at someone
c) a boy on a date thinking, “I like this girl” d) imagining a beautiful sunset
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Conceptual

11. Behavior therapy was first used to refer to:
a) behavior modification in which there is typically an attempt to analyze or clearly
demonstrate controlling variables
b) the scientific study of laws that govern the behavior of human beings and other animals
*c) Joseph Wolpe’s behavioral treatment for specific phobias
d) behavior modification that focuses on overt behaviors that are of social significance
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Conceptual

12. Which of the following is an example of an outcome of behavior?
a) throwing a baseball
b) lifting a heavy weight
*c) scoring a goal in ice hockey
d) standing at the free throw line in basketball
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Conceptual


13. Behavior modifiers are cautious about using summary labels to refer to individuals or
their actions because:
a) the label for the behavior is often used as a pseudo-explanation for the behavior
b) labels can negatively affect the way an individual might be treated
c) labeling may influence us to focus on an individual’s problem behaviors rather than on




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his or her strengths
* d) all of the above
Difficulty: Hard
Type: Conceptual

14. The people, objects, and events that make up a person’s environment are called:
* a) stimuli b) conditioned stimuli

c) unconditioned stimuli d) reinforcing stimuli

Difficulty: Easy
Type: Factual

15. Which of the following is not a characteristic of behavior modification?
a) Its treatment procedures are ways of altering an individual’s environment.
b) Its methods and rationales can be described precisely.
* c) Its techniques stem primarily from cognitive psychology.
d) Its techniques are often applied by individuals in everyday life.
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Conceptual

16. Behavioral assessment seeks to:
a) determine the underlying mental disturbance responsible for behavioral symptoms
b) identify the type of mental disorder assumed to underlie particular patterns of abnormal
behavior
* c) identify potential controlling variables of problem behaviors, and select behavioral
treatment
d) determine the necessary intelligence level of potential clients as a prerequisite to
behavior modification programs
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Applied

17. Which of the following is not a misconception about behavior modification?
a) Behavior modifiers only deal with the observable and they don’t deal with the thoughts
and feelings of clients.
* b) Behavior modification involves the systematic application of learning principles to
improve covert and overt behaviors.
c) Behavior modification involves the use of drugs, psychosurgery, and electroconvulsive
therapy.
d) Behavior modification only changes symptoms; it doesn’t get at the underlying problems.
Difficulty: Hard
Type: Applied

18. Which of the following is an example of cognitive behavior?
a) a child reading out loud for a parent
b) a baseball player talking to her coach
* c) a person on a hot day imagining that he is sitting at the ocean
d) a student writing with a pen
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Conceptual

19. Behaviors to be improved in a behavior modification program are frequently called:
a) overt behaviors b) covert behaviors




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c) cognitive behaviors * d) target behaviors
Type: Conceptual

20. Behavior Analysis refers to:
a) behavior modification in which there is typically an attempt to analyze or clearly
demonstrate controlling variables
* b) the scientific study of laws that govern the behavior of human beings and other animals
c) behavioral treatment carried out on dysfunctional behavior
d) behavior modification that focuses on overt behaviors that are of social significance
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Applied

21. involves the systematic application of learning principles and techniques to
assess and improve individuals’ covert and overt behaviors in order to enhance their daily
functioning.
a) Behavioral assessment b) Behavior analysis
* c) Behavior modification d) Cognitive behavior therapy
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Applied

22. Classical conditioning was developed by:
a) B.F. Skinner * b) Ivan Pavlov
c) Joseph Wolpe d) Aaron Beck
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Factual

23. In the 1950s, developed a behavioral treatment for specific phobias.
a) Hans Eyesenck b) Aaron Beck
c) Albert Ellis *d) Joseph Wolpe
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Factual

24. The term “cognitive therapy” was used by to refer to strategies for recognizing
maladaptive thinking and replacing it with adaptive thinking.
* a) Beck b) Ellis
c) Wolpe d) Skinner
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Factual


True/False Questions on Main Text (Note: Correct answer indicated in left margin)
T 25. Behavior modification accepts changes in a behavior as the indicator of the
extent to which a problem is being helped.
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Conceptual

F 26. One of the defining characteristics of behavior modification is that it does not
emphasize scientific demonstration that an intervention was responsible for a particular
behavior change.
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Conceptual

T 27. Behavior is, essentially, anything a person does or says.




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