PSYC 365 Final EXAM WITH ANSWERS
According to behaviour analysts, creativity refers to
a. The results of thinking
b. a behavioural excess
c. an indicator of psychic forces
d. kinds of behaviour - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. kinds of
behaviour
Of the following options, which is not a characteristic of behaviour
modification?
a. it defines problems in terms of behavioural deficits and excesses
b. it assesses behaviour problems before trying to solve those
problems.
c. it makes use of conditioning principles
d. it uses summary labels because they convey information quickly -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. it uses summary labels because they
convey information quickly
,Behaviour modification draws upon
a. basic conditioning and secondary conditioning procedures
b. primary conditioning and secondary conditioning procedures
c. first-order conditioning and second-order conditioning procedures
d. operant and Pavlovian conditioning procedures - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔d. operant and Pavlovian conditioning procedures
Behaviour analysts often avoid the use of summary labels because
a. the label can be mistaken for a cause of behaviour
b. the label can cause others to respond to the labeled person in
terms of the label.
c. the label can cause too great a focus on the problem rather than on
the person's assets.
d. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. all of the above
The acronym PSI stands for
a.proper standards of instruction
b. performance system of instruction
c. personalized system of instruction
,d. potent systematized instruction - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c.
personalized system of instruction (PSI)
During the 1960s, behaviour modification expanded from treating
individual behaviour problems to larger applications to local groups
of people. This led to the development of
a. health psychology
b behavioural community psychology
c. cognitive behavioural therapy
d. cognitive group therapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. behavioural
community psychology
Which of the following statements is true?
a. hearing voices is always a behavioural excess
b. making little eye contact during conversation is always a
behavioural deficit
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. neither a nor d
, Which of the following people developed the Personal System of
Instruction (PSI)
a. B.F. Skinner
b. Ivar Lovaas
c. Fred Keller
d. Tawa Witko - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c. Fred Keller (PSI or the
Keller plan)
a. BF Skinner (operant conditioning)
b. Ivar Lovaas (developed behavioural treatments for children with
ASDs. Early intensive behavioural intervention (EIBI)
d. Tawa Witko (importance of understanding the cultural
backgrounds of one's clients comes from the Lakota Sioux
reservation near the Badlands in South Dakota. Dr. Tawa Witko, a
psychologist on the reservation, described the case of an individual
who had been diagnosed by another psychologist as schizophrenic.
The reason for the diagnosis was that the man heard voices,
especially around ceremony times. Dr. Witko explained that this
phenomenon is common among Native Americans, has spiritual
meaning, and does not in itself indicate mental illness)
Of the following options, which is NOT a feature of the behaviour
modification approach?
According to behaviour analysts, creativity refers to
a. The results of thinking
b. a behavioural excess
c. an indicator of psychic forces
d. kinds of behaviour - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. kinds of
behaviour
Of the following options, which is not a characteristic of behaviour
modification?
a. it defines problems in terms of behavioural deficits and excesses
b. it assesses behaviour problems before trying to solve those
problems.
c. it makes use of conditioning principles
d. it uses summary labels because they convey information quickly -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. it uses summary labels because they
convey information quickly
,Behaviour modification draws upon
a. basic conditioning and secondary conditioning procedures
b. primary conditioning and secondary conditioning procedures
c. first-order conditioning and second-order conditioning procedures
d. operant and Pavlovian conditioning procedures - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔d. operant and Pavlovian conditioning procedures
Behaviour analysts often avoid the use of summary labels because
a. the label can be mistaken for a cause of behaviour
b. the label can cause others to respond to the labeled person in
terms of the label.
c. the label can cause too great a focus on the problem rather than on
the person's assets.
d. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. all of the above
The acronym PSI stands for
a.proper standards of instruction
b. performance system of instruction
c. personalized system of instruction
,d. potent systematized instruction - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c.
personalized system of instruction (PSI)
During the 1960s, behaviour modification expanded from treating
individual behaviour problems to larger applications to local groups
of people. This led to the development of
a. health psychology
b behavioural community psychology
c. cognitive behavioural therapy
d. cognitive group therapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. behavioural
community psychology
Which of the following statements is true?
a. hearing voices is always a behavioural excess
b. making little eye contact during conversation is always a
behavioural deficit
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. neither a nor d
, Which of the following people developed the Personal System of
Instruction (PSI)
a. B.F. Skinner
b. Ivar Lovaas
c. Fred Keller
d. Tawa Witko - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c. Fred Keller (PSI or the
Keller plan)
a. BF Skinner (operant conditioning)
b. Ivar Lovaas (developed behavioural treatments for children with
ASDs. Early intensive behavioural intervention (EIBI)
d. Tawa Witko (importance of understanding the cultural
backgrounds of one's clients comes from the Lakota Sioux
reservation near the Badlands in South Dakota. Dr. Tawa Witko, a
psychologist on the reservation, described the case of an individual
who had been diagnosed by another psychologist as schizophrenic.
The reason for the diagnosis was that the man heard voices,
especially around ceremony times. Dr. Witko explained that this
phenomenon is common among Native Americans, has spiritual
meaning, and does not in itself indicate mental illness)
Of the following options, which is NOT a feature of the behaviour
modification approach?
