Unit 1 Flashcards
Behavior and the Enviroment
Behavior Analysis is:
A natural science
Which of the following would not fall within the subject matter of behavior analysis?
The cognitive-behavioral analysis of mental schemas in an adult with depression.
Which of the following is not a critical attribute of behavior?
Can be either observable or unobservable
Behavior is:
The interaction of the muscles and the glands of a live organism and the environment
Anne’s financial advisor, Willard, told her that the stock market was a good investment right now because it had begun to behave more predictably in recent months due to improving economic conditions. Which critical attribute of behavior did Willard’s statement violate, in terms of his description of the stock market?
Behavior can only be done by a living organism
Which of the following is a behavior because it passes the dead man’s test?
Lucy the dog barked and wagged her tail
Identify whether one, both, or neither of the following is a behavior.
X = Not answering a question
Y = Thinking about the right answer to a question
Y only is an example of behavior
Public behavior is…
Behavior which is possible to be observed by two or more individuals
Julia awoke with a headache. She thought she might be coming down with a cold. These occurrences (her headache and her thought) can best be described as…
Private events
The King and his family are provided a large table of food. Then the King is presented with various forms of entertainment at court. In terms of the King as the behaver, these events (being provided food, being presented with a show) are all…
Neither public nor private behavior.
A response is…
A single instance of behavior
Which of the following is an example of a response cycle
Carl’s “screams” begin when he starts to vocalize above conversational level, continue as he yells, and end when he has stopped vocalizing for 30 seconds
Which of the following is a fundamental property of behavior
Repeatability
A behavior repeats 15 times. The number 15 represents which dimensional quantity?
Frequency
A dimensional quantity is
The quantifiable aspect of a fundamental property
One dimensional quantity measures the time between a stimulus and a target behavior which follows that stimulus. For example, after a doorbell rings (stimulus), someone then answers the door (target response). This dimensional quantity, the measured time between stimulus and response, is called:
Latency
The following 3 items are about Jose eating sashimi: A plate of sashimi tuna is placed in front of Jose. You measure the amount of time between the plate arriving and the first bite of tuna Jose takes. You are measuring the dimensional quantity of:
Latency
You measure the amount of time Jose takes to chew and swallow a bite of sashimi. You are measuring the dimensional quantity of
Duration
During your observation, Jose took a total of 30 bites of sashimi. You did not measure how long you watched him for. Which dimensional quantity does this number, “30”, represent?
Frequency
In preparation for the Olympics, Abebe increased his rate of running miles per week from 50 per week to 100 per week over a period of 4 weeks. This change represents the dimensional quantity of:
Celeration
The target behavior is “sleeping in bed”. The person “sleeps in bed” an average of 8 hours per day, and is awake/out-of-bed an average of 16 hours per day (between periods of sleeping in bed). The number, “8 hours” represents the dimensional quantity X , and the number 16 hours represents the dimensional quantity, Y.
X = duration, Y = IRT
When you write a response definition without specifying anything about the antecedent stimuli or consequating stimuli, but simply describe the form of the response, you are describing the _________ of the response.
Topography
Ali “punched”, which consisted of closed-fisted short jabbing strikes. Sometimes he punched objects (e.g., couches), and sometimes he punched people. Sometimes punching resulted in him receiving attention from staff and peers; sometimes it got him out of having to complete tasks (such as chores); and sometimes he did it when he was all alone (punching pillow at night). Thus, even though his various “punching” responses seemed to have different X , they all had a very similar Y .
X = Functions, Y = Topographies
The function of the response differs from the form of the response in that the function is determined by the response’s
Effect on the environment