Chapter 1 - Intro to Behavior Analysis

Question 1

Dr. Schmidt consulted with Jimmy. Jimmy wanted to get over being shy. Dr. Schmidt told Jimmy to look other people in the eye, talk loudly, and smile. When Jimmy did so, Dr. Schmidt praised him. Dr. Schmidt was helping Jimmy by using the behavioral science of ______________.

Answer 1

behavior analysis

Question 2

Who founded behavior analysis?

Answer 2

B.F. Skinner

Question 3

The science that studies environmental events that change behavior is called __________.

Answer 3

behavior analysis

Question 4

Dr. Schmidt consulted with Jimmy. Jimmy wanted to get over being shy. Dr. Schmidt told Jimmy that no one had ever taught him to be direct with other people. Dr. Schmidt explained Jimmy’s shyness by using the principle of __________ events

Answer 4

public

Question 5

The problem with explaining behavior with private events is that we still must __________ the private events.

Answer 5

explain

Question 6

The first strategy taught in this book is to define your problem as a behavioral problem and to gather information about it. I call this the __________ strategy.

Answer 6

behavioral

Question 7

Behavior analysts see most behavior as __________ behavior

Answer 7

voluntary

Question 8

The principle of public events is to look for the causes of behavior in __________ events

Answer 8

public/external

Question 9

Dr. Schmidt consulted with Jimmy about his shyness. Dr. Schmidt told Jimmy that his shyness was the result of no one teaching him to look others in the eye, talk loud enough, and smile. By defining Jimmy’s problem this way, Dr. Schmidt was using the __________ strategy.

Answer 9

behavioral

Question 10

Applied behavior analysis began wide-spread publication in __________.

Answer 10

1970

Question 11

Define behavior analysis

Answer 11

The science that studies environmental (or external) events that change behavior

Question 12

Behavior analysis is the science that studies [a] events that [b] behavior.

Answer 12

public; change

Question 13

Behavior analysts study thoughts and feelings as a form of __________.

Answer 13

behavior

Question 14

Ken helped Maria overcome her depression. He advised her to view it as staying home and not doing anything. By defining her problem as lack of activity, he was using the __________ strategy.

Answer 14

behavioral

Question 15

Ken helped Maria overcome her depression by setting up fun things for her to get out and do. He hoped to change( her pattern of staying home and not doing anything. Ken helped Maria by using the science of __________.

Answer 15

behavior analysis

Question 16

The problem with explaining behavior with private events is that we still must __________ the private events

Answer 16

explain

Question 17

The behavioral strategy is defining human problems as a __________ problem.

Answer 17

behavior

Question 18

Behavior analysts view most behavior as ___________ behavior.

Answer 18

voluntary

Question 19

Ken helped Maria understand that her depression was caused by not connecting up with any fun activities away from home. By pointing to the lack of fun activities as the cause of her depression, Ken was using the principle of __________ events.

Answer 19

public

Question 20

Define the behavioral strategy

Answer 20

Defining human problems as behavioral problems

Question 21

Dr. Fernandez told Anna her problem was that she didn’t have an immediate reward for studying. He explained that she wasn’t studying because the test was too far off in the future to affect her studying. He was explaining her lack of studying by using the principle of __________ events.

Answer 21

public

Question 22

Dr. Fernandez told Anna her problem was that she needed some immediate rewards for studying. He got Mr. Held to ask about Anna’s studying every evening and to show interest in what she was learning. Dr. Fernandez tried to change Anna’s studying by using the science of __________.

Answer 22

behavioral analysis

Question 23

Seeking the causes of behavior in environmental events conforms to the principle of __________ events.

Answer 23

public

Question 24

Behavior analysts view most behavior as __________ behavior.

Answer 24

voluntary

Question 25

Dr. Fernandez told Anna her problem was that she wasn’t sitting down and actually studying. Her problem wasn’t that she was weak-willed or lazy. By defining her problem as studying, Dr. Fernandez was using the __________ strategy.

Answer 25

behavioral

Question 26

The problem with private events is that we still must __________ them

Answer 26

explain

Question 27

Behavior analysis studies thoughts and feelings as a form of __________

Answer 27

behavior

Question 28

What is the problem with using private events to explain behavior?

Answer 28

We still must explain what cause the private events