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In terms of finding an object that is missing or hidden:
A. A structural account points to stages of development and object permanence.
B. A behavioral account points to a particular history of reinforcement
C. The form or structure of behavior is used by behavior analysts to infer mental stages.
D. Both A and B |
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The term _________ refers to behavior that is elicited, and the term __________ refers to behavior that is emitted.
A. operant; respondent
B. Respondent; operant
C. Reflexive; flexible
D. Flexible; Refelxive |
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Any stimulus (or event) that follows a response and increases its frequency is said to have:
A. A reinforcement function
B. A discriminative function
C. A conditioned - stimulus function
D. A consequence function |
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| A. A reinforcement function |
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In functional analysis, positive and negative reinforcers are examples of:
A. Response Class
B. Stimulus classes
C. Conditioned stimuli
D. Unconditioned stimuli |
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In terms of behavior-environment relations, establishing operations:
A. Are used to construct the foundations of beahvior
B. Increase the momentary effectiveness of reinforcement
C. Increase momentarily responses that produce reinforcement.
D. Both B and C |
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The variable manipulated by the experimenter is the ___________, and the measured effect is the ____________.
A. dependent; independent
B. Extraneous; dependent
C. independent; dependent
D. independent; extraneous |
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| C. Independent; dependent |
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In terms of the reversal design and behavioral experiments.
A. the A phase is called the baseline
B. The B phase is the experimental manipulation
C. The design is used in single-subject experiments.
D. All of the above are true |
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Baseline sensitivity means that:
A. Behavior is sensitive to a low dose of drug.
B. Behavior is sensitive to a high dose of dug
C. Behavior is sensitive to both high and low doses of drug.
D. Behavior is sensitive to stimuli that accompany the drug dose. |
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| A. Behavior is sensitive to a low dose of drug |
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The presence of trend in baseline measures:
A. Refers to a systemative rise or decline in the baseline values.
B. Is problematic when the treatment is expected to produce a change in the direction of the trend.
C. Can be helpful when inferring that an independent variable has produced an effect.
D. Is characterized by bother A and B |
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| D. Is characterized by both A and B |
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Advanced Section:
In terms of the Stroop Effect, behavior analysts point to ___________ and ________ as reasons for hesitation.
A. response competition; learning
B. learning; reinforcement
C. response competition history of reinforcement.
D. history of reinforcement; memory |
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| C. Response competition; history of reinforcement |
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