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A teacher says to his class: "Melissa is working on remembering to follow instructions
when I give them. Melissa is going to keep track of whether or not she follows my
instructions. If she follows 90% of my instructions today (or better), our whole class will
watch a movie at the end of the day." What type of group contingency is this? a)
Independent b) Dependent c) Interdependent d) None of these - ANSWER b)
Dependent
Group contingencies can: a) Lighten the workload for the practitioner b) Save time c)
Create problems with learners d) All of these - ANSWER d) All of these
How could a learner sabotage a group contingency? a) By purposefully not meeting the
performance criterion so that no one gets the reinforcer b) By not showing up for school
on a given day c) By urging peers to participate in the program d) By congratulating
peers who are meeting the criterion - ANSWER a) By purposefully not meeting the
performance criterion so that no one gets the reinforcer
An interdependent group contingency is most useful if: a) One wants to change the
behavior of one person or a small group of individuals b) One wants to differentially
reinforce individuals for appropriate behavior c) One wants to change everyone's
performance d) All of these - ANSWER c) One wants to change everyone's
performance
The personal application of behavior change tactics that produces a desired change in
behavior is: a) Self-management b) Managing behaviors c) Behavior management d)
Behavior modification - ANSWER a) Self-management
Self-management can help individuals to: a) Break bad habits and replace with good
ones b) Accomplish difficult tasks c) Achieve personal goals d) All of these - ANSWER
d) All of these
Self-monitoring is best defined as: a) A procedure whereby persons observe their own
behavior and record only the occurrence of the target behavior b) A procedure whereby
persons observe the behavior of someone else and systematically record the
occurrence or nonoccurrence of the target behavior c) A procedure whereby persons
observe their behavior systematically and record the occurrence or nonoccurrence of
the target behavior d) A procedure whereby persons observe their behavior and
someone else systematically records the occurrence or nonoccurrence of the target
, behavior. - ANSWER c) A procedure whereby persons observe their behavior
systematically and record the occurrence or nonoccurrence of the target behavior
Suggested guidelines for effective and efficient self-monitoring include: a) Make
materials cumbersome and sophisticated b) Never provide supplementary cues or
prompts; this will make the individual become dependent on the prompts or cues rather
than the target behavior c) Self-monitor the most important dimension of the target
behavior d) Do not reinforce accurate selfmonitoring - ANSWER c) Self-monitor the
most important dimension of the target behavior
A type of self-management tactic that typically involves the use of self-awareness
training, competing response training, and motivation techniques is: a) Self-Instruction
b) Habit Reversal c) Massed Practice d) None of these - ANSWER b) Habit Reversal
This type of self-management tactic involves self-generated verbal responses, covert or
overt, that function as response prompts for a desired behavior. a) Self-instruction b)
Self-directed systematic desensitization c) Habit reversal d) None of these - ANSWER
a) Self-instruction
The first step in conducting an effective self-management program is: a) Begin
selfmonitoring the behavior b) Contrive contingencies that will compete with natural
contingencies c) Continually evaluate your self management program and redesign it as
necessary d) Specify a goal and define the behavior to be changed - ANSWER d)
Specify a goal and define the behavior to be changed
What are the two types of models that are part of imitation? - ANSWER Planned and
Unplanned
The controlling variable for an imitative behavior is: a.) An operative behavior b.)An
imitative response chain c.) A model d.) A pre-task - ANSWER c.) A model
What behavior dimensions can you change with differential reinforcement? - ANSWER
topography, frequency, latency, duration and magnitude
Potential learners cannot imitate if they do not have this prerequisite skill: a.) The
behavior in their repertoire b.) Attending to the model c.) Decrease in problem behavior
d.) Ability to define the behavior - ANSWER b.) Attending to the model
If you want to create a task analysis for a behavior you have no idea how to do yourself,
how could you construct it? a) You could find people who are good at the behavior and
ask them how to do it. b) You could watch people who know how to do the task and
observe what they do. c) You could go to the literature to see if there are any published
task analyses of the behavior. d) All of these - ANSWER d) All of these