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EAB3002 Midterm Exam Questions AndCorrect Answers
Behavior Analysis is a comprehensive approach to the study of the behavior of
organisms and it has a focus in __________. - ANSWER Environment-Behavior
relationships
Three friends discuss their current jobs and thoughts about behavior analysis. Paul is a
researcher who wants to study the mating patterns of rats by controlling and changing
the variables affecting their behavior. Barry likes to talk about the foundation and
theories of the science of behavior. Christine works hands-on with autistic children
during speech therapy.
Above vignette, Paul practices what type of Behavior Analysis? - ANSWER Experimental
Analysis of Behavior
Three friends discuss their current jobs and thoughts about behavior analysis. Paul is a
researcher interested in studying mating patterns of rats by controlling and changing
the factors that affect their behavior. Barry likes talking to people about the foundation
and theories of the science of behavior. Christine works hands-on with autistic children
during speech therapy.
Which category of Behavior Analysis does Christine focus on, in the vignette above? -
ANSWER Applied Behavior Analysis
Currently working at a behavior analysis job, three friends present their current jobs
and thoughts. Paul is a researcher interested in studying the mating patterns of rats by
changing and controlling the factors affecting the behavior. Barry likes to talk about the
foundation and the theories behind the science of behavior. Christine works hands-on
with autistic children during speech therapy.
,Vignette Above which type of Behavior Analysis does Barry like? - ANSWER
Behaviorism
Originally, science knew of only 109 elements creating the periodic table. Since new
discoveries have come to light, six more have been added. What is this an example of
regarding the assumptions of science as applied to Behavior Analysis? - ANSWER
Philosophic Doubt
Refer to the five assumptions of behavior, which below states that when possible, the
simplest explanation of behavior should be given? - ANSWER Law of Parsimony
The method of showing the cause-and-effect relationship between an environmental
event and a given response is known as a ____________. - ANSWER Functional Analysis
In behavioral analytic terms, an individual's life experiences, including the changes in
behavior due to such exposure is known as a ______________. - ANSWER History of
reinforcement
When classifying behavior, a structural approach defines behavior by its _______, while a
functional approach defines behavior in terms of its ___________. - ANSWER Form;
purpose
When applying the dead man's test to a behavior, the cardinal rule to follow is: -
ANSWER If a dead man can do it, it probably is not behavior
Respondents are _______, while operants are __________ - ANSWER Elicited; Emitted
Friday night is dinner night out for Sally and Harry. When they go to a Chinese
restaurant, they use chopsticks to eat their noodles. When they go to an Italian
restaurant they use a fork and a spoon to eat spaghetti. At home they prefer eating all
foods with their hands. Although the topography differs they are functionally equivalent
because they all result in getting food in their mouth. These different ways of eating are
all part of the same ______. - ANSWER Response class
, Alonzo dreads entering the doctor's office for a few reasons. He despises how it is
always so chilled inside. Having to wait 20 minutes in the wait room, he was able to
count that the doorbell to the register window would ring at least 10 times. Finally, the
smell of the office always smells of alcohol and plastic.
Which of the following do the temperature of the room, the sound of the doorbell, and
the smell of the office represent in the vignette above? - ANSWER stimuli
Alonzo dreads visits to the doctor's office for a few reasons: he despised how it is
always so cold inside. Sitting in the waiting room for 20 minutes, he counted that the
ringing doorbell to the register window must have rung at 10 times. Finally, the smell of
the office always reeked of alcohol and plastic.
In the vignette above, which of the following would refer to the total constellation of
stimuli that influence Alonzo's mood? - ANSWER environment
Alonzo dreads going to the doctor's office for so many reasons. He does not like how it
is always cold in there. Having sat in the waiting room for 20 minutes, he counted that
the ringing doorbell to the register window must have rung at 10 times. Lastly, the smell
of the office always reeks of alcohol and plastic.
How many responses, in the vignette above, were emitted to ringing the doorbell? -
ANSWER 10
Only external stimuli are considered part of your environment. - ANSWER false
Which of the following is an observable behavior? - ANSWER exercise
Private behavior is a _______ behavior, only accessible to the __________. - ANSWER
covert; person doing it
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