Chapter 17- Negative Punishment: time out and response cause

Question 1

Positive punishment involves the presentation of an _____ after the behavior

Answer 1

Aversive stimulus

Question 2

Negative punishment involves the removal of a ____ after the behavior

Answer 2

Reinforcer

Question 3

With the use of time-out, what happens after the occurrence of the problem behavior?

Answer 3

Child is removed from all sources of positive reinforcement

Question 4

Time-out is an appropriate procedure to use with problem behaviors maintained by what type of reinforcement?

Answer 4

Positive reinforcement

Question 5

Time-out is not an appropriate procedure to use with problem behaviors maintained by what type of reinforcement

Answer 5

Negative Reinforcement

Question 6

For time-out to be most effective what should the time-in environment be like?

Answer 6

The positive reinforcement

Question 7

In response cost, what happens after the occurrence of the problem behavior?

Answer 7

A specified amount of a reinforcer is removed

Question 8

The problem behavior is no longer followed by the reinforcing consequence that maintained the behavior. What procedure is this?

Answer 8

Extinction

Question 9

A specified amount of a reinforcer the person already possesses is removed after the occurrence of the problem behavior. What procedure is this?

Answer 9

Response cost

Question 10

The person is removed from access to all access to all sources of reinforcement contingent on the problem behavior. What procedure is this?

Answer 10

Time-out

Question 11

____ is defined as the loss of access to positive reinforcers for a breif period contingent on the problem behavior

Answer 11

Time-out

Question 12

What are the two types of time-out?

Answer 12

Exclusionary and non-exclusionary

Question 13

A ____ procedure should always be used in conjunction with time-out

Answer 13

Reinforcement

Question 14

___ punishment involves the presentation of an aversive stimulus after the behavior, and ___ punishment involves the removal of a reinforcing stimulus after the behavior

Answer 14

Positive, Negative

Question 15

What is typical duration of the time-out period?

Answer 15

1 to 10 minutes

Question 16

If the time-in environment is highly reinforcing, time-out is likely to be _____ effective

Answer 16

More

Question 17

What procedure is the government using when it fines you for breaking the law in an attempt to get you to stop breaking the law?

Answer 17

Response cost

Question 18

Sunny cried and screamed when her mom was on the phone, and her mom would get off the phone right away to see what was wrong. To try to get her to stop screaming, the mom would walk away. What procedure is this?

Answer 18

Extinction

Question 19

Sunny cried and screamed when her mom was on the phone. To try to get Sunny to stop screaming, the mom had sunny sit in her room by herself whenever she started to scream. What procedure is this?

Answer 19

Time-out

Question 20

Sunny cried and screamed when her mom was on the phone. To try to get Sunny to stop screaming, the mom took away Sunny’s favorite doll whenever she started to scream. What procedure is this?

Answer 20

Response cost

Question 21

Time-out and response cost are examples of which type of punishment?

Answer 21

Negative

Question 22

Punishment procedures are typically used in behavior modification only after what procedures have been used first?

Answer 22

Functional

Question 23

If punishment is used in behavior modification, ____ punishment is more likely to be used

Answer 23

Negative

Question 24

When Betty hit another child in the kindergarten classroom, she had to sit in a chair off to the side of the classroom for two minutes. As a result, she was less likely to hit other children. what type of time-out is illustrated in this example?

Answer 24

Non-exclusionary

Question 25

When Betty hit another child in the kindergarten classroom, she had to sit in a chair in the hallway for 2 minutes. As a result she was less likely to hit other children. What type of time-out is illustrated in this example?

Answer 25

Exclusionary

Question 26

What should you do if the child in time-out is engaging in problem behavior at the end or the time-out period?

Answer 26

Extend the period until the child is calm for a period of time

Question 27

___ is defined as the removal of a specified amount of a reinforcer contingent on the occurrence of the problem behavior

Answer 27

Response cost

Question 28

A ____ procedure should always be used in conjunction with response cost

Answer 28

Reinforcement

Question 29

In an ____ procedure, the reinforcer for the problem behavior is withheld after the behavior, and in a ____ procedure, a reinforcer the person already possesses is removed after the behavior

Answer 29

Extinction, Response Cost

Question 30

In response cost, if you cannot remove the reinforcer immediately after the problem behavior what should you do immediately after the problem behavior occurs?

Answer 30

Tell the person about it and represent it symbolically