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ASR 9 Flashcards

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Q

ASR #1
 Which of the following is not a “miracle”produced by behavior analysis:
a. Effective treatment for extreme self
injurious behavior
b. Effective treatment for life threatening
feeding disorders
c. Substantial reduction in the populations
of residential care programs for persons
with developmental disabilities
d. Increased nutrition in the elderly

A

D

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ASR #2
 Which of the following is the most true of Skinner’s vision for behavior 
analysis:
a. His vision has been fully realized
b. His vision has yet to be fully realized
c. His vision was largely inappropriate
d. He did not really have a vision for 
behavior analysis
A

B

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ASR #3
What is the major emphasis in 
behavioral pediatrics?
a. Prevention
b. Cure
c. Rehabilitation
d. Medical stabilization
A

A

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ASR #4 
What are the two types of 
intervention in behavioral pediatrics?
a. Medication and counseling
b. Assessment and counseling
c. Health education and prescriptive 
treatment
d. Health education and medication
A

C

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ASR #5
 Which of the following is not one of the main domains of care in behavioral 
pediatrics:
a. Common behavior problems
b. Behavior problems with significant 
medical dimensions
c. Medical problems with significant 
behavioral dimensions
d. Personal hygiene
A

D

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ASR #6
 Dr. Friman supplied a list of the top
behavior problems in 3 year old children
and then argued that parents were pretty
much on their own when solving them.
Why?

a. Not enough money
b. No insurance
c. The problems are not pathologies in 3 year olds
d. Social isolation

A

C

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ASR #7
 Dr. Friman gave three reasons why most parents are reluctant to seek services from
mainstream mental health providers. Which of
the following is not one of those reasons?
a. There is a perceived stigma associated with
mainstream mental health services.
b. Very few children have behavior and mental
health problems.
c. There is highly variable quality in mental
health services.
d. Mental health providers often equate
behavior problems with mental illness or
psychopathology.

A

B

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ASR #8
Which of the following variables is not
an obstacle for effective treatment of 
behavior problems by pediatricians?
a. Limited time
b. Limited training
c. Limited interest
d. Location
A

D

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ASR #9
Common behavior problems in three 
year olds are typically the result of:
a. Skill deficits
b. Developmental delays
c. Psychopathology
d. Socioeconomic status
A

A

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ASR #10
The two primary forms of treatment in behavioral pediatrics are prescriptive 
treatment and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_?
a. Supportive Health Education 
b. Medication
c. Surgery
d. Podiatry
A

A

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ASR #11
 Which of the following is not a good 
example of a topic for health education 
in behavioral pediatrics in primary  care? 
a. Crying
b. Learning
c. Metabolic variation
d. Sleep
A

C

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ASR #12
Children learn through repetition with:
a. Reminders
b. Rationales
c. Contrast in experience
d. Lectures
A

C

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ASR #13

 Why use colloquial terms to describe
learning in children?

a. It’s a more accurate description
b. It’s more appropriate for the audience
c. It’s more conceptually systematic
d. None of the above; behavior analysts
should not use colloquial terms

A

B

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ASR #14
List the two types of change 
important in learning.
a. Positive and negative
b. Effective and efficient
c. Quality and quantity
d. Appropriate and inappropriate
A

C

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ASR #15
This determines direction of learning.
a. Quantity of the antecedent
b. Quantity of the consequence
c. Quality of the antecedent
d. Quality of the consequence
A

D

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This determines the need for
repetition.

a. Quantity of the antecedent
b. Quantity of the consequence
c. Quality of the antecedent
d. Quality of the consequence

A

B

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ASR #17
 According to Dr. Friman, typically 
developing infants:
a. Cry very little during the first 4-8 weeks 
of life
b. Cry an average of 2-3 hours a day in 
the first 4-8 weeks of life
c. Cry only when hungry during the first 
4-8 weeks of life
d. Cry only in the morning
A

B

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ASR #18
 Which of the following is not a sign of readiness for toilet training?
a. Well established pincer grasp
b. Ability to raise and lower pants (or 
dress)
c. Ability to walk from room to room
d. A vocabulary of more than 1000 
words
A

D

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ASR #19
 Dr. Friman described a toilet training
program called “drink up-undress-play and pay. ..In that program “drink up” refers to?
a. Increased fluid loading to increase
learning trials
b. Learning to drink independently before
starting toilet training
c. Parents having a relaxing beverage
before beginning toilet training
d. Nothing in particular

A

A

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ASR #20
 The best descriptor for the “play” step in Dr. Friman’
s   drink up-undress-play and pay” toilet training program is?
a. Playing with mom
b. Playing with dad
c. Playing bombardier 
d. Playing a game contingent upon 
success
A

C

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ASR #21
The best descriptor for the “pay step in Dr. Friman’s  drink up-undress-play and pay” toilet training program is?
a. Buy materials
b. Effort
c. Unpleasant consequences for 
failure
d. Contingent rewards
A

D

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ASR #22
 What variable determines theamount of repetition needed for child learning?
a. The quality of contrast or experiential
change
b. Whether the contrast or experiential
change is pleasant
c. The size of the contrast or experiential
change
d. Whether the contrast or experiential
change is unpleasant

A

C

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ASR #23
Which of the following is a likely target behavior for an active one year old infant?
a. Incontinence
b. Dangerous behavior
c. Oppositional behavior
d. Drooling
A

B

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ASR #24

Which of the following is an appropriate location for time out used with a one year old infant?

a. Bedroom
b. Kitchen chair
c. Time out room
d. Play pen

A

D

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ASR #25

Which is the best method for treating 
toddler misbehavior?
a. Time in and time out
b. Ignoring
c. Rationales
d. Distraction
A

A

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ASR #26
What is the most crucial variable for 
establishing effective time out?
a. Location
b. Length
c. Time in
d. A reasonable explanation
A

C

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ASR #27
What is the most effective method for treating bedtime resistance?
a. The family bed
b. Later bedtimes
c. Escape extinction
d. Medication
A

C

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ASR #28
 Despite its effectiveness, most likely parents are reluctant to use escape extinction to treat bedtime resistance. What is the 
most likely reason for this?
a. They use medication instead
b. The extinction burst
c. Stigma
d. They do not like behavioral programs
A

B

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ASR #29
What are the likely active ingredients
in the bedtime pass program?

a. Reinforcement and punishment
b. Isolation and desensitization
c. Escape extinction and DRA
d. Loneliness and fear

A

C

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ASR #30
In the aversive taste treatment of 
thumb sucking the aversive taste is 
characterized as:
a. Punishment
b. Reminder fluid
c. Placebo
d. A negative reinforcer
A

B

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ASR #31
 Job based grounding is superior to time based grounding because:
a. Release from job based grounding is based
on appropriate behavior whereas release
from time based grounding is based on
passage of time.
b. Time based grounding can function as an
establishing operation for inappropriate
behavior.
c. Neither of the above
d. Both of the above

A

D

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ASR #32
Jobs in job based grounding should 
be: 
a. Very difficult
b. Very easy
c. Important and critical to the running 
of the house
d. Not necessarily important and 
unnecessary for running the house
A

D

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ASR #33
 In the aversive taste treatment used by Dr. Friman to treat thumb sucking, rewards were:
a. Included in the form of a dot to dot
drawing of the reward to be earned
b. Not included because they are viewed as
bribery
c. Not included because the punishing
effects of the aversive taste was sufficient
d. Not even discussed

A

A

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ASR #34
 In the job based grounding treatment
described by Dr. Friman, he encourages
parents to:
a. Frequently remind children why they are
grounded
b. Add additional punishments if they believe
grounding is insufficient
c. Explain why grounding occurred and the
rules once or twice clearly and then quietly
monitor child progress
d. Regularly remind children about the jobs
that need to be done

A

C

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ASR #35
 Dr. Friman described a study involving treatment of insect phobia in a 14 year old boy. In that study the primary 
dependent variable was:
a. Anxiety
b. Phobia
c. Math calculations
d. Disruptive behavior
A

C

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ASR #36
Dr. Friman discusses early work on 
anxiety by Estes and Skinner. In their 
study they characterized anxiety as:
a. Fear
b. Non existent
c. Conditioned suppression
d. Unimportant
A

C

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Q 
ASR #37
Dr. Friman discussed the most effective treatment for anxiety currently available. It is:
a. Medication
b. Psychoanalysis
c. Exposure and response 
prevention
d. Neurolinguistic programming
A

C

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ASR #38
 One of the best known and most widely used treatments in clinical psychology is called Exposure and Response 
Prevention. A behavior analytic synonym 
for it is:
a. Cognitive restructuring
b. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
c. Functional Analytic Psychotherapy
d. Escape Extinction
A

D

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Q 
ASR #39
 Which of the following is not a good reason for behavior analytic study of male fertility?
a. Sperm are organisms and they behave 
in environments that can be 
manipulated.
b. Sperm concentration is critical for 
conception
c. No one really cares about it any more
d. Sperm concentration has been declining 
in US men
A

C

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ASR #40
 Which variable affecting sperm production is affected by the fit of underwear?
a. Self confidence
b. Temperature of the testicular 
environment
c. Circulation
d. Comfort
A

B

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ASR #41
 Which variable was displayed in the 
figure Dr. Friman showed during his 
discussion of male fertility (hint: it was 
the primary measure in the study)?
a. Conception
b. Sperm concentration (i.e., number of 
sperm per ml of semen)
c. Volume of semen
d. Days of abstinence
A

B

42
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ASR #42
 Dr. Friman’s study on male fertility attracted a large amount of media attention. His explanation for why this was the case was?
a. Because the data were so clear
b. Because the data were published in such
a prestigious journal
c. Because the subject of the study is a
mainstream concern
d. Because of the prominence of the
institution where the study was conducted

A

C

43
Q

ASR #43
Which of the following hallmarks of behavior analysis contributed the most to Dr. Friman’s study on male fertility?

a. Single subject research methods
b. Reinforcement based procedures
c. Interobserver agreement
d. Social validity

A

A

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ASR #44
The environmental variable that Dr. 
Friman manipulated in his study of ashtray usage was?
a. Size of ashtray
b. Public posting about littering
c. Distance from door into hospital to 
ashtray
d. Monetary fines for littering
A

C

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Q 
ASR #45
 The specific dependent measure that 
Dr. Friman used in his study of ashtray 
usage was?
a. Cigarette butts on the ground around 
ashtrays
b. Cigarette butts in ashtrays
c. Proximity of smokers to ashtrays
d. Proximity of ashtrays to doors
A

B

46
Q 
ASR #46
 According to Dr. Friman, what is the 
best variable to manipulate in order 
to reduce littering?
a. Punishment
b. Color of receptacle
c. Effort
d. Social support
A

C

47
Q 
ASR #47
Which of the following mainstream 
topics did Dr. Friman recommend for 
behavior analytic study?
a. Cancer and diabetes
b. Road rage and drunk driving
c. Anxiety and depression
d. Running red lights and exceeding 
the posted speed limit
A

C

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