Chapter 1

Question 1

Define Behavior

Answer 1

Anything that a person says or does. It is a muscular, glandular, or electrical activity of a organism.

Question 2

Overt behaviors can be observed and recorded by…

Answer 2

A individual other than the one performing the behavior.

Question 3

Covert behavior are behaviors that?

Answer 3

Cannot be observed by others.

Question 4

Both Covert and Overt behaviors can be influenced by?

Answer 4

Behavior modification techniques.

Question 5

Which behavior group (overt or covert is easier to measure?

Answer 5

-Overt-

Question 6

Characteristics that can be measured are referred to as?

Answer 6

Dimensions of behavior.

Question 7

The three dimensions of behavior are?

Answer 7

Duration, Rate, and Intensity (DRI).

Question 8

Generally behavior is?

Answer 8

Anything a person or organism says or does.

Question 9

Technically behavior is?

Answer 9

Muscular, glandular, or electrical activity of an organism.

Question 10

The synonyms of behavior are?

Answer 10

Activity, action, performance, responding, response, and reaction.

Question 11

Imagining and private self-talk, in addition to being called covert behaviors, are sometimes called?

Answer 11

Cognitive behaviors.

Question 12

Briefly review 2 advantages of summary terms.

Answer 12

1: They may be useful for quickly providing general information about how an individual might perform.
2: The labels may imply that a treatment program will be helpful.

Question 13

Briefly review 2 disadvantages of summary terms.

Answer 13

1: May lead to false (pseudo)-explanations or curricular reasoning.
2: Labels may negatively affect the way an individual might be treated, such as focusing on the individual’s problems.

Question 14

Behavior deficits and excesses refer to?

Answer 14

Behavior deficits- too little behavior of a particular type

Behavior excesses- too much behavior of a particular type.

Question 15

Institutions, clinics, community treatment centers, and special programs are all used to create better outcomes for a community. These are known as?

Answer 15

Behavior modifications.

Question 16

Behavior Modifications refers to?

Answer 16

The systematic application of learning principles and techniques to assess and improve the overt and covert behaviors of individuals in order to enhance their daily functioning.

Question 17

The physical variables that make up a persons surroundings are known as?

Answer 17

Stimuli

Question 18

1-2 characteristics of behavior modification are?

Answer 18

1: It’s strong emphasis on defining problems in terms of behavior that can be measured, and using changes in that measure of the problem as the best indicator.
2: Treatment procedures and techniques are ways of altering an individuals current environment.

Question 19

3-5 characteristics of behavior modification are?

Answer 19

3: Methods and rationales can be described precisely.
4: The techniques of behavior modification are often applied by individuals in everyday life.
5: The techniques stem from basic and applied research in the science of learning.

Question 20

6-7 characteristics of behavior modification are?

Answer 20

6: Behavior modification emphasizes scientific demonstration that a particular intervention or treatment was responsible for a particular behavior.
7: Placing of high value on accountability for everyone involved in behavior modification programs.

Question 21

Behaviors to be improved in a behavior modification program are known as?

Answer 21

Target Behaviors.

Question 22

The ordered list of behavioral assessment (4)

Answer 22

1: Identify and describe the target behavior.
2: Identify probable causes of the behavior.
3: Guide the selection of an appropriate behavioral treatment.
4: Evaluate treatment outcomes.

Question 23

Refers to the study of the scientific laws that govern the behavior of human beings and other animals?

Answer 23

Behavior analysis.