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What It Is and How To Do It

12th Edition by Garry Martin & Joseph J. Pear.

All Chapters 1 - 29

, OPTION-BASED QUESTIONS

Chapter 1. Introduction


Type: Conceptual



1. 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



2. 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



3. 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

,4. 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



5. 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



6. 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

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

7. 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



8. 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



9. 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

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