Question 1

When setting criteria for behavior change, behavior analysts attempt to implement the simplest mode of intervention necessary to elicit the desired outcome. As such, the identified outcome criteria should be

Options :

A : applied to ecological assessments to generalize skills.

B : developed prior to the identified intervention.

C : initially broad in focus with subsequent reduction to a target response.

D : measured independent of practice effects or reactivity.

Answer: B

Question 2

All of the following are examples of the use of setting events EXCEPT:

Options :

A :

giving consumers choices of which tasks they would like to perform and which reinforcers they would like to receive.

B : moving activities to locations where maladaptive behaviors are highly unlikely to occur.

C : planning to ignore the target behavior within all environments.

D : prefacing hard tasks with easy tasks.

Answer: C

Question 3

Self-management strategies are:

Options :

A : applying behavior analysis principles to change one-s own behavior.

B : a method for capitalizing on an individual-s will power.

C : primarily used for extinguishing one-s own undesirable behaviors.

D : based on personalized systems of instruction.

Answer: A

Question 4

Specifying the hand with which Linda eats, writes, and works is an example oF.

Options :

A : response function.

B : an operant class.

C : a stimulus class.

D : response topography.

Answer: D

Question 5

To change the occurrence of hitting others, two procedures were compareD. differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior and time-out. The outcomes were examined within and across subjects. A withdrawal design was employed. An independent variable in this study was:

Options :

A : aggression.

B : frequency across phase changes.

C : return to baseline.

D : time-out from reinforcement.

Answer: D