SPCE 316 Quizzes
A study was undertaken to determine the effects of amount of study time on test
performance. In this case, what type of variable is the amount of study time? -
✔✔independent
Follow-up phases should b
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SPCE 316 Quizzes
A study was undertaken to determine the effects of amount of study time on test
performance. In this case, what type of variable is the amount of study time? -
✔✔independent
Follow-up phases should be given a letter notation. - ✔✔False (pg 12)
In single-subject research, letter notations stand for: - ✔✔study phases
How is the independent variable represented on an x-y graph? - ✔✔labels on phases
What did J. B. Watson urge psychologists to focus their study on? - ✔✔observable
behavior
Baer emphasized that procedures in a study should be described in a way that: -
✔✔experimental methods can be clearly compared.
Good technical descriptions of study procedures are necessary to ensure that research
can be replicated. - ✔✔True
Which of the following is a type of variable? - ✔✔independent
The purpose of the follow-up phase in an investigation is to: - ✔✔determine whether the
effects of the independent variable will continue
Which of the following elements may NOT be found on an x-y graph? - ✔✔description
of independent variables
The x-axis on a graph usually represents: - ✔✔time
Which of the following are reasons that baseline data are gathered before implementing
the independent variable? - ✔✔Important aspects of the dependent variable and its
environment may be revealed (pg 8)
The term subjects is preferred over the term participants by many current researchers. -
✔✔False
A notation indicating a combination of letters can take which of the following forms? -
✔✔a combination intervention
What are the three areas that Baer noted that research on socially significant behavior
would be? (select all that apply) - ✔✔applied, behavioral, analytical
Brain development is simultaneous with cultural development. - ✔✔True (pg 40)
Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement? - ✔✔A child does not
have to do chores for a week because she improved her grades this term. (pg 24)
Which of the following is NOT among the basic principles of operant conditioning when
reinforcement is used? - ✔✔The researcher decides which consequences will be
reinforcing (pg 22)
Punishment should usually be used to decrease behavior. - ✔✔False (pg 33)
What does a reinforcer menu consist of? - ✔✔stimuli that are reinforcing for a certain
individual (pg 27)
At what point does a stimulus that has been reinforcing no longer work as a reinforcer? -
✔✔satiation (pg 28)
Which of the following is NOT a level of culture identified by Hammond? - ✔✔ethnic (pg
40)
On what assumption does extinction rely? - ✔✔A behavior will decrease when it is not
rewarded (pg 36)
The Premack Principle may not work if: - ✔✔the individual can do the preferred activity
anyway. (pg 26)
Which of the following is NOT a form of differential reinforcement? - ✔✔differential
reinforcement of discriminative behavior (pg 38)
Which of the following is NOT a type of reinforcement schedules? - ✔✔generalized
Positive reinforcement means something that something good will occur. - ✔✔False (pg
23)
Simple restitution means: - ✔✔behavior that restores the environment.
Shaping behavior may be necessary when: - ✔✔the target behavior cannot be reached
in one step. (pg 26)
Which of the following are among the steps recommended by Hall and Hall to select
reinforcers? - ✔✔identify reinforcing activities based on the Premack Principle (pg 27)
Event-based interobserver agreement is determined on the basis of whether a behavior
occurs or not. - ✔✔True (pg 51)
What do operational definitions provide? - ✔✔a way to describe behavior that cannot be
directly observed (pg 48)
When selecting methods of measurement and data collection, the most important factor
to consider is: - ✔✔the data collection method that is most suited to explaining what
happened in the study.
For which of the following measurement needs would duration recording be most
appropriate? - ✔✔how long a student is able to spend on-task
What is a typical disadvantage
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