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Question 1 0.75 / 0.75 pts The overarching purpose of applied behavior analysis as field of study is to concentrate on socially important or significant behaviors. True. False. Correct. Question 2 0.75 / 0.75 pts The three-term contingency is the basic unit of analysis in the analysis of operant behavior and is made of the following elements: Antecedent, behavior, consequence. Correct. Reflex, time, duration. Learning history, outcomes, stimuli. Reinforcement, punishment, extinction. Question 3 0.74 / 0.74 pts Consequences can only affect _________ behavior. New. Extinguished. Immediate. Future. Correct. Question 4

0.74 / 0.74 pts Principles of behavior describe how behavior works, and behavior-change tactics are how behavior analysts put the principles to work to help people learn and use socially significant behaviors. True. False. Correct. Question 5 0.74 / 0.74 pts Explicit behavior definitions are important to the practitioner of applied behavior analysis for all of the following except: Ease of evaluation. Improved behavior. Correct. Accurate measurement of behavior. Demonstration of effectiveness. IncorrectQuestion 6 0 / 0.74 pts A topographical definition classifies behaviors in terms of their common effects on the environment. True. False. Incorrect. A topographical definition describes the physical form of a behavior. Question 7 0.74 / 0.74 pts A feature of an event that can be measured is called a:

Unit. Dimension. Correct. Quality. Characteristic. Question 8 0.74 / 0.74 pts All of the following are measurable dimensional quantities except: Repeatability. Temporal extent. Temporal locus. Topography. Correct. Question 9 0.74 / 0.74 pts A good behavior definition should be ______, clear, and complete. Concrete. General. Objective. Correct. Ambiguous. Question 10 0.74 / 0.74 pts Measurement bias caused by observer expectations can be avoided by using __________ observers. Informed. Inadequately trained.

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Many. Naïve. Correct. Question 11 0.74 / 0.74 pts Measurement is accurate when observed values (the data produced by measuring an event) match the true state (or true values) of the event. True. False. Correct. Question 12 0.74 / 0.74 pts Behavior analytic procedures are designed to change: Behavior. Correct. Characteristics of people. Traits. All of these. Question 13 0.74 / 0.74 pts In what area(s) can behavior analytic procedures be used? Education. Rehabilitation. Business and industry. All of these.

Correct. Question 14 0.74 / 0.74 pts Zach's behavior of pushing other children typically occurs on the playground. The playground would be a(n) ________________ setting for Zach's behavior. Analogue. Manipulated. Natural. Correct. Controlled. Question 15 0.74 / 0.74 pts In behavior analysis, what a person says and does is referred to as: Behavior. Correct. Effort. Motivated acts. Intention. Question 16 0.74 / 0.74 pts Behavior is defined as: Traits of a person. What a person says and does. Correct. A person's mental processes. Attitudes and beliefs that lead to action.

Question 17 0.74 / 0.74 pts The subject matter of behavior analysis concerns itself with ________. Past events. Human characteristics. Internal motivation. Human behavior. Correct. Question 18 0.74 / 0.74 pts Which of the following is not a characteristic of behavior? Behavior has dimensions. Behavior is lawful. Behavior can be observed, described, and recorded. Behavior is always overt. Correct. Question 19 0.74 / 0.74 pts Which of the following is not a dimension of behavior? Frequency. Impact. Correct. Duration. Latency. Question 20

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0.74 / 0.74 pts Frequency, duration, intensity, and latency are __________________ of behavior. States. Dimensions. Correct. Phases. Qualities. Question 21 0.74 / 0.74 pts An example of covert behavior would be: Thinking. Correct. Writing. Running. Frowning. Question 22 0.74 / 0.74 pts Cindy bites her nails but wants to stop. The behavior she wants to change (biting her nails) is called the _________________. Negative behavior. Target behavior. Correct. Controlling variable. Independent variable. Question 23 0.74 / 0.74 pts

Behavior is defined as: Actions of a person. What a person says and does. A person's mental processes. Both A and B are both correct. Correct. Question 24 0.74 / 0.74 pts Which of the following is a characteristic of behavior? Behavior is dimensionless. Behavior is random. Behavior can be observed, described, and recorded. Correct. Behavior is always overt. Question 25 0.74 / 0.74 pts Which of the following is a characteristic of behavior analysis? Focus on mental processes. Procedures based on brain-behavior relationships. Emphasis on past events. Precise description of procedures. Correct. Question 26 0.74 / 0.74 pts Which of the following is a dimension of behavior? Frequency.

Intensity. Duration. All of these. Correct. IncorrectQuestion 27 0 / 0.74 pts This is anything an organism does, including covert actions like thinking: Applied behavior analysis. Incorrect. This is the science in which tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior. Shaping. Behavior. All of the other answers are correct.

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