Behavior Modification

Mark's parents are trying to figure out why he hits his little brother. The process of trying to identify the functional relationship between a behavior and the envrionment is referred to as:

analysis

Extinction of a negatively reinforced behavior involves continuation of the ___ following the behavior

aversive stimulus

In behavior modification, a research design is used to

determind if the treatment changed the behavior

Tommy's teacher observes him purposely shove another student. Tommy's observable act of shoving would be an example of:

overt behavior

During ____, the unreinforced behavior can increase in frequency, duration, or intensity

an extinction burst

Which of the following is NOT a dimension of behavior?

impact

Which of the following is an example of negative punishment?

A and C

Which of the following processes strengthen a behavior?

A and C

Sam gets poor grades in school because he rarely studies. Sam's lack of studying is an example of

a behavioral deficit

An event in the immediate envrionment that controls a behavior is referred to as

a controlling variable

In behavior modification, meausrement of behavior is taken:

all of these

Which of the following can be used as a recording instrument?

all of these

Which of the following may function as an establishing operation?

all of these

Behavior modificiation procedures are designed to change:

behavior

A consequence can be considered a punisher if the

behavior decreases in the future

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of behavior?

behavior is always overt

Which of the following is NOT used in indirect assessment?

direct observation

In behavior modification, a punisher is defined by its

effect on the behavior it follows

______ occurs when a previously reinforced behavior is no longer reinforced

extinction

Timmy takes out the garbage and his mother praises him when he does it. When his mother stops praising him, Timmy stops taking out the garbage. Timmy's behavior of taking out the garbage has been...

extinguished

In behavior modification, the main way to document behavior change is throught he use of a(an)

graph

The subject matter behavior modification concerns itself with is

human behavior

Extinction works best when

it follows continuous reinforcement

Zach's behavior of pushing other children typically occurs on the playground. The playground would be a _____ for Zach's behavior

natural setting

A behavior excess is a behavior that:

occurs too much

Which of the following is NOT used in direct assessment?

questionnaires

A behavior occurs and is immediately followed by a consequence that resutls in the increased likelihood of the behavior occurring in the future. This process is called

reinforcement

The difference between punishment and reinforcement is that in punishment

the behavior decreases in the future

The two variables represented on a graph are

time and behavior

Which demensions of behavior is NOT recorded using continuous recording?

time sample