Study questions Behavior Analysis for Lasting Change, Chapter 11

Study questions Behavior Analysis for Lasting Change, Chapter 11.

1. What are 3 factors used to make decisions about the quantity/amount of reinforcers?

2. List at least 5 ways to maximize reinforcement.

3. Identify at least 3 methods that can help a student accept a delay in gratification/access to reinforcement.

4. Write an example of a (a) general praise statement from a teacher to a student and a (b) specific praise statement, also from a teacher to a student.

5. Differentiate between a continuous schedule of reinforcement and an intermittent schedule of reinforcement, and when should you use each.

6. Describe the condition that may result from excessive use of the same reinforcer, and describe its effects on behavior. Provide one way to prevent this problem from arising.

7. There are numerous methods for increasing the delay of reinforcement. Which of the following is a successful technique for accomplishing this?
   1. Exposing them to a gradually increasing delay
   2. Playing music or distracting them while they are waiting for reinforcement
   3. Selecting reinforcers for long-term use that are stronger than immediate ones
   4. All of the above
   5. Both a & c

8. Reinforcement is most effective when delivered _________ at the beginning and ________ during the later portion of a behavioral intervention.
   1. Randomly – frequently
   2. Continuously – intermittently
   3. Intermittently – continuously
   4. Continuously – continuously

9. When starting a behavior analysis program and you wish to increase the occurrence of a behavior, reinforcement should be:
   1. Unpredictable
   2. Eliminated
   3. Varied
   4. Continuous

10. Effective management of contingencies is dependent upon all of the following except:
    1. Free will
    2. A supportive context
    3. Adherence to procedural guidelines
    4. The appropriateness of objectives to a person’s repertoire

11. In order to maintain a behavior once it has been learned:
    1. Apply continuous reinforcement
    2. Use an intermittent schedule of reinforcement
    3. Increase prompts
    4. Reinforce immediately and consistently

12. Which of the following is the most likely outcome of immediately terminating a successful intervention?
    1. The behavior will generalize to other settings
    2. The behavior will maintain
    3. The behavior will relapse
    4. Both b and c

13. From a behavioral point of view, which of the following is/are important reasons to avoid depending on food as a primary source of reinforcement?
    1. Candy causes cavities
    2. Foods are unstable reinforcers because they are subject to the effect of establishing or motivational operations
    3. Food reinforcers are not the natural consequences for many of the behaviors we train, such as spelling one’s name
    4. Both b and c
14. Immediately reinforcing a behavior:
    1. Increases discrimination
    2. Is best for increasing the behavior’s resistance to extinction
    3. Increases the probability of satiation
    4. Both a and c

15. Which of the following will NOT likely improve reinforcer effectiveness or increasing a behavior?
    1. Use specific or labeled praise
    2. Start with continuous reinforcement
    3. Reinforce immediately
    4. They all help.

16. Why is it most important to reinforce a behavior in a variety of situations (times, places and people)?
    1. To promote generalization to those situations
    2. To promote access to the provided reinforcer
    3. To promote discrimination
    4. None of the above

17. Self-management programs have been shown to produce meaningful student improvements in:
    1. On-task behavior
    2. Academic accuracy
    3. Academic productivity
    4. All the above

IF YOU NEED HELP WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT OR A SIMILAR ONE PLEASE PLACE YOUR ORDER TODAY AND GET A DISCOUNT