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PSY 7713 Quiz 1 Unit 9 Questions and Answers

PSY 7713 Quiz 1 Unit 7 (Behaviour Analytic Interventions) A schedule of intermittent reinforcement is likely to increase An immediate increase in frequency and/or amplitude of the response after the removal of the maintaining reinforcer is called: Carr and Lovaas (1983) recommended that practitioners experience any punisher personally before the treatment begins for what reason?

PSY 7713 Quiz 1 Unit 4 (Behaviour Analytic Interventions) 1) Question 1 A stimulus delta is: b. A stimulus in the presence of which a response will not be reinforced. Answers: a. A stimulus in the presence of which a response will be reinforced. b. A stimulus in the presence of which a response will not be reinforced. c. A stimulus in the presence of which a response will be placed on extinction. d. A stimulus that cues respondent behaviors to occur. Answer Feedback: Correct. 2) Que...

PSY 7713 Quiz 1 Unit 3 (Behaviour Analytic Interventions) 1. Question 1 A behavior chain with a limited hold means: Selected Answer: c. The entire chain or steps within the chain must be completed in a given period of time. Answers: a. The number of steps in the chain is limited. b. The learner must hold his or her responses for a specified period of time. c. The entire chain or steps within the chain must be completed in a given period of time. d. Accuracy of the performance of steps is...

PSY 7713 Quiz 1 Unit 2 (Behaviour Analytic Interventions) 1. Question 1 Correct A behavior that produces corresponding modifications or co-variations in other adaptive, untrained behaviors is a(n) . Selected Answer: d. Pivotal behavior. Answers: a. Behavior cusp. b. Critical behavior. c. Initiating behavior. d. Pivotal behavior. Answer Feedback: Correct. 2. Question 2 A descriptive and temporally sequenced account of behavior in the natural environment is called a(n): Selected Answer: a. Anecd...

PSY 7713 Quiz 1 Unit 2 (Behaviour Analytic Interventions) 1. Question 1 Correct A behavior that produces corresponding modifications or co-variations in other adaptive, untrained behaviors is a(n) . Selected Answer: d. Pivotal behavior. Answers: a. Behavior cusp. b. Critical behavior. c. Initiating behavior. d. Pivotal behavior. Answer Feedback: Correct. 2. Question 2 A descriptive and temporally sequenced account of behavior in the natural environment is called a(n): Selected Answ...

PSY 7713 Quiz 1 Unit 5 (Behaviour Analytic Interventions)

PSY 7713 Quiz 1 Unit 8 (Behavior Analytic Interventions) 1) Question 1 A is a type of token economy in which participants can move up (and sometimes down) a hierarchy of levels contingent on meeting specific performance criteria with respect to the target behaviors. Selected Answer: a. Level system. Answers: a. Level system. b. Contingency contract. c. Reinforcement system. d. Differential reinforcement. Answer Feedback: Correct. 2) Question 2 A description of the task should include...

PSY 7713 Quiz 1 Unit 1 (Behaviour Analytic Interventions) 1. Question 1 A prompt should be delivered the discriminative stimulus and the behavior. Selected Answer: a. After, before. Answers: a. After, before. b. Before, after. c. Before, before. d. After, after. Answer Feedback: Correct. 2. Question 2 Brian is teaching his son to shoot a basketball. Initially, Brian lowers the backboard and uses a smaller ball in order to make it more likely that his son will correctly shoot the b...