SPCE 609 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
A _______________________ specifies the dependent relations between an action,
events that follow the action and the circumstances within which these relations take
place. - Answers - contingency statement
If we analyze Bob's behavior, the behavior must be his. - Answers - The whose
behavior test
If we analyze Bob's behavior, he should be receiving the outcome. - Answers - The
receiver test
Be concrete, anyone reading the example would agree on what the behavior was. -
Answers - The specific test
The behavior analyzed must be what a person does, not what is done to them. -
Answers - The action test
The after condition must be different than the before condition. - Answers - The
outcome change test
Use smaller contingencies. - Answers - The related outcome test.
The outcome must follow the behavior within 60 seconds to be considered a
contingency. - Answers - The 60 second test
The after condition needs to be an event, not a behavior of the behavor, but can be
someone else's behavior. - Answers - The event test
ABA has often been considered unethical because there is confusion over: - Answers -
What it is we actually do
Reaction to controversial procedures
Concerns about coercion
ABA is the systematic manipulation of the __________________ to shape behavior in a
direction that is therapeutic and beneficial to the individual. - Answers - environment
_____________ refers to the acquisition, maintenance and change of an organism's
behavior as a result of lifetime events. - Answers - learning
_______________________ refers to alterations in the brain that accompany behavior
change and participate in the regulation of behavior. - Answers - Neuroplasticity
, The _____________________ of behavior is a natural-science approach to
understanding behavior regulation. - Answers - experimental analysis
Experimental analysis is concerned with controlling and changing the factors that affect
the ___________________________________. - Answers - behavior of humans and
animals
Respondant and operant are: - Answers - two types of conditioning
A _______________________ involves respondent behavior elicited by a biologically
relevant stimulus. - Answers - reflex
_______________________________ occurs when a feature or event of the
environment without a known effect on behavior is correlated with an unconditoned
stimulus. - Answers - Respondant conditioning
The unconditioned stimulus _____________ a response based on an organism's
biological history. - Answers - elicits
_____________________ involves the regulation of behavior by its consequences. -
Answers - operant conditioning
Operant behavior is ____________________. - Answers - emitted
According to Skinner, the two kinds of causation are _____________ and
___________. - Answers - immediate; remote
___________________ causation is typical of sciences like evolutionary biology,
geology and astronomy. - Answers - remote
___________ causation is the kind of mechanism studied by physics and chemistry. -
Answers - immediate
___________________ is a branch of biology concerned with heritable, functional
changes to the genome that do not involve alterations of the gene itself. - Answers -
epigenetics
Selection by consequences according to skinner, happen at the ____________,
_____________, and ________________ level. - Answers - biology, behavior, culture
Private events: - Answers - physical, not mental
Skinner states that behavior results from __________ and the _________________. -
Answers - genes;environment
ACCURATE ANSWERS
A _______________________ specifies the dependent relations between an action,
events that follow the action and the circumstances within which these relations take
place. - Answers - contingency statement
If we analyze Bob's behavior, the behavior must be his. - Answers - The whose
behavior test
If we analyze Bob's behavior, he should be receiving the outcome. - Answers - The
receiver test
Be concrete, anyone reading the example would agree on what the behavior was. -
Answers - The specific test
The behavior analyzed must be what a person does, not what is done to them. -
Answers - The action test
The after condition must be different than the before condition. - Answers - The
outcome change test
Use smaller contingencies. - Answers - The related outcome test.
The outcome must follow the behavior within 60 seconds to be considered a
contingency. - Answers - The 60 second test
The after condition needs to be an event, not a behavior of the behavor, but can be
someone else's behavior. - Answers - The event test
ABA has often been considered unethical because there is confusion over: - Answers -
What it is we actually do
Reaction to controversial procedures
Concerns about coercion
ABA is the systematic manipulation of the __________________ to shape behavior in a
direction that is therapeutic and beneficial to the individual. - Answers - environment
_____________ refers to the acquisition, maintenance and change of an organism's
behavior as a result of lifetime events. - Answers - learning
_______________________ refers to alterations in the brain that accompany behavior
change and participate in the regulation of behavior. - Answers - Neuroplasticity
, The _____________________ of behavior is a natural-science approach to
understanding behavior regulation. - Answers - experimental analysis
Experimental analysis is concerned with controlling and changing the factors that affect
the ___________________________________. - Answers - behavior of humans and
animals
Respondant and operant are: - Answers - two types of conditioning
A _______________________ involves respondent behavior elicited by a biologically
relevant stimulus. - Answers - reflex
_______________________________ occurs when a feature or event of the
environment without a known effect on behavior is correlated with an unconditoned
stimulus. - Answers - Respondant conditioning
The unconditioned stimulus _____________ a response based on an organism's
biological history. - Answers - elicits
_____________________ involves the regulation of behavior by its consequences. -
Answers - operant conditioning
Operant behavior is ____________________. - Answers - emitted
According to Skinner, the two kinds of causation are _____________ and
___________. - Answers - immediate; remote
___________________ causation is typical of sciences like evolutionary biology,
geology and astronomy. - Answers - remote
___________ causation is the kind of mechanism studied by physics and chemistry. -
Answers - immediate
___________________ is a branch of biology concerned with heritable, functional
changes to the genome that do not involve alterations of the gene itself. - Answers -
epigenetics
Selection by consequences according to skinner, happen at the ____________,
_____________, and ________________ level. - Answers - biology, behavior, culture
Private events: - Answers - physical, not mental
Skinner states that behavior results from __________ and the _________________. -
Answers - genes;environment
