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Course Introduction
Behavior Modification explores the principles and techniques used to understand, predict, and change human behavior through the application of learning theories. Students study the foundations of classical and operant conditioning, reinforcement, punishment, shaping, and modeling. The course emphasizes practical strategies for assessing and modifying behavior in various settings, such as schools, workplaces, and clinical environments. Through case studies and applied activities, students learn to design, implement, and evaluate behavior change programs, considering both ethical implications and cultural factors in behavior modification.
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Behavior Modification Principles and Procedures 5th Edition by Raymond G. Miltenberger
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Q1) Pavlov did experiments in operant behavior.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Behavior is defined as:
A) traits of a person
B) what a person says and does C) a person's mental processes
D) attitudes and beliefs that lead to action
Answer: B
Q3) Behavior modification emphasizes past events as important causes of behavior.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) A behavioral excess is defined as _______________________________________________.
Answer: too much of a particular behavior
Q5) A(n) _______________________ behavior can be observed and recorded by another individual.
Answer: overt

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Q1) Brian's parents are interested in recording his stuttering behavior.They record each instance in which Brian stutters.This is an example of _____________ recording.
A) product
B) interval
C) continuous
D) time sample
Answer: C
Q2) What are two ways to reduce reactivity of observation?
Answer: Truewo ways to reduce reactivity are to wait until the individuals who are being observed become accustomed to the observer, or to have the observer record the behavior without the individuals knowing that they are being observed.
Q3) Recording how long a person studies is an example of intensity recording.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Calculate interobserver agreement for the interval recording of observer A and B.___________
Answer: 7/7+3=70%; 70%
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Q1) The research design in which there are increasing (or decreasing) goal levels for the target behavior is referred to as a(n) ____________ design.
A) alternating-treatments
B) changing-criterion
C) multiple-baseline
D) A-B-A-B
Answer: B
Q2) What does it mean to say that treatment is staggered in a multiple baseline design? Answer: When treatment is implemented at different times in a multiple-baseline design, we say that treatment is "staggered" over time.
Q3) Data points should be connected across phase lines.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) In a(n) ___________________ research design, there is a baseline and a treatment phase and, in the treatment phase, there are different criterion levels for the behavior.
Answer: changing criterion
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Q1) Andrew wants to play baseball with his friends.Before Andrew can play, his parents tell him that he has to clean his room, which he hates to do.Requiring Andrew to clean his room before he can play baseball with his friends is an example of:
A) punishment
B) the Premack Principle
C) escape behavior
D) negative reinforcement
Q2) What are a couple examples of unconditioned reinforcers?
Q3) In behavior modification, reinforcement is defined by its effect on behavior.This is referred to as:
A) the Premack Principle
B) an operational definition
C) a functional definition
D) a unique relationship
Q4) A(n) _________ is a behavior strengthened through the process of reinforcement.
Q5) A(n) _________________ schedule of reinforcement is used when a person is learning a new behavior.
Q6) How does escape behavior differ from avoidance behavior?
Q7) The consequence that strengthens an operant behavior is a(n) __________.
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Q1) Ignoring is the same as extinction.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When extinction is used following continuous reinforcement, the behavior will decrease more quickly.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A child cries at the grocery store and the parent gives the child candy.As a result, the child frequently cries at the store.
(a)What is the reinforcer for the child's behavior of crying at the store?
(b)How would the parent use extinction for the child's behavior of crying in the store?
Q4) When extinction is used following intermittent reinforcement, the behavior will be more resistant to extinction.
A)True
B)False
Q5) When extinction begins and the behavior temporarily increases in frequency, duration, or intensity, this phenomenon is called a(n)
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Q1) If a behavior occurs and it is immediately followed by a consequence that makes the behavior less likely to occur in the future it is called:
A) negative reinforcement
B) extinction
C) punishment
D) none of these
Q2) _______________ is the process in which a stimulus is delivered following a behavior and the behavior decreases in the future.
Q3) The principles of reinforcement and punishment are alike in that:
A) behavior is followed by a consequence
B) the consequence influences future behavior
C) behavior is strengthened
D) A and B
Q4) Define punishment.
Q5) TFPunishment does not involve an extinction burst.
A)True
B)False
Q6) A is a consequence that follows a behavior, making the behavior less likely to occur in the future.
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Q1) Provide an example of stimulus discrimination training.Identify the S and the S-delta.
Q2) When the stop light turns green, you go and when it is red, you don't go.The red light acts as a(n) __________ for going and the green light acts as a(n) ________________ for going.
Q3) A behavior is more likely to occur in the presence of the S-delta.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When a(n) ____________ is present the behavior is more likely to occur.
Q5) When you tell jokes and your friends laugh, you are more likely to tell jokes to your friends.Your friends are _______ for telling jokes.
A) discriminative stimuli
B) S-deltas
C) punishers
D) conditioned stimuli
Q6) Stimulus control is developed by stimulus discrimination training.
A)True
B)False
Q7) What is a discriminative stimulus?
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Q1) If a neutral stimulus comes to elicit a response similar to the unconditioned response as a result of being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, ____________ conditioning has occurred.
A) respondent
B) operant
C) instrumental
D) all of these
Q2) When the neutral stimulus and unconditioned stimulus are presented at the same time it is called ____________ conditioning.
A) trace
B) simultaneous
C) delay
D) backward
Q3) If the unconditioned stimulus is presented before the neutral stimulus it is referred to as ____________ conditioning.
A) backward
B) forward
C) delay
D) trace
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Q1) In shaping, the steps that are used on the way to developing the target behavior are referred to as:
A) tasks
B) behavior gradients
C) successive approximations
D) intervals
Q2) Reinforcement and extinction are the two principles involved in shaping.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A teacher uses shaping to increase the loudness of a withdrawn child's voice.This would be an example of using shaping to:
A) reinstate a previous behavior
B) change a dimension of an existing behavior
C) generate a new topography of behavior
D) create a new behavior
Q4) In shaping language in a young child, what is typically the starting behavior?
A) words
B) nouns and verbs
C) babbling
D) sentences
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Q1) Tammy's Dad is teaching her to drive.As they approach a stop sign, Tammy's Dad tells her to step on the brake and slow down.This is an example of a ____________ prompt.
A) stimulus
B) gestural
C) verbal
D) modeling
Q2) In which of the following situations would it be appropriate to use prompting and transfer of stimulus control?
A) the person has not learned the behavior
B) the person has learned the behavior but refuses to do it
C) the person does not do the behavior in the correct situation
D) A and C
Q3) Jennifer's Mom is teaching her how to ride a bicycle.Her Mom gets on the bike and rides it around the yard.By demonstrating the entire behavior, Jennifer's Mom is using a ____________ prompt.
A) modeling
B) gestural
C) physical
D) stimulus
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Q1) TFIt is important to use as many steps in a task analysis as possible.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ___________involves illustrations or photos of the outcome of each behavior in the task.
Q3) A teacher uses hand-over-hand guidance to teach a child to write his name.As the child begins to successfully complete the task, the teacher provides less and less assistance as she shadows the student's hand.This type of physical prompting and fading is referred to as:
A) guided compliance
B) directed assistance
C) graduated guidance
D) modeling
Q4) TFTotal task presentation works best for long and complex tasks.
A)True
B)False
Q5) TFBackward chaining procedures are mostly used with individuals who have severe intellectual disabilities.
A)True
B)False
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Q1) BST procedures are NOT used to:
A) teach new behaviors
B) overcome behavioral deficits
C) decrease a problem behavior
D) B and C
Q2) Which of the following is NOT true concerning behavioral skills training?
A) new behavior is unlikely to continue unless it is reinforced
B) it is used with individuals who do not need more intensive training procedures (e.g., chaining)
C) it is used with individuals and groups
D) modeling and instructions are usually sufficient for long term change
Q3) The components of the behavioral skills training procedure are generally used:
A) together in a training session
B) with individuals who have severely limited abilities
C) individually to teach different behaviors
D) A and B
Q4) Having the learner practice the correct behavior after receiving instructions and modeling is called ____________.
Q5) Telling the learner how to engage in the correct behavior is called

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Q1) Conducting a functional assessment will provide information concerning:
A) dimensions of the behavior
B) antecedent events
C) consequences of the behavior
D) all of these
Q2) Experimental methods, also known as ___________ analysis, or ___________ analysis.
Q3) Identify and describe three methods for conducting a functional assessment of a problem behavior.
Q4) A functional assessment involves the identification of what variables?
Q5) When an autistic child engages in repetitive tapping of his pencil and this behavior is reinforced by the sound of the pencil hitting the table, this is an example of:
A) social negative reinforcement
B) automatic positive reinforcement
C) social positive reinforcement
D) automatic negative reinforcement
Q6) Manipulation of antecedents and consequences is involved in ___________.
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Q7) Direct observation assessment is also referred to as ___________.
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Q1) __________________________ is a procedure that involves removing the sensory reinforcer maintaining the target behavior in an attempt to decrease the target behavior.
Q2) Two year old Roscoe pushes the off button on the remote control while the family is watching TV and the family gets upset and scolds him.He continues to push the off button on the remote when they are watching TV.How would the family use extinction in this case?
A) grab the remote from him before he can hit the off button
B) refrain from getting upset and scolding him when he pushes the off button
C) take away a favorite toy when he pushes the off button
D) A and B
Q3) Tommy's parents used extinction to decrease his behavior of crying when he had to eat vegetables by making him eat them despite his crying.When Tommy is going to be with his grandparents or a babysitter, his parents tell them to make sure Tommy eats his vegetables even if he cries.Which consideration in the use of extinction is being addressed?
A) eliminating a reinforcer
B) maintaining consistency
C) whether it is safe to use extinction
D) ability to tolerate an extinction burst
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Q1) Sally is on a DRO 10 min.schedule for screaming.If after 5 min.Sally screams, what happens next? ______
Q2) Provide an example of DRO.
Q3) If you are trying to get a child with intellectual disability to drink his milk slower and you want 10 sec.to elapse between each gulp, then ___________ DRL is most appropriate.
Q4) Continuous reinforcement should be used throughout the process of using DRA.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Provide an example of full session DRL.
Q6) Which type of differential reinforcement is most likely to lead to an increase in an alternative behavior?
A) DRO
B) DRL
C) DRM
D) DRA
Q7) To program for generalization with DRA, the ___________ should be differentially reinforced in as many relevant situations as possible and by as many relevant people as possible.
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Q1) When Eric is at home, he spends most of his time on the Internet instead of studying.Eric disconnects his Internet access at home, so that he has to go to the campus computer cluster in order to get on the Internet.Which antecedent control strategy involves making it more difficult to engage in the problem behavior?
A) arranging establishing operations
B) eliminating establishing operations
C) decreasing response effort
D) increasing response effort
Q2) Pam wants to replace eating junk food with the alternative behavior of eating fruit.Pam makes sure that she always has fruit in her house, so that when she wants something to eat it is easy for her to have fruit.In addition, Pam buys fresh fruit because it does not require any preparation before eating.Which antecedent control strategy is Pam using?
A) decreasing response effort
B) increasing response effort
C) removing the discriminative stimulus
D) arranging establishing operations
Q3) Presenting an EO for the outcome of the behavior will make the behavior ____________ likely to occur.
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Q1) Matthew gets upset and throws one of his toys against the wall.His Dad then removes him from the toy room and puts him in the hallway for a brief period of time.As a result, the probability of Matthew throwing his toys against the wall decreases.Which negative punishment procedure is Matthew's Dad using with him?
A) response cost
B) restitution
C) nonexclusionary time-out
D) exclusionary time-out
Q2) A time-out room should have a lock on the door so the client is unable to escape back to the reinforcing environment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The complete name for time-out is:
A) time-out for behavior reduction
B) time-out from reinforcement
C) time-out from positive reinforcement
D) time-out from reinforcing activities
Q4) In ______________________ time out, the child is taken to another room contingent on the occurrence of the problem behavior.
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT an ethical issue to be considered in the use of punishment?
A) problem severity
B) implementation guidelines
C) accountability
D) covert implementation
Q2) ___________ requires an individual to engage in an effortful behavior for an extended period of time contingent on the occurrence of the problem behavior.
Q3) How is compliance negatively reinforced in a guided compliance procedure?
Q4) In contingent exercise, what must the learner do following the problem behavior?
A) correct the environment damaged by the behavior
B) comply with the task that was requested prior to the problem behavior
C) repeatedly engage in the correct behavior
D) engage in an effortful behavior that is not related to the problem behavior.
Q5) What is the difference in terms of the aversive activity between contingent exercise and overcorrection?
Q6) Physical restraint may be a reinforcer for some individuals.
A)True
B)False
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of self-generated mediators of generalization?
A) self-instructions
B) using notes to cue appropriate behavior
C) self-recording
D) all of these
Q2) What does it mean to say that the treatment for a problem behavior has generalized?
A) the problem behavior is maintained over time
B) the problem behavior occurs in a number of similar situations
C) the problem behavior does not occur in all relevant situations
D) the problem behavior no longer occurs in the treatment setting
Q3) The strategy for promoting generalization that uses self-instructions as a cue to engage in the appropriate behavior is referred to as:
A) incorporating a variety of relevant stimulus situations in training
B) training skills that contact natural contingencies of reinforcement
C) incorporating self-generated mediators of generalization
D) teaching a range of functionally equivalent responses
Q4) What is a generalized reduction in a problem?
Q5) What does it mean to incorporate common stimuli?
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Q1) What are the short term and long term contingencies for overeating?
Q2) The goal of self-management strategies is to decrease __________ and to increase __________.
A) controlling behavior; controlled behavior
B) excess behavior; deficit behavior
C) negative reinforcement; positive reinforcement
D) respondent behavior; operant behavior
Q3) Self-management problems often involve a conflict between:
A) positive and negative reinforcement
B) operant and respondent conditioning
C) positive and negative punishment
D) short-term and long-term contingencies
Q4) At what point in time do you reevaluate a self-management procedure?
A) once the goal has been achieved
B) before the procedures are implemented
C) if the target behavior is not changing in the desired direction
D) if the target behavior is changing as expected
Q5) A target behavior that is occurring too much that you would like to decrease is called a___________________.
Q6) List the steps involved in developing a self-management plan.
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Q1) Joe repetitively taps his pencil on his desk before a test in order to relieve tension.Which type of habit behavior is Joe engaging in?
A) vocal tic
B) negative habit
C) motor tic
D) nervous habit
Q2) When using habit reversal procedures, the competing response should be:
A) the same for different types of habit behaviors
B) incompatible with the habit behavior
C) easily identifiable by others
D) more effortful than the habit
Q3) When using habit reversal with children, what might the parent need to do to make the procedure successful?
A) add time out to the procedure
B) use physical guidance to get the child to use the competing response
C) provide a firm verbal reprimand each time the child engages in the habit behavior
D) A and C
Q4) Provide an example of a competing behavior for hair-pulling.
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Q1) Tokens are conditioned reinforcers because they are paired with ___________________ reinforcers.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT true concerning a token economy?
A) desirable behavior can be immediately reinforced
B) tokens are easy to dispense and accumulate
C) a token economy is easy to implement in terms of time and effort
D) response cost is easier to implement in a token economy
Q3) When a response cost procedure is included, it should be introduced after the token economy has been in place for a period of time.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is NOT true concerning the use of praise in a token economy?
A) praise is a natural conditioned reinforcer for most people
B) praise is faded once the desirable behavior begins to occur regularly
C) praise is continued after the use of tokens has been discontinued
D) praise will become more potent when paired with tokens
Q5) A __________________ is a behavior modification procedure in which conditioned reinforcers called tokens are used to strengthen desirable behaviors in individuals.
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Q1) What is another name for a behavioral contract?
A) participant contract
B) modification contract
C) contingency contract
D) agreement contract
Q2) ________________ If Miranda does a job task on time, she avoids being written up by the shift supervisor.
A)positive reinforcement
B)negative reinforcement
C)positive punishment
D)negative punishment
Q3) A family member is usually best suited to serve as contract manager.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A behavioral contract produces change in the target behavior through all of the following ways except:
A) public commitment
B) rule-governed behavior
C) punishment
D) reactivity
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A) operant
B) respondent
C) autonomic
D) all of these
Q2) How does focusing attention on the sensations of breathing help a person alleviate anxiety?
Q3) In the case of Ellen's fear, identify the reinforcement for turning her head.________________
Q4) Whenever Amy sees a dog, she experiences unpleasant bodily responses (rapid heart beat, upset stomach, and sweaty hands) and engages in escape behavior (runs away).In behavior modification, Amy's operant and respondent behavior is referred to as:
A) fear
B) reactivity
C) alarm
D) behavioral excess
Q5) Progressive muscle relaxation involves systematically ________________ and ________________ major muscle groups in the body.
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Q6) The respondent behavior involved in Ellen's fear is ________________.
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Q1) In behavior modification, the behaviors of thinking, imagining, and talking to yourself are labeled as __________ behaviors.
A) overt
B) cognitive
C) respondent
D) internal
Q2) Which of the following is a cognitive behavior modification procedure?
A) cognitive restructuring
B) behavioral skills training
C) cognitive adaptation training
D) A and C
Q3) In cognitive therapy, the therapists asks three questions to challenge the client's distorted thinking: Where is the evidence? Are there any alternative explanations? And
A) Why do you think that way?
B) What are the implications?
C) How can you prevent those thoughts from occurring?
D) What have you done to control those thoughts?
Q4) Provide 2 examples of cognitive behavior.________________
Q5) What are acceptance-based therapies?
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