H05 Plan for Possible Unwanted Effects When Using Reinforcement, Extinction, and Punishment Part 3

Question 1

A possible disadvantage of the use or misuse of punishment is

Answer 1

An increase in short-term costs.
Diminishing self-esteem.
General response suppression.
Inappropriate stimulus generalization.
Habituation to the aversive stimuli.
Countercontrol
Recovery or resurgence of the problem behavior.
The punished behavior may increase in another setting.
 Generating public antipathy

Question 2

Reinforcement has the same general side effects as punishment when

Answer 2

The reinforcement process is negative reinforcement

Question 3

A parent complains that she cannot use time out with her 5 year old because she has a bad back and the child will not walk to the time out area. This is an example of

Answer 3

Escape or countercontrol

Question 4

Using negative reinforcement is ethically similar to using

Answer 4

Punishment

Question 5

Behavior contrast, as an unwanted effect of punishment, is the

Answer 5

Increase of the problem behavior in one setting when it is punished in a different setting

Question 6

The unwanted side effects of negative reinforcement are generally the same as

Answer 6

Punishment