ABA612 Final Exam Study Guide (1)|
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A main difference between a. the amount of control they can achieve over all factors that might
practitioners and affect behavior
researchers is___.
a. the amount of control they
can achieve over all factors
that might affect behavior
b. the types of interventions they
implement
c. their approach to careful
measurement of behavior
d. that researchers do not
collect baseline data
A researcher has two d. The weight (in pounds) of the participants
groups of participants, one
group receives monetary
compensation for
completing exercise
activities and the other group
does not. All individuals in
both groups are weighed
weekly. What is the dependent
variable in this study?
a. The amount of
money earned by the
participants
b. The amount of time spent
exercising
c. Whether or not the
participants participate in
the daily exercise regimen
d. The weight (in pounds) of the
participants
,A researcher has two d. What participants eat while taking part in the study
groups of participants, one
group receives monetary
compensation for
completing exercise
activities and the other group
does not. All individuals in
both groups are weighed
weekly. What is a potential
extraneous variable to
control for in this study?
a. The monetary
compensation provided
b. Whether or not the
participants are in the
exercise or control group
c. The weight (in pounds) of the
participants
d. What participants eat while
taking part in the study
A set of loose rules and c. Scientific method
traditions that have evolved
over many years of
experimental practice may
be described as________.
a. Experimental control
b. Applied behavior analysis
c. Scientific method
d. Advocacy research
All choices made by d. all of the above can be influenced
investigators have an effect
on__________.
a. future choices the same
investigators will make
b. what results of the investigation
show
c. conclusions that can be
made based on the results
d. all of the above can be
influenced
All studies require a unique b. lead to a clear picture of effects of certain conditions on target
series of decisions made by behaviors
,investigators, and
consequences of those
decisions should:
a. be ignored because all
decisions must be followed
through and not changed
b. lead to a clear picture
of effects of certain
conditions on target
behaviors
c. be acknowledged as they
occur and future studies
should be arranged to avoid
them
d. always pay off with
grant funding,
publications, and
formal awards
, An investigator conducts a b. Independent; dependent
study during which she
varies the enthusiasm of
praise statements given by
therapists and measures the
number of skills acquired by
clients. The enthusiasm of praise
statements is the variable
and the number of skills
acquired is the variable.
a. Extraneous;dependent
b. Independent; dependent
c. Independent; extraneous
d. Dependent; independent
Basic and applied behavior c. natural sciences
analysis research has been
guided by many of the same
fundamental
methodological principles
of other________.
a. human services
b. areas of psychology
c. natural sciences
d. fields of education
Both practitioners and b. all of the these
researchers in behavior
analysis
a. view behaviors in terms of
antecedents and
consequences
b. all of the these
c. carefully measure target
behaviors
d. graph and analyze data
to make conclusions
For practitioners, carefully c. making informed treatment decisions
tracking changes in target
behaviors of clients is
essential for _.
a. determining if
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A main difference between a. the amount of control they can achieve over all factors that might
practitioners and affect behavior
researchers is___.
a. the amount of control they
can achieve over all factors
that might affect behavior
b. the types of interventions they
implement
c. their approach to careful
measurement of behavior
d. that researchers do not
collect baseline data
A researcher has two d. The weight (in pounds) of the participants
groups of participants, one
group receives monetary
compensation for
completing exercise
activities and the other group
does not. All individuals in
both groups are weighed
weekly. What is the dependent
variable in this study?
a. The amount of
money earned by the
participants
b. The amount of time spent
exercising
c. Whether or not the
participants participate in
the daily exercise regimen
d. The weight (in pounds) of the
participants
,A researcher has two d. What participants eat while taking part in the study
groups of participants, one
group receives monetary
compensation for
completing exercise
activities and the other group
does not. All individuals in
both groups are weighed
weekly. What is a potential
extraneous variable to
control for in this study?
a. The monetary
compensation provided
b. Whether or not the
participants are in the
exercise or control group
c. The weight (in pounds) of the
participants
d. What participants eat while
taking part in the study
A set of loose rules and c. Scientific method
traditions that have evolved
over many years of
experimental practice may
be described as________.
a. Experimental control
b. Applied behavior analysis
c. Scientific method
d. Advocacy research
All choices made by d. all of the above can be influenced
investigators have an effect
on__________.
a. future choices the same
investigators will make
b. what results of the investigation
show
c. conclusions that can be
made based on the results
d. all of the above can be
influenced
All studies require a unique b. lead to a clear picture of effects of certain conditions on target
series of decisions made by behaviors
,investigators, and
consequences of those
decisions should:
a. be ignored because all
decisions must be followed
through and not changed
b. lead to a clear picture
of effects of certain
conditions on target
behaviors
c. be acknowledged as they
occur and future studies
should be arranged to avoid
them
d. always pay off with
grant funding,
publications, and
formal awards
, An investigator conducts a b. Independent; dependent
study during which she
varies the enthusiasm of
praise statements given by
therapists and measures the
number of skills acquired by
clients. The enthusiasm of praise
statements is the variable
and the number of skills
acquired is the variable.
a. Extraneous;dependent
b. Independent; dependent
c. Independent; extraneous
d. Dependent; independent
Basic and applied behavior c. natural sciences
analysis research has been
guided by many of the same
fundamental
methodological principles
of other________.
a. human services
b. areas of psychology
c. natural sciences
d. fields of education
Both practitioners and b. all of the these
researchers in behavior
analysis
a. view behaviors in terms of
antecedents and
consequences
b. all of the these
c. carefully measure target
behaviors
d. graph and analyze data
to make conclusions
For practitioners, carefully c. making informed treatment decisions
tracking changes in target
behaviors of clients is
essential for _.
a. determining if
