Exam: Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis

Which of the following statements is true about reinforcement?

It increases a behavior

Consequences are:

what happens as a result of the behavior

Which of the following is an example of punishment?

After a student got scolded in the hallway for making noise in class, he quit making noises in class

John Watson used which term to describe the study of behavior?

Behaviorism

Punishment has occurred when the behavior it followed:

Decreases

The 2 main functions of behavior are:

Escape and gain

Which of the following is an example of a primary reinforcer?

Food

Which of the following is an example of positive reinforcement?

Giving someone a compliment for doing good work

Which of the following is an explanation of the "Dead Man's Test"?

If a dead man cannot do it, then it is a behavior

In studying problem solving behavior in kittens, Thorndike used which term to describe behaviors they displayed to escape an enclosure by pulling a string on a latch?

Instrumental behavior

Which of the following is a behavior?

Running a race

Secondary reinforcers become reinforcing after:

The secondary reinforcer is associated with other reinforcers.

Which of the following is true about reinforcement?

What one individual finds reinforcing may not be true for others