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SPE 526 Module 5: Stimulus Control
Exam Practice Questions and Answer
Which of the following statement is correct?
Statement 1: The example of not answering the phone when hearing the doorbell or the alarm clock
demonstrates a stimulus-delta condition.
(HINT: Does doorbell signal the availability of social reinforcement for answering the phone?)
Statement 2: In the example of wearing sunglasses in a sunny day and not removing the sunglasses in
the supermarket, the sun is an SD for wearing sunglasses, and the supermarket is an SDp for removing
sunglasses.
(HINT: In this scenario, the sun evoked a behavior of wearing sunglasses. However, can the sun signal the
availability of sunglasses at all or is the sun an MO? In addition, for the supermarket to become an SDp,
it must signal a punisher for removing sunglasses? Was removing sunglasses punished?) - Ans:✔✔-Only
statement 1 is correct
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Which of the following procedures may work as an AO that abates a problem behavior? - Ans:✔✔-
Noncontingent delivery of maintaining reinforcer.
Getting warmer as a UAO can:
(HINT: Does a UAO evoke a response and establish reinforcement effectiveness or abate a response and
abolish reinforcement effectiveness?) - Ans:✔✔-abate all behavior that results in getting closer to a heat
source.
Emma only slept for 3 hours last night. During the math class today, the teacher kept on asking her
questions. She got annoyed and responded, "shut up!" Based on this scenario, select the best answer. -
Ans:✔✔-The lack of enough sleep evoked her response, "Shut up!"
(HINT: Can the lack of enough sleep be the EO for her response?)
The difference between a UMO and a CMO is that ______________________. - Ans:✔✔-A CMO was a
neutral stimulus before acquiring value-altering and behavior-altering effects.
(HINT: Review how a CMO acquires its effects.)
A man went to a foreign country. He does not speak the language. When he was hungry the first day
there, he bought the food from a street vendor by pointing to the food that he wanted. The second day,
he went to the same street vendor and pointed to the food again. Based on this scenario, select the
incorrect answer.
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
SPE 526 Module 5: Stimulus Control
Exam Practice Questions and Answer
Which of the following statement is correct?
Statement 1: The example of not answering the phone when hearing the doorbell or the alarm clock
demonstrates a stimulus-delta condition.
(HINT: Does doorbell signal the availability of social reinforcement for answering the phone?)
Statement 2: In the example of wearing sunglasses in a sunny day and not removing the sunglasses in
the supermarket, the sun is an SD for wearing sunglasses, and the supermarket is an SDp for removing
sunglasses.
(HINT: In this scenario, the sun evoked a behavior of wearing sunglasses. However, can the sun signal the
availability of sunglasses at all or is the sun an MO? In addition, for the supermarket to become an SDp,
it must signal a punisher for removing sunglasses? Was removing sunglasses punished?) - Ans:✔✔-Only
statement 1 is correct
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
Which of the following procedures may work as an AO that abates a problem behavior? - Ans:✔✔-
Noncontingent delivery of maintaining reinforcer.
Getting warmer as a UAO can:
(HINT: Does a UAO evoke a response and establish reinforcement effectiveness or abate a response and
abolish reinforcement effectiveness?) - Ans:✔✔-abate all behavior that results in getting closer to a heat
source.
Emma only slept for 3 hours last night. During the math class today, the teacher kept on asking her
questions. She got annoyed and responded, "shut up!" Based on this scenario, select the best answer. -
Ans:✔✔-The lack of enough sleep evoked her response, "Shut up!"
(HINT: Can the lack of enough sleep be the EO for her response?)
The difference between a UMO and a CMO is that ______________________. - Ans:✔✔-A CMO was a
neutral stimulus before acquiring value-altering and behavior-altering effects.
(HINT: Review how a CMO acquires its effects.)
A man went to a foreign country. He does not speak the language. When he was hungry the first day
there, he bought the food from a street vendor by pointing to the food that he wanted. The second day,
he went to the same street vendor and pointed to the food again. Based on this scenario, select the
incorrect answer.
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