Chapter 7 MB Flashcards
In behavior modification, a three-term contingency involves a(n):
all behavioral consequences
antecedent - behavior - consequence
all of these
antecedent - behavior - contingency
antecedent - behavior - consequence
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 doesn’t speed when his parents or girlfriend are in the car because they don’t say it’s cool. What is the S-delta in this example?
parents
friends
parents and girlfriend
girlfriend
parents and girlfriend
Generalization is associated with ____________ stimulus control.
strong
broad
specific
unique
broad
Stimulus discrimination training can occur as a result of:
extinction
reinforcement
punishment
all of the above
As a result of stimulus discrimination training, the presence of the discriminative stimulus:
signals that the behavior will not be reinforced
signals that the behavior will be reinforced
causes an alternative behavior to occur
none of these
signals that the behavior will be reinforced
___________ takes place when a behavior is more likely to occur in the presence of stimuli that are similar to the discriminative stimulus.
generalization
discrimination training
discrimination
reinforcement
generalization
In behavior modification, when a certain behavior occurs in the presence of stimuli that are similar to the discriminative stimulus during stimulus discrimination training, ____________ has occurred.
expansion
x discrimination
generalization
refinement
A behavior is more likely to occur in the presence of stimuli that are more similar to the discriminative stimulus than it is in the presence of stimuli that are less similar to the discriminative stimulus. This is called a:
generalization gradient
stimulus class
discrimination gradient
cause-effect relationship
generalization gradient
Which of the following is involved in stimulus discrimination training?
when the discriminative stimulus is present the behavior is reinforced
the discriminative stimulus controls the behavior
when the S-delta is present the behavior gets reinforced
when the discriminative stimulus is present the behavior is reinforced
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 doesn’t speed when his parents or girlfriend are in the car because they don’t say it’s cool. What is the SD in this example?
parents
friends
girlfriend
parents and girlfriend
friends
Understanding the antecedents of operant behavior provides information on the circumstances in which the behavior was:
not reinforced
reinforced
punished
all of the above
When you tell jokes and your friends laugh, you are more likely to tell jokes to your friends. Your friends are _______ for telling jokes.
conditioned stimuli
punishers
discriminative stimuli
S-deltas
discriminative stimuli
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.
S-delta
discriminative stimulus
stimulus class
reinforcer
S-delta
Which of the following is NOT one of the ABCs of operant behavior?
behavior
antecedent
cause
consequence
cause
A group of stimuli having the same functional effect on a certain behavior are said to belong to a stimulus:
class
group
contingency
category
class
