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EAB 4764-MIDTERMAn applied behavior analysis program tends to incorporate all but which of the following - correct
answer ✔✔Diagnostic categories
The person who typically systematically applies behavioral procedures, or is primarily responsible for
doing so, is called a (an): - correct answer ✔✔Contingency Manager
ABA is a scientific approach in that: - correct answer ✔✔It experimentally investigates variables that
influence behavior
ABA has shown that human behavior: - correct answer ✔✔Is lawful and subject to scientific investigation
Which of the following does NOT form a basis for ABA? - correct answer ✔✔Existentialism
A major goal of applied behavior analysis is to: - correct answer ✔✔Help individuals function more
independently without outside interference
Whose name is associated with methodological behaviorism? - correct answer ✔✔Watson
ABA procedures are relevant to: - correct answer ✔✔People who have psychotic diagnoses as well as
business managers
The field of applied behavior analysis (ABA) began applications to human behavior during the: - correct
answer ✔✔Late 1950's to early 1960's
Which of the following is NOT an element of ABA? - correct answer ✔✔Applied
Behavioral
Conceptual
a and b only
,a, b, and c
ABA focuses on objective and observable behavior because: - correct answer ✔✔Covert behavior is
difficult to study scientifically
ABA is applied to individuals' behaviors: - correct answer ✔✔With autism
With developmental disabilities
Who are normal
All the above
When changing unwanted behavior, the behavior analyst: - correct answer ✔✔Teaches alternative
replacement behaviors
Which of the following is NOT a distinguishing feature of ABA? - correct answer ✔✔Concerned with
inner processes
Which of the following is NOT a constructive guideline for preventing the misuse of ABA procedures? -
correct answer ✔✔Primary caretakers should be trained to keep clients with mental disorders or
retardation from becoming familiar with behavioral procedures
A student, Michele, was causing a disruption. The teacher yelled at her to be quiet. She stopped her
disruption.
Over time, it is discovered that Michele's disruptions are increasing even through the teacher keeps
yelling at her when she is disruptive. It appears that the teacher's yelling is ______________Michele's
disruptions. - correct answer ✔✔Positive reinforcing
The term reinforcement is used to: - correct answer ✔✔Describe both a process and procedure
An SDp is an antecedent stimulus in which: - correct answer ✔✔Punishment occurred as a result of the
response
ABA primarily attempts to: - correct answer ✔✔Alter an individual's behavior
, A student, Michele, was causing a disruption. The teacher yelled at her to be quiet. She stopped her
disruption.
Yelling at Michele's disruptive behavior, which resulted in Michele's disruption stopping,
involved____________________to be teacher's yelling. - correct answer ✔✔Negative reinforcement
A stimulus class is: - correct answer ✔✔A group of stimuli that have a common effect on behavior
A three term contingency refers to a(n): - correct answer ✔✔Interdependencies or relationships of
contingencies with
A teacher asked Maria, "What is 3x3?" Maria responds, "6." The teacher then asks Tyrone, "What is
3x3?" He responds, "9." The teacher then says, "Yes, that's correct Tyrone. Maria, what is 3X3"? Maria
responds, "9," and receives praise. In this example, - correct answer ✔✔The teacher is attempting to
develop 3x3 into an SDr for Maria to say 9 and an SA for saying 6.
Extinctioninvolves: - correct answer ✔✔Withholding all reinforcement from the behavior's occurrence
If motivational operations (MOs) are considered in addition to the A-B-C contingency: - correct answer
✔✔A four-term-contingencyis considered
The contingency manager can become more aware of why the individual responds differently from time
to time under the same discriminative stimuli and reinforcers
Punishment is threatened
Both a and b
Positive reinforcement involves: - correct answer ✔✔Providing or adding a consequence that increases
or maintains the behavior
Stimulus control in operant learning refers to: - correct answer ✔✔Antecedent stimuli gaining control of
the occurrence of a behavior (i.e., they evoke or abate it)
Positive punishment involves: - correct answer ✔✔Providing or adding a consequence that decreases
the occurrence of the behavior
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