Unit 2

Question 1

Natural Sciences are characterized by:

X= Experimental analysis

Y= Inductive approach

Z=Standard measurement

Answer 1

All: X, Y, and Z

X= Experimental analysis

Y= Inductive approach

Z=Standard measurement

Question 2

Which is an essential property of behavior?

Answer 2

X= Count & Z= Time

Question 3

What is a characteristic of units of measurement in natural sciences?

Answer 3

• Standard
• Universal
• Absolute

Question 4

This type of responding can be emitted at any time:

Answer 4

Free operant

Question 5

The SCC is better at capturing human behavior, because changes in rates of human behavior are typically:

Answer 5

Exponential

Question 6

A data point on the lowest horizontal line on the Daily SCC indicates that a behavior occurred ___ time(s) per day.

Answer 6

One

Question 7

A celeration slope indicates changes in:

Answer 7

Rate over time

Question 8

On the DAILY chart, thin vertical lines indicate:

Answer 8

Days

Question 9

Thick vertical lines on the Daily Standard Celeration Chart represent:

Answer 9

Sundays

Question 10

The Standard Celeration Fan depicts ___ slopes.

Answer 10

Standard

Question 11

Moving up and down the y-axis of the SCC involves:

Answer 11

Multiplication and division

Question 12

The y-axis on the right of the Standard Celeration Chart is used to depict:

Answer 12

Time periods

Question 13

The SCC has ___ counting cycles.

Answer 13

Six

Question 14

What is a potential problem with equal-interval line graphs?

Answer 14

Data displays are partially a function of the construction of the chart

Question 15

Calibrating a start date on the SCC allows for all of the following, except:
A. Ease of comparison
B. Efficiency
C. Ease of Interpretation
D. Standardization of the Counting Time Floors

Answer 15

D. Standardization of the Counting Time Floors

Question 16

The Counting Time Floor is:

Answer 16

The time spent recording the behavior

Question 17

The term, __________, refers to the small rectangular mark on a horizontal line on a Daily SCC which indicates the length of the period during which the behavior was measured (as indicated by the value of that horizontal line indicated on the right hand vertical axis):

Answer 17

Counting Time Floor

Question 18

A data point just below the Record Floor would indicate

Answer 18

a frequency of zero

Question 19

If you are manipulating an aspect of the independent variable, a ___ line should be drawn to separate data paths.

Answer 19

Phase change

Question 20

The behavior floor reflects the number of:

Answer 20

Minutes behavior can occur

Question 21

Susie has a 30-minute session for practicing matching picture cards, but Karen only tracks data on the last 10-minutes of the session. The behavior floor would be:

Answer 21

30-minutes

Question 22

The closer the counting time floor is to the behavior floor, the result will be:

Answer 22

Less ignored minutes

Question 23

An increase in duration on a Standard Celeration Chart would be indicated by a pattern of slashes moving:

Answer 23

Down the vertical axis

Question 24

A no chance day is when behavior:

Answer 24

Does not have the opportunity to occur

Question 25

Celeration values of X2, or greater, have been shown to be:

Answer 25

Both clinically and statistically significant

Question 26

Endurance of responding means:

Answer 26

Resistance to distractions or fatigue

Question 27

A benefit of using the Standard Celeration Chart is that:

Answer 27

The chart will always look the same, no matter who is using the chart

Question 28

Functional mastery criteria are derived from:

Answer 28

Analysis of data on rates of responding

Question 29

The Counting Time Floor is charted by dividing 1 by the number of minutes:

Answer 29

During which a behavior is recorded

Question 30

Precision Teaching was developed by:

Answer 30

Ogden Lindsley

Question 31

This is a data display that is produced from automated, continuous, on-going recording:

Answer 31

Cumulative record