Should know for exam (made up q's)

Question 1

“If an action brings an award, that action becomes stamped into the mind.”
a) Edward L. Thorndike
b) Ivan Pavlov
c) John B. Watson
d) B.F. Skinner

Answer 1

a) Edward L. Thorndike
(1B)

Question 2

Showed how environment affects behaviour.
a) Edward L. Thorndike
b) Ivan Pavlov
c) John B. Watson
d) B.F. Skinner

Answer 2

b) Ivan Pavlov
(1B)

Question 3

“Father of behaviourism.”
Environment alone can change behaviour.
a) Edward L. Thorndike
b) Ivan Pavlov
c) John B. Watson
d) B.F. Skinner

Answer 3

c) John B. Watson
(1B)

Question 4

“The critical relation between behaviour and environment can be conceived as contingency of reinforcement.”
a) Edward L. Thorndike
b) Ivan Pavlov
c) John B. Watson
d) B.F. Skinner

Answer 4

d) B.F. Skinner
(1B)

Question 5

*** What are the seven dimensions of ABA?

Answer 5

1. Applied
2. Behaviour
3. Analytic
4. Technological
5. Conceptually systematic
6. Effective
7. Generality
   (1B)

Question 6

Within the seven dimensions of ABA, which of the following is an example of what makes something “applied”?
a) Teaching learners who their parents are
b) Teaching learners dog breeds
c) Teaching learners different flags
d) Teaching learners different shoe types

Answer 6

a) Teaching learners who their parents are
(1B)

Question 7

Within the seven dimensions of ABA, which of the following describes “behaviour”?
a) When a learner says they can do math and when they are given math questions, they can’t do it correctly
b) When a learner says they can print their name and when they are asked to, they can do it
c) When a learner says they can spell a word and when they are given the word, they can’t do it correctly
d) When a learner says they can sit still and when they are given the opportunity, they can’t do it

Answer 7

b) When a learner says they can print their name and when they are asked to, they can do it

(RE: it’s what the learner can do rather than what they say they can do)

(1B)

Question 8

Within the seven dimensions of ABA, what does this statement describe?: “Experimental design is comparing the baseline period to the intervention period- that is, we wait to see what the behaviour exhibits without implementing intervention vs how does behaviour modulate when we implement our desired intervention.”
a) Analytic
b) Technological
c) Conceptually systematic
d) Effective

Answer 8

a) Analytic
(1B)

Question 9

Which of the seven dimensions of ABA describes the importance of using operational definitions?
a) Generality
b) Conceptually systematic
c) Technological
d) Effective

Answer 9

c) Technological

(RE: we need to be able to have operational definitions that describe the behaviour & the procedures in a way that others can read it & replicate it)

(1B)

Question 10

Which of the seven dimensions of ABA describes the importance of tying it back in to the principles of ABA?
a) Generality
b) Conceptually systematic
c) Technological
d) Effective

Answer 10

b) Conceptually systematic

(1B)

Question 11

Which of the seven dimensions of ABA describes what constitutes effectiveness (i.e. making meaningful change that’s effective)?
a) Generality
b) Conceptually systematic
c) Technological
d) Effective

Answer 11

d) Effective

(1B)

Question 12

Which of the seven dimensions of ABA describes the importance for our learners to generalize?
a) Generality
b) Conceptually systematic
c) Technological
d) Effective

Answer 12

a) Generality
(1B)

Question 13

“What does a human/child/adult do?” describes which of the following:
a) Behaviour
b) Response
c) Repertoire
d) Stimulus

Answer 13

a) Behaviour
(3B)

Question 14

Opening a door is an example of which?
a) Behaviour
b) Response
c) Repertoire
d) Stimulus

Answer 14

b) Response

(RE: response= a specific instance of behaviour)

(3B)

Question 15

Turning the handle, kicking the door, pushing the door with your shoulder all describes ways to open a door. What does this best describe?
a) Stimulus
b) Stimulus class
c) Response
d) Response class

Answer 15

d) Response class

(RE: response class= “A group of responses with the same function (each response in the group produces the same effect on the environment”)

(3B)

Question 16

“All of the behaviours a person can do.” describes which of the following?
a) Behaviour
b) Response
c) Repertoire
d) Stimulus

Answer 16

c) Repertoire

(3B)

Question 17

“Not elicited by preceding stimuli but instead are influenced by stimulus changes that have followed the behaviour in the past “ describes which of the following?
a) Response
b) Stimulus
c) Operant
d) Free operant

Answer 17

c) Operant

(3B)

Question 18

“The duration, rate, frequency, etc of behaviour absent of any restrictions.” describes which of the following?
a) Response
b) Stimulus
c) Operant
d) Free operant

Answer 18

d) Free operant
(3B)

Question 19

“A concept for expressing and organizing the temporal and functional relations between operant behaviour and environment” describes which of the following?
a) Three Term Contingency
b) Stimulus
c) Operant
d) Free operant

Answer 19

a) Three Term Contingency
(3B)

Question 20

Saying “pizza” after someone says “pizza” is an example of which?
a) Intraverbal
b) Mand
c) Tact
d) Echoic

Answer 20

d) Echoic

(3C)

Question 21

Saying “pizza” because you see a pizza is an example of which?
a) Intraverbal
b) Mand
c) Tact
d) Echoic

Answer 21

c) Tact
(3C)

Question 22

Saying “pizza” because you want it is an example of which?
a) Intraverbal
b) Mand
c) Tact
d) Echoic

Answer 22

b) Mand
(3C)

Question 23

When someone asks “What is your favourite colour?” and you say “pink” is an example of which?
a) Intraverbal
b) Mand
c) Tact
d) Echoic

Answer 23

a) Intraverbal
(3C)

Question 24

“Uncontrolled variables known or suspected to exert an influence on the dependent variable” describes which of the following?
a) Baseline
b) Confounding Variable
c) Internal Validity
d) External Validity

Answer 24

b) Confounding Variable

(RE: things you didn’t necessarily control for that might have an influence on the dependent variable)

(3D)

Question 25

When a learner engages in repetitive body movements or movements with objects, this is labeled as:
a) Aberrant Behaviour
b) Stereotypic Behaviour
c) Self-injurious Behaviour
d) Agression

Answer 25

b) Stereotypic Behaviour

(RE: learner engages in this behaviour because it feels good, but it is not functional)

(6A)

Question 26

Time-out is considered:
a) Positive punishment
b) Negative punishment
c) Positive reinforcement
d) Negative reinforcement

Answer 26

b) Negative punishment

(7C)

Question 27

This prompt operates directly on the response:
a) Response prompts
b) Stimulus prompts
c) Controlling prompts
d) Common inadvertent prompts

Answer 27

a) Response prompts
(8B)

Question 28

This prompt operates directly on the antecedent task stimuli:
a) Response prompts
b) Stimulus prompts
c) Controlling prompts
d) Common inadvertent prompts

Answer 28

b) Stimulus prompts

(8B)

Question 29

Verbal prompting, modeling and physical prompts are examples of which:
a) Controlling prompts
b) Stimulus prompts
c) Response prompts
d) Common inadvertent prompts

Answer 29

c) Response prompts
(8B)

Question 30

Gestural prompts and positional prompts are examples of which:
a) Controlling prompts
b) Stimulus prompts
c) Response prompts
d) Common inadvertent prompts

Answer 30

b) Stimulus prompts
(8B)

Question 31

Errorless training is also known as which of the following:
a) Progressive time delay
b) Constant time delay
c) Simultaneous prompting
d) Graduated guidance

Answer 31

c) Simultaneous prompting
(8C)

Question 32

In relation to DTT, which is the correct order of the components?
a) attending, learner’s response, instructions, prompts, feedback, inter-trial interval (ITI)
b) attending, prompts, instructions, learner’s response, feedback, inter-trial interval (ITI)
c) instructions, attending, prompts, feedback, inter-trial interval (ITI), learner’s response
d) attending, instructions, prompts, learner’s response, feedback, inter-trial interval (ITI)

Answer 32

d) attending, instructions, prompts, learner’s response, feedback, inter-trial interval (ITI)

(9A)

Question 33

Instances of a response can occur repeatedly through time describes which of the following:
a) Countability
b) Temporal Extent
c) Temporal Locus

Answer 33

a) Countability

(RE: repeatability = countability)

(13A)

Question 34

“Every instance of behaviour occurs during some amount of time” describes which of the following:
a) Countability
b) Temporal Extent
c) Temporal Locus
d) Repeatability

Answer 34

b) Temporal Extent
(13A)

Question 35

Every instance of behaviour occurs at a certain point in time with respect to other events (i.e. when behaviour occurs can be measured) describes which of the following:
a) Countability
b) Temporal Extent
c) Temporal Locus
d) Repeatability

Answer 35

c) Temporal Locus

(13A)