SPED 699 Exam 1 review

The levels of understanding science include

• prediction, depiction & control.
• prediction, description & calculation.
• prediction, description, & control.
• picture, description, & control.

If a paper that describes the effect of feedback on energy use neglects to mention that points were awarded in some cases for energy use below a certain threshold, the paper could be criticized for failing to be

• analytic.
• behavioral.
• technological.
• behavioral.

The overarching purpose of applied behavior analysis a as field of study is to understand and improve socially important or significant behaviors.

• True.
• False.

The philosophical position that the truth or value of a scientific statement is determined by the extent to which it promotes effective action is known as pragmatism.

• True.
• False.

When a behavior analyst uses experimental manipulation to show that an intervention is effective for middle schoolers with developmental disabilities, the analyst can’t claim that it also works for high school students with learning disabilities unless they also demonstrate

• replication.
• prediction.
• experimentation.
• control.

If certain forms of behavior vary in topography but have a similar effect on the environment, they are considered a

• repertoire.
• stimulus class.
• response class.
• skill set.

Mr. Goldstein decides to give his students points, usable for extra free time, when they raise their hands and wait to be called on. He discovers that more students raise their hand and fewer students blurt out answers when he awards points than when he does not. This finding seems to show

• a functional relation between points and hand raising.
• punishment of blurting out answers
• points serving as a motivating operation for hand-raising.
• points exerting stimulus control over blurting out answers.

Fernando continues to play with his iPad after his teacher announces that free time is over and asks the students to open their books. The teacher removes a token from Fernando’s board. The next time the teacher asks him to put away his iPad, Fernando follows the direction quickly, because with regard to his playing, losing a token must have functioned as

• positive punishment.
• negative reinforcement.
• negative punishment.
• extinction.

One advantage of free operant preference assessments is

• there is less potential for individuals to satiate on the stimuli than with the paired-stimulus and other approach-based assessments.
• they can be less time consuming than the paired-stimulus and approach-based assessments.
• they provide a rank order of preferences, unlike the paired-stimulus assessment.
• (all of the above)

Ben becomes severely aggressive whenever another student takes his toys away from him. When Ben hits them, the other children often return the toys they took from him. What can be said about this situation?

• Ben’s aggression has likely been positively reinforced by the children returning the toy to him.
• Ben’s aggression has likely been negatively reinforced by the children taking the toy away from him.
• Ben’s aggression has likely been punished (via presentation) by the children returning the toy to him.
• Ben’s aggression has likely been punished (via removal) by the children taking the toy away from him.