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Question 1

Contingency-shaped behavior is:

Abased on phylogeny, whereas rule-governed behavior is based on ontogeny.

Bestablished as a function of relations among unconditioned stimuli, a response class, and reinforcement.

Cmore resistant to extinction than rule-governed behavior.

Destablished as the result of a person's experience.

Answer : D

Question 2

When determining the specified time interval to prescribe at the start of a DRO intervention, which of the following dimensions of the target behavior is MOST relevant?

Alatency

Bfrequency

Cduration

Dinter-response time

Answer : D

Question 3

In a token economy, what type of reinforcers are the tokens themselves?

Aconditional reinforcers

Bgeneralized conditioned reinforcers

Cgeneralized unconditioned reinforcers

Dunconditional reinforcers

Answer : B

Question 4

Which characteristic of the response measure shown in this graph changed from baseline during the intervention phase?

Alevel

Btrend

Crate

Dvariability

Answer : D

Question 5

Ingrid is attempting to learn to speak English. Her teacher, Rosa, presents pictures of preferred items, states the label in English, and prompts Ingrid to repeat them. Over time, Rosa stops labeling items and begins to present Ingrid with a variety of pictures of the same items. Rosa is trying to promotE.

Aechoic behavior.

Bmanding behavior.

Cstimulus generalization.

Dresponse generalization.

Answer : C

Question 6

A punishment contingency is LEAST likely to produce which effect?

AUndesirable emotions may result.

BAggressive or violent behavior may be evoked.

CA more appropriate replacement behavior may develop.

DThe person delivering the punisher may become an aversive stimulus.

Answer : C

Question 7

A client with a history of escape maintained problem behavior begins to throw the puzzle pieces a few minutes after starting to work on the task. What is the BEST programmatic change for the behavior analyst to make?

ARemove the puzzle and implement a time-out procedure.

BTeach the client to request escape using an adaptive behavior.

CImplement an overcorrection procedure to reduce puzzle piece throwing.

DIncrease the amount of social praise delivered for successful task completion.

Answer : B

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