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TEST BANK for Behavior Modification: What It Is
and How To Do It
12th Edition by Garry Martin & Joseph J. Pear.
All Chapters 1 - 29
, OPTION-BASED QUESTIONS
Chapter 1. Introduction
Type: Conceptual
1. A behavioral excess is:
* a) too much of a particular type of behavior
b) too little of a particular type of behavior
c) an appropriate behavior occurring to the wrong
stimulus
d) an appropriate behavior occurring at the wrong
time or place
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Conceptual
2.Which of the following is an example of
behavior?
a) hair color b) the color of someone’s
eyes
c) the clothes someone is wearing *d) dressing in
the morning
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Factual
,3.In behavior modification, motivation and
intelligence refer to:
a) inner mental processes * b) ways of behaving
c) causes of behavior d) major sources of
abnormality
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Conceptual
4. In behavior modification, the term
“environment” refers to:
a) the neighborhood in which a person is raised
b) the natural habitat of an organism
* c) the specific physical variables in one’s
immediate surroundings
d) the general situation where one happens to
be
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Factual
5.A child does not pronounce words
clearly and does not interact with other
children. These are examples of:
a) behavioral excesses b) behavioral
, abnormalities
* c) behavioral deficits d) behavioral
characteristics
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Conceptual
6.Behavior modifiers stress the
importance of defining problems in
terms of specific behavioral deficits or
behavioral excesses because:
a) therapists can then focus on the
individual’s problem behaviors rather than
on his or her strengths
* b) it is behavior that causes concern,
and there are specific procedures now
available to change behavior
TEST BANK for Behavior Modification: What It Is
and How To Do It
12th Edition by Garry Martin & Joseph J. Pear.
All Chapters 1 - 29
, OPTION-BASED QUESTIONS
Chapter 1. Introduction
Type: Conceptual
1. A behavioral excess is:
* a) too much of a particular type of behavior
b) too little of a particular type of behavior
c) an appropriate behavior occurring to the wrong
stimulus
d) an appropriate behavior occurring at the wrong
time or place
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Conceptual
2.Which of the following is an example of
behavior?
a) hair color b) the color of someone’s
eyes
c) the clothes someone is wearing *d) dressing in
the morning
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Factual
,3.In behavior modification, motivation and
intelligence refer to:
a) inner mental processes * b) ways of behaving
c) causes of behavior d) major sources of
abnormality
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Conceptual
4. In behavior modification, the term
“environment” refers to:
a) the neighborhood in which a person is raised
b) the natural habitat of an organism
* c) the specific physical variables in one’s
immediate surroundings
d) the general situation where one happens to
be
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Factual
5.A child does not pronounce words
clearly and does not interact with other
children. These are examples of:
a) behavioral excesses b) behavioral
, abnormalities
* c) behavioral deficits d) behavioral
characteristics
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Conceptual
6.Behavior modifiers stress the
importance of defining problems in
terms of specific behavioral deficits or
behavioral excesses because:
a) therapists can then focus on the
individual’s problem behaviors rather than
on his or her strengths
* b) it is behavior that causes concern,
and there are specific procedures now
available to change behavior
