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EPSY 5616W Exam 1 questions withaccurate answers
Positive Reinforcement - correct answer ✔✔when a behavior is followed by a consequence that
increases the behaviors rate of occurrence. Ex: adding something, parties, stickers, candy
Negative Reinforcement - correct answer ✔✔Rate of behaviors occurrence increases when an aversive
or unpleasant environmental condition is removed or reduced in intensity. Ex: taking something away,
homework passes
Punishment - correct answer ✔✔When a behavior is followed by a consequence that will decrease the
behaviors future rate of occurrence. Behavior must decrease.
Extinction - correct answer ✔✔Stopping reinfrocement of behavior that has been already reinfroced.
Stimulus control - correct answer ✔✔relationship in which an antecedent causes behavior or serves as a
cue for the bheavior to occur. ex: when bell rings dog salvates then recieves food
Antecedent Stimulus - correct answer ✔✔stimulus that precedes the behavior
setting events - correct answer ✔✔circumstances in an individuals life, that temporarily alter and deliver
the consequences themselves. Ex: change in meals, teachers, friends, change in schedule
Modeling - correct answer ✔✔demonstrating a desired behavior in order to prompt an imitative
response.
Shaping - correct answer ✔✔Teaching a new behaviors through differential reinforcement of successive
approximations to a specified behavior
ex. Sit(reinforce), sit and write name (reinforce), Sit, write, name, do 3 problems. (reinforce0
, Chaining - correct answer ✔✔Each step gets reinforced. Setting up steps in order to get out the door at
the end of the day.
Frequency - correct answer ✔✔number of times the behavior occurs.
Rate Data - correct answer ✔✔When the teacher is concerned with both accuracy and speed of the
behavior. Ex: Brett got out of his chair .2 times per minute.
Duration (behavior) - correct answer ✔✔How long a student is engaging in the behavior. Brett was out of
his seat for 14 mins.
Latency - correct answer ✔✔The length of time between instruction s to perform it and the occurance of
the behavior.
Topography - correct answer ✔✔the shape of the behavior, What does it look like. Marvin screams,
kicks, and pulls his hair when he has a tantrum.
Locus - correct answer ✔✔the behavior describes where it occurs, either in the environment or on the
child or victims body.
Event Recording - correct answer ✔✔provides the exact count of how many times a behavior occurs. Has
an obvious start and ending. Marked with Tallys
Interval Recording - correct answer ✔✔an approximation of the actual number of times behavior occurs.
For 10 mins the behavior will be observed and marked as yes or no every 15 seconds.
Time Sampling - correct answer ✔✔selects a time period in which to observe the behavior and divides
this period into equal intervals. but only recorded at the end of each interval
Duration Recording - correct answer ✔✔used when the primary concern is the length of time a student
engages in a particular behavior. total time spent talking.
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