Question: Chapter 1 – ROOTS OF APPLIED BEHAVIOUR ANALYSIS Multiple Choice (10 Marks) In Explaining Behaviour, A Useful Theory Must Be: » Inclusive And Justifiable By Inclusive, Verifiable And Justifiable Verifiable, Exclusive And Predictable A Inclusive, Verifiable, Have Predictive Utility, And Be Parsimonious 2. Information Concerning A Child’s Brain Damage …

Chapter 1 – ROOTS OF APPLIED BEHAVIOUR ANALYSIS Multiple Choice (10 marks) In explaining behaviour, a useful theory must be: » inclusive and justifiable by inclusive, verifiable and justifiable verifiable, exclusive and predictable a inclusive, verifiable, have predictive utility, and be parsimonious 2. Information concerning a child’s brain damage can be useful in the teacher’s selection of behaviour management techniques by helps teachers determine who should be in school and who should not can cause teachers to have low expectations of students and give them excuses not to teach none of the above 1A genuine scientific explanation must: be inclusive of all behaviours by predict one behaviour to the exclusion of all other behaviours ca and b a none of the above 4. A relationship among events in which the rate of a behaviour’s occurrence increases when some environmental condition is removed is: differential reinforcement by reinforcement positive reinforcement negative reinforcement To the behaviourist, punishment occurs only when: the preceding behaviour decreases by the preceding behaviour increases both a and b a neither a orb The focus of the behavioural approach is: observing and predicting facilitating behaviour change e recording and verifying maladaptive behaviours all of the above 1. Developmental theories verify and prove that inappropriate and maladaptive behaviour can be explained by a failure to reach or pass a particular stage. True False 12. Certain genetic characteristics may increase the probability of certain behavioural characteristics. True False 13. According to the psychoanalytic theory, some people fixate at a certain stage thus becoming overeaters, smokers, verbally abusive and/or anal-retentive. True False 14. Gestalt psychology emphasizes humans imposing structure on their environment and seeing relationships rather than individual objects or events as separate entities. True False 15. John Watson first distinguished operant from respondent conditioning. True False SPROTT SHAW COLLEGE Page of 2 0620/G2/EA120 DAYI 1. Developmental theories verify and prove that inappropriate and maladaptive behaviour can be explained by a failure to reach or pass a particular stage. True False 12. Certain genetic characteristics may increase the probability of certain behavioural characteristics. True False 13. According to the psychoanalytic theory, some people fixate at a certain stage thus becoming overeaters, smokers, verbally abusive and/or anal-retentive. True False 14. Gestalt psychology emphasizes humans imposing structure on their environment and seeing relationships rather than individual objects or events as separate entities. True False 15. John Watson first distinguished operant from respondent conditioning. True False SPROTT SHAW COLLEGE Page of 2 0620/G2/EA120 DAYI