Chapter 2 REVIEW behavior class scenarios

Mr. Hanson tells his class that if they continue to work hard during math time and finish all of their problems, they will not have math homework for that day. By offering the avoidance of math homework, Mr. Hanson is using

• An antecedent

• A negative reinforcement

• Extinction

• A secondary reinforcement

A teacher scowls at a student until the student works. After the teacher stops scowling, the student continues to work successfully. Within the applied behavior analysis framework, the removal of the scowl is considered

• Positive reinforcement

• Punishment

• Secondary reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

Mr. Wilcox's class has 10 minutes of silent reading each day. For each minute that the whole class is silent during this reading period, Mr. Wilcox adds 1 minute to their recess time. This practice is best described by which of the following choices

• Group contingencies

• Secondary reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

• Shaping

Jevon and Maria provide an object to their students for performing specified behaviors. What are they using?

• Intrinsic rewards

• Creativity

• Tokens

• Goals

Mrs. Pugh teaches the students in her sixth-grade language arts class to edit by demonstrating how she edits a paragraph that she has written. She reads a paragraph out loud and stops after every sentence to ask herself if the sentence makes sense. She tells the students that she is looking for spelling and grammatical errors. Then she explains that she skims the paragraph backwards to make sure there are no mistakes that she missed. Which strategy is Mrs. Pugh using to teach her students editing?

• Shaping

• Guided instruction

• Modeling

• The Premack Principle

Bobby has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and follows a schedule that lists all tasks he needs to do during class time. If he completes the tasks, he gets five extra minutes on the computer at the end of the day. Using the computer is his favorite activity. Which of the following is used to increase Bobby's on-task behavior?

• Shaping

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive reinforcement

• Extinction

Mr. Roberts has made a written agreement with one student in his class who has difficulty with reading. If the student completes additional reading homework with his parents' supervision three days a week, the student can get an extra hour of computer time every Friday. They agree on the terms of the agreement and sign a written form. This is an example of 

• Extinction

• A contingency contract

• A group contingency

• A secondary reinforcement

Parker is a first grader who struggles with math. When he gets frustrated, he provokes other children in class by hitting and biting. Before each in-class math assignment, the teacher calls Parker to her desk and reminds him how well he did on the previous assignment and shows him a graph of his improved grades. She provides him with a modified assignment and then has him sit with a math buddy. Parker's teacher reduces his undesired behavior by:

• Manipulating antecedents

• Providing positive reinforcement

• Providing negative reinforcement

• Using the Premack principle

Amanda frequently laughs out loud at inappropriate times during class discussion. She likes the reaction of other students and her teacher when they look at her and scold her to be quiet. Her teacher ignores these outbursts and also advises the students to ignore those who interrupt the discussion. To eliminate Amanda's behavior, her teacher is using 

• Peer confrontation

• Extinction

• Peer interaction

• Punishment

Mia struggles with reading and dislikes language arts. During language arts, she frequently pokes the student in the seat next to her and often wanders around the room. Her teacher puts her in time-out. Mia likes to sit by herself and stare at the pictures on the wall during time-out. For Mia, time out is not effective because it

• Punishes her good behavior

• Negatively reinforces her good behavior

• Negatively reinforces her undesirable behavior

• Positively reinforces her undesirable behavior