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PSY 7709 Unit 3 Quiz - Quiz
Advanced Concepts in Applied Behavior Analysis (Capella University)
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 Question 1
4 out of 4 points
A discriminative stimulus is:
Selected
Answer:
a.
A stimulus in the presence of which a
response will be reinforced.
Answers:
a.
A stimulus in the presence of which a
response will be reinforced.
b.
A stimulus in the presence of which a
response will not be reinforced.
c.
A stimulus in the presence of which a
response will be placed on extinction.
d.
A stimulus that cues respondent
behaviors to occur.
Answer
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 Question 2
4 out of 4 points
All conditioned motivating operations are motivationally
neutral prior to their relation with another MO or to a form
of reinforcement or punishment.
Selected
a.
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Answer:
True.
Answers:
a.
True.
b.
False.
Answer
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Correc
t.
 Question 3
4 out of 4 points
An S-delta is:
Selected
Answer:
a.
A stimulus, in the presence of which
reinforcement is withheld if a target
response occurs.
Answers:
a.
A stimulus, in the presence of which
reinforcement is withheld if a target
response occurs.
b.
A stimulus, in the presence of which
reinforcement is delivered if a target
response occurs.
c.
The same thing as a discriminative
stimulus.
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d.
A consequence event.
Answer
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 Question 4
4 out of 4 points
An ______ effect refers to a decrease in the current
frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by some
stimulus, object, or event.
Selected
Answer:
a.
Abative.
Answers:
a.
Abative.
b.
Informativ
e.
c.
Evocative.
d.
Elicited.
Answer
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 Question 5
4 out of 4 points
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An evocative effect refers to:
Selected
Answer:
b.
An increase in the current frequency of
behavior that has been reinforced by
some stimulus, object, or event.
Answers:
a.
A decrease in the current frequency of
behavior that has been reinforced by
some stimulus, object, or event.
b.
An increase in the current frequency of
behavior that has been reinforced by
some stimulus, object, or event.
c.
No effect in the current frequency of
behavior that has been reinforced by
some stimulus, object, or event.
d.
A combination of decreasing and
increasing effects in the current frequency
of behavior that has been reinforced by
some stimulus, object, or event.
Answer
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 Question 6
4 out of 4 points
Behavior-altering effects have:
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Selected
Answer:
c.
Direct and indirect
effects.
Answers:
a.
Direct effects.
b.
Conditioned effects.
c.
Direct and indirect
effects.
d.
Indirect effects.
Answer
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 Question 7
4 out of 4 points
Beth has been hiking in the desert all day and, as a result,
is dying for a glass of water. The increase in the reinforcing
value of water due to hiking in the desert is referred to as:
Selected
Answer:
b.
Deprivation.
Answers:
a.
Satiation.
b.
Deprivation.
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c.
Conditioning
.
d.
Reinforceme
nt.
Answer
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 Question 8
3 out of 3 points
Bill drives faster than the speed limit only when his friends
are in the car with him, because they tell him he is cool. He
does not speed when his parents or girlfriend are in the car,
because they do not say it is cool. What is the S D in this
example?
Selected
Answer:
c.
Friends.
Answers:
a.
Parents.
b.
Girlfriend.
c.
Friends.
d.
Parents and
girlfriend.
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Answer
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 Question 9
3 out of 3 points
Bill drives faster than the speed limit only when his friends
are in the car with him, because they tell him he is cool. He
does not speed when his parents or girlfriend are in the car,
because they do not say it is cool. What is the S-delta in
this example?
Selected
Answer:
d.
Parents and
girlfriend.
Answers:
a.
Parents.
b.
Girlfriend.
c.
Friends.
d.
Parents and
girlfriend.
Answer
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 Question 10
4 out of 4 points
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Conditioned motivating operations (CMOs) can be classified
as reflexive, surrogate, and ______.
Selected
Answer:
c.
Transitive.
Answers:
a.
Transition
al.
b.
Commute
d.
c.
Transitive.
d.
Explicit.
Answer
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 Question 11
4 out of 4 points
Conditioned motivating operations (CMOs) have:
Selected
Answer:
d.
Value-altering motivating effects that
are a function of a learning history.
Answers:
a.
Value-altering motivating effects that
are unlearned.
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b.
Behavior-altering motivating effects that
are a function of a learning history.
c.
Behavior-altering effects that are
unlearned.
d.
Value-altering motivating effects that
are a function of a learning history.
Answer
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 Question 12
4 out of 4 points
Dimensions of behavior-altering effects:
Selected
Answer:
b.
Include frequency, magnitude, and
latency.
Answers:
a.
Are limited to frequency.
b.
Include frequency, magnitude, and
latency.
c.
Include frequency and magnitude but
not latency.
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d.
Include frequency and latency but not
magnitude.
Answer
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 Question 13
4 out of 4 points
Learning a skill in one setting and applying it to other
applicable settings is known as:
Selected
Answer:
d.
Stimulus
generalization.
Answers:
a.
Progress.
b.
Functional progress.
c.
Second
generalization.
d.
Stimulus
generalization.
Answer
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 Question 14
4 out of 4 points
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Motivating operations:
Selected
Answer:
d.
Evoke the target behavior even if not
first successful at doing so.
Answers:
a.
Will evoke the target behavior every
single time.
b.
May never evoke the target behavior.
c.
Should evoke the target behavior, but
may not consistently do so.
d.
Evoke the target behavior even if not
first successful at doing so.
Answer
Feedback:
Correct.
 Question 15
4 out of 4 points
The term motivating operation has been suggested to
replace the term establishing operation with the addition of
the terms:
Selected
Answer:
c.
Value-altering, behavioraltering.
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Answers:
a.
Condition-altering, behavioraltering.
b.
Unconditioned, conditioned.
c.
Value-altering, behavioraltering.
d.
Operant, conditioned
evocative.
Answer
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 Question 16
4 out of 4 points
Unconditioned motivating operations (UMOs) have:
Selected
Answer:
a.
Value-altering motivating effects that
are unlearned.
Answers:
a.
Value-altering motivating effects that
are unlearned.
b.
Behavior-altering motivating effects that
are a function of a learning history.
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c.
Behavior-altering effects that are
unlearned.
d.
Value-altering motivating effects that
are a function of a learning history.
Answer
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 Question 17
3 out of 3 points
When the family dog licks the faces of the children in the
family, they laugh and give the dog a treat. When the dog
licks the faces of the parents, they scold the dog. As a
result, the dog no longer licks the faces of the parents, but
continues to lick the faces of the children. The parents'
faces would be an example of a(n)_________ for the dog
licking their faces.
Selected
Answer:
b.
S-delta.
Answers:
a.
Negative reinforcer.
b.
S-delta.
c.
Unconditioned
stimulus.
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d.
Discriminative
stimulus.
Answer
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 Question 18
3 out of 3 points
When the family dog licks the faces of the children in the
family, they laugh and give the dog a treat. When the dog
licks the faces of the parents, they scold the dog. As a
result, the dog no longer licks the faces of the parents, but
continues to lick the faces of the children. The children's
faces would be an example of a(n) ________ for the dog
licking their faces.
Selected
Answer:
d.
Discriminative
stimulus.
Answers:
a.
Negative reinforcer.
b.
S-delta.
c.
Unconditioned
stimulus.
d.
Discriminative
stimulus.
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Answer
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 Question 19
3 out of 3 points
Whenever Tommy has a babysitter and asks to stay up past
his bedtime, the babysitter lets him. Whenever Tommy
asks his parents to let him stay up past his bedtime, they
do not let him. As a result, Tommy only asks the babysitter
if he can stay up past his bedtime. The presence of the
babysitter at bed time is referred to as a(n) __________ for
asking to stay up late.
Selected
Answer:
d.
Discriminative
stimulus.
Answers:
a.
Stimulus class.
b.
S-delta.
c.
Reinforcer.
d.
Discriminative
stimulus.
Answer
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Correct.
 Question 20
3 out of 3 points
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Whenever Tommy has a babysitter and asks to stay up past
his bedtime, the babysitter lets him. Whenever Tommy
asks his parents to let him stay up past his bedtime, they
do not let him. As a result, Tommy only asks the babysitter
if he can stay up past his bedtime. The presence of the
parents at bed time is referred to as a(n) __________ for
asking to stay up late.
Selected
Answer:
b.
S-delta.
Answers:
a.
Stimulus class.
b.
S-delta.
c.
Reinforcer.
d.
Discriminative
stimulus.
Answer
Feedback:
Correct.
 Question 21
0 out of 4 points
Which is the correct representation of the sequence of the four
terms of a contingency of reinforcement?
EO, SD, target response, Sr+ (future responding increases;
the EO is relevant to the Sr+ selected).
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 Question 22
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following are factors that influence the
effectiveness of reinforcement?
Selected
Answer:
c.
Both A and B.
Answers:
a.
Different reinforcers work for different
people.
b.
Larger reinforcers are generally more
effective.
c.
Both A and B.
d.
None of the above.
Answer
Feedback:
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 Question 23
4 out of 4 points
Which of the following influences the effectiveness of
reinforcement?
Selected
Answer:
d.
All of these.
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Answers:
a.
Immediacy.
b.
Contingency.
c.
Establishing
operations.
d.
All of these.
Answer
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Correct.
 Question 24
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following is a trained behavior continuing to
occur over time but after training has stopped?
Selected
Answer:
b.
Response
maintenance.
Answers:
a.
Response
generalization.
b.
Response
maintenance.
c.
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Stimulus
discrimination.
d.
None of the above.
Answer
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 Question 25
0 out of 4 points
Which statement is true?
Value-altering and behavior-altering effects describe the defining
effects in the original definition of the establishing operation.
 Question 26
4 out of 4 points
______ motivating operations as they relate to the human
organism are unlearned and may include deprivation of
food, sexual reinforcement, temperature changes, or
painful stimulation.
Selected
Answer:
b.
Uncondition
ed.
Answers:
a.
Conditioned.
b.
Uncondition
ed.
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c.
Surrogate.
d.
Reflex.
Answer
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 Question 27
4 out of 4 points
__________ and __________ are examples of motivating
operations that make food more or less effective as
reinforcement.
Selected
Answer:
d.
Satiation,
deprivation.
Answers:
a.
Time, effort.
b.
Stimulus,
antecedent.
c.
Speed, fluency.
d.
Satiation,
deprivation.
Answer
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