Chapter 18 - Positive Punishment

Question 1

What are the two major categories of events used in positive punishment?

Answer 1

Aversive activities and aversive stimuli

Question 2

In ____ over correction, the person is required to engage in a correct form of relevant behavior contingent on the problem behavior

Answer 2

Positive Practice

Question 3

In _____ over correction, the person has to correct the environmental effects of the problem behavior

Answer 3

Guided Compliance

Question 4

In the guided compliance procedure, what does the change agent do each time the problem behavior occurs?

Answer 4

Physical guide correct behavior

Question 5

In the guided compliance procedure, what does the change agent do each time the individual starts to comply with the requested activity?

Answer 5

Remove physical guidance

Question 6

Delivering a noise contingent on thumb-sucking to decrease thumb-sucking is an example of punishment by ______

Answer 6

Application of aversive stimuli

Question 7

_____ should always be used in conjunction with punishment

Answer 7

Reinforcer

Question 8

Contingent on screaming in class, the student is made to stand up and sit down 5 times. What procedure is this?

Answer 8

Contingent exercise

Question 9

Contingent on hand-mouthing, the teacher holds the students hand at her side for 30 seconds. What procedure is this?

Answer 9

Physical restraint

Question 10

Contingent on refusal to do a requested task, the teacher physically guides the student to do the task. What procedure is this?

Answer 10

Guided compliance

Question 11

____ procedures should always be used before punishment is considered for decreasing a problem behavior

Answer 11

Nonaversive functional treatment

Question 12

What are the two types of over correction procedures?

Answer 12

Positive practice and restitution

Question 13

In the ___ procedure, the person is physically guided through the requested activity contingent on the occurrence of the problem behavior

Answer 13

Guided compliance

Question 14

In the contingent exercise procedure, what happens each time the problem behavior occurs?

Answer 14

Learner is guided to engage in an effortful activity for a breif period of time

Question 15

In the ____ procedure, the change agent holds immobile the part of the client’s body involved in the problem behavior

Answer 15

Physical restraint

Question 16

In _____ the change agent prevents the occurrence of the problem behavior by physically blocking the response

Answer 16

Response blocking

Question 17

What are two ethical issues to consider before using punishment?

Answer 17

Consent and Alternative treatments

Question 18

Contingent on wetting his pants on the playground, the student is required to come in from the playground and walk into the bathroom 5 times in a row. What procedure is this?

Answer 18

Positive practice

Question 19

When a child raises her hand to her mouth in an attempt to suck her thumb, her dad puts his hand in front of the child’s hand to prevent the thumb-sucking from occurring. What procedure is this?

Answer 19

Restitution

Question 20

When a child makes a mess with his food on the kitchen flood, the child has to clean the kitchen floor and the bathroom floor as well. What procedure is this?

Answer 20

Contingent exercise

Question 21

Positive punishment involves the application of _____ or the application of ____

Answer 21

Aversive activities, Aversive stimulation

Question 22

Restitution and positive practice are two layers of ____ procedures

Answer 22

Over correction

Question 23

In the ____ procedure, the individual has to engage in physical exercise that is unrelated to the problem behavior each time the problem behavior occurs

Answer 23

Contingent exercise

Question 24

Guided compliance serves two functions: ____ for the problem behavior because physical guidance is applied and ____ for compliance because physical guidance is withdrawn

Answer 24

Positive punishment, Negative reinforcement

Question 25

In the physical restraint procedure, what does the change agent do each time the problem behavior occurs?

Answer 25

Physically restrains the part of the body doing the problem behavior

Question 26

What are two examples of aversive stimuli that have been used in punishment by application of aversive stimulation?

Answer 26

Shock and lemon juice

Question 27

Positive punishment involves the ____ of an aversive stimulus after a behavior to be decreased, and negative reinforcement involves the ____ of an aversive stimulus the after the behavior to be increased.

Answer 27

Delivery, removal

Question 28

When a teenager curses at home, his parents make him wash windows for 10 minutes. What procedure is this?

Answer 28

Contingent exercise

Question 29

Sally screams and cries when her parent asks her to put down her toy and come to the kitchen for supper. In response, her parent takes her hand and physically prompts her to put her toy down and then leads her by the hand to the kitchen. What procedure is this?

Answer 29

Guided compliance

Question 30

When Sally tries to hit her sister, her dad puts his hand in front of sally's hand preventing her from hitting her sister. What procedure is this?

Answer 30

Response blocking

Question 31

Aversive activities

Answer 31

A low-probability behavior the person typically would not choose to engage in

Question 32

Overcorrection

Answer 32

Developed to decrease aggressive and disruptive behaviors exhibited by people with intellectual disabilities in institutional setting

Question 33

Positive Practice

Answer 33

The client has to engage in correct forms of relevant behavior contingent on an instance of the problem behavior

Question 34

Restitution

Answer 34

A procedure in which, contingent on each instance of the problem behavior, the client must correct the environmental effects of the problem behavior and restore the environment to a condition better than that which existed before the problem behavior

Question 35

Contingent Exercise

Answer 35

Another positive punishment procedure involving the application of aversive activities

Question 36

Guided compliance

Answer 36

The person is physically guided through the requested activity contingent on the occurrence of a problem behavior

Question 37

Physical Restraint

Answer 37

Punishment procedure in which, contingent on a problem behavior, the change agent holds immobile the part of the client's body that is involved in the behavior

Question 38

Response Blocking

Answer 38

The change agent prevents the occurrence of a problem behavior by physically blocking the response

Question 39

Application of Aversive Stimulation

Answer 39

Involves delivering an aversive stimulus after the problem behavior. when the problem behavior results in the delivery of the aversive stimulus, the behavior is less likely to occur in the future