Question : 81.Each time my nephew talks back to his mother, 10 : 1200689

 

81.Each time my nephew talks back to his mother, 10 minutes are deducted from his computer game time.   Of the following, the procedure being used by my sister is:

a.negative reinforcement.

b.presentation punishment.

c.response cost.

d.satiation.

 

82.Sheila, a junior in high school, is talking to her friend Ann on the phone. “Are you ready for Friday night’s game?” Ann asks her excitedly.  “I’m not going to be able to go,” Sheila responds, crestfallen. “My folks won’t let me go out for a month.  I flunked both physics and history, and they’re berserk. I don’t know what to think.  I can’t even go out with Tim, and I don’t know how he’s going to react.”

Not letting Sheila go out and not letting her date Tim best illustrate which of the following according to behaviorism?

a.Positive reinforcement

b.Presentation punishment

c.Negative reinforcement

d.Removal punishment

 

83.Patrick hits his mother.  She decides that when he hits her she will put him down and not carry him (he likes to be carried).  His hitting behavior has decreased. Mom’s putting Patrick down illustrates which type of operant conditioning?

a.Positive reinforcement

b.Negative reinforcement

c.Presentation punishment

d.Removal punishment

 

Use the following information to answer Items 84 and 85.

 

Mikesa learns from examples such as “tall man” and “fast horse” that tall and fast are adjectives. He then encounters “beautiful sky” in a sentence and concludes that beautiful is an adjective.

Later, Mikesa sees “beautifully written” as part of a sentence, and says, “Beautifully is not an adjective.”

 

84.Based on the information we have, Mikesa’s saying “adjective” when he sees beautiful best describes:

a.a classically conditioned response.

b.reinforcement.

c.discrimination.

d.generalization.

 

85.Again, based on the information we have, Mikesa saying, “Beautifully is not an adjective” best describes:

a.a classically conditioned response.

b.reinforcement.

c.discrimination.

d.generalization.

 

86.Which of the following best describes saying, “mammal,” when seeing a dog, cat, cow, and horse?

a.An unconditioned response.

b.A classically conditioned response.

c.Discrimination.

d.Generalization.

 

87.Joe says “bee” to both the letters b and d.  He has not learned to:

a.appropriately generalize on similar sounds.

b.state the classically conditioned response for b.

c.discriminate between b and d.

d.respond to the unconditioned stimuli b and d.

 

 

 

 

88.In the application of operant conditioning, the events that immediately precede or induce behaviors are referred to as:

a.punishers.

b.consequences.

c.reinforcers.

d.antecedents.

 

89.The first step in applied behavior analysis is to:

a.identify target behavior.

b.establish a baseline for target behavior.

c.measure changes in the target behaviors.

d.select reinforcers.

 

90.For which of the following groups is applied behavioral analysis most commonly used?

a.Learners who have difficulty in a particular content area, such as reading or math

b.Learners who need help with higher-level skills, such as critical thinking

c.Learners who are talented in a certain area, such as music or art

d.Learners who display specific behaviors teachers want to change

 

91.The strategy used to identify antecedents and consequences that control a behavior is referred to as:

a.investigative analysis.

b.functional analysis.

c.behavioral analysis.

d.operant analysis.

 

92.Which of the following is a criticism commonly directed at behaviorist theories?

a.Behaviorism cannot explain higher-order learning.

b.Behaviorism only works with young children.

c.Behaviorism only works with students from some cultures.

d.Behaviorism allows the learner too much independence.