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Question 1

Self-management strategies are:

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 2

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

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

What best defines a discriminative stimulus?

A : It always elicits a response.

B : It is defined by its effect on behavior.

C : It is established using either operant or respondent procedures.

D : It is any change in the environment.

Answer: B

Question 4

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:

A : aggression.

B : frequency across phase changes.

C : return to baseline.

D : time-out from reinforcement.

Answer: D

Question 5

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

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

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