Psy 7713 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PSY 7713 (Behaviour Analytic Interventions) – Quiz 1 Unit 7 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 (Behaviour Analytic Interventions) – Quiz 1 Unit 5 with Answers – 92 out of 100 points Questions 1. An individual with mental retardation frequently engages in aggressive behavior when he wants a break from a task at work. When he engages in aggressive behavior, he is required to continue working on the task, but if he asks for a break his behavior is reinforced with a break from the task. Which variation of DRA is being used in this example? 2. Andrea is four years old and has l...

PSY 7713 (Behaviour Analytic Interventions) - Quiz 1 Unit 3 with Answers - 100 out of 100 points Questions 1. A behavior chain with a limited hold means: 2. A guitarist hears a novel section of improvised music and then immediately reproduces it. In this situation, ______ has occurred. Later, one guitarist says to another, "Listen to this. I want to teach you this." The first guitarist demonstrates the new section of music. They practice until the second guitarist learns it. On stage the fi...

A disadvantage to using DRO is: Selected Answer: d. All of the other answers are correct. Answers: a. It does not teach any new skills. b. The delivery of reinforcement occurs if the targeted problem behavior does not occur. However, this may inadvertently reinforce a different (non-targeted) problem behavior. c. If the problem behavior occurs very frequently (for example, every five seconds), it can be a very labor- intensive procedure to implement. d. All of the other answers are correc...

PSY 7713 Quiz 1 Unit 7 (Behaviour Analytic Interventions)

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 ball. This is...

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 not i...

An individual with mental retardation frequently engages in aggressive behavior when he wants a break from a task at work. When he engages in aggressive behavior, he is required to continue working on the task, but if he asks for a break his behavior is reinforced with a break from the task. Which variation of DRA is being used in this example? Selected Answer: d. Functional communication training. Answers: a. DRL. b. DRI. c. DRO. d. Functional communication training. Answer Feedback: Corr...

PSY 7713 Quiz 1 Unit 8 (Behaviour 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 which of t...