Unit 7

Question 1

A mutually agreed-upon document between parties that specifies a contingent relationship between the completion of specific behaviors and access to reinforcers.

Answer 1

Behavior contract

Question 2

A research design in which a number of different goal levels are set for the behavior during the treatment phase.

Answer 2

Changing criterion design

Question 3

An alternative behavior that occurs in place of another target behavior.

Answer 3

Competing response

Question 4

A component of the habit reversal procedure in which the client is taught to engage in a competing response contingent on the occurrence of the habit behavior or contingent on the urge to engage in the habit behavior.

Answer 4

Competing response training

Question 5

The target behavior that is influenced in a self-management project.

Answer 5

Controlled behavior

Question 6

The use of self-management strategies in which the antecedents and consequences of a target behavior and/or alternative behaviors are modified.

Answer 6

Controlling behavior

Question 7

A variation of the multiple baseline design in which an initial baseline, and perhaps intervention, are begun for one behavior (or setting, or subject), and subsequent baselines for additional behaviors are begun in a staggered or delayed fashion.

Answer 7

Delayed multiple baseline design

Question 8

A type of relaxation exercise in which one engages in slow, rhythmic breathing, using the diaphragm muscle to pull air deep into the lungs.

Answer 8

Diaphragmatic breathing

Question 9

A self-management strategy in which the person decides on and writes down the desired level of the target behavior he or she hopes to achieve as a result of self-management procedures.

Answer 9

Goal setting

Question 10

A repetitive behavior in one of three categories: nervous habits, tics, and stuttering.

Answer 10

Habit behavior

Question 11

Part of the habit reversal procedure used to increase the likelihood that the client will use the competing response outside the treatment sessions to control the habit.

Answer 11

Motivation strategy

Question 12

A research design in which there is a baseline and a treatment phase for two or more behaviors of the same person.

Answer 12

Multiple baseline across behaviors design

Question 13

A research design in which there is a baseline and treatment phase for the same behavior of the same subject in two or more different settings.

Answer 13

Multiple baseline across settings design

Question 14

A research design in which there is a baseline and treatment phase for two or more people exhibiting the same target behavior. The implementation of treatment is staggered across time for each subject.

Answer 14

Multiple baseline across subjects design

Question 15

An experimental design that begins with the concurrent measurement of two or more behaviors in a baseline condition, followed by the application of the treatment variable to one of the behaviors while baseline conditions remain in effect for the other behavior(s).

Answer 15

Multiple baseline design

Question 16

A variation of the multiple baseline design that features intermittent measures, or probes, during baseline, used to evaluate the effects of instruction on skill sequences in which it is unlikely that the subject can improve performance on later steps in the sequence before learning prior steps.

Answer 16

Multiple probe design

Question 17

The competing response that is used in the habit reversal treatment for stuttering.

Answer 17

Regulated breathing

Question 18

Self-statements that make it more likely that a target behavior will occur in a specific situation.

Answer 18

Self-instructions

Question 19

A type of direct observation data collection in which the client observes and records his or her own behavior as it occurs.

Answer 19

Self-monitoring

Question 20

Making positive statements to yourself or providing positive evaluations of your own behavior after engaging in an appropriate behavior.

Answer 20

Self-praise