Question 1 2 out of 2 points Farmer Gable had a problem with motorcyclists riding across his meadow land tearing up sod and frightening his cattle He installed barbed wire fencing in the area and no longer had a problem Gable s approach is best described as an example of Answer Selected Answer response prevention Question 2 0 out of 2 points David Camp and colleagues found that even a delay of only reduced the effectiveness of a punisher Answer Selected Answer 10 seconds Question 3 2 out of 2 points Although punishment can have negative side effects there is evidence that it can also have positive side effects Answer Selected Answer Tru e Question 4 0 out of 2 points The one process theory of punishment goes back to Answer Selected Answer Skinn er Question 5 2 out of 2 points Punishers like reinforcers are defined by their effect on behavior Answer Selected Answer Tru e Question 6 2 out of 2 points Delaying delivery of a punisher is most likely to Answer Selected Answer reduce its effectiveness Question 7 2 out of 2 points One way to make punishment more effective is to provide an alternative means of obtaining reinforcement Answer Selected Answer Tru e Question 8 0 out of 2 points Of the following the person who most approved of the use of punishment was probably Answer Selected Answer Skinn er Question 9 2 out of 2 points Frequent use of weak punishers is more effective than occasional use of intense punishers Answer Selected Answer Fals e Question 10 2 out of 2 points Each time Charles who has a lisp says Mithithippi or the like his wife Evelyn yells Idiot However there is no evidence that Evelyn s efforts to reduce the frequency of such mispronunciations have been effective We can therefore conclude that Answer Selected Answer Charles s behavior has not been punished Question 11 0 out of 2 points Differential reinforcement is best used in combination with Answer Selected Answer response prevention Question 12 0 out of 2 points If Charles Catania s thinking about reinforcement is applied to punishment we can say that all of the following are true of punishment except Answer Selected Answer the decrease in strength must be the result of the behavior s consequence Question 13 2 out of 2 points Harriet hears a noise in the kitchen and investigates She finds the cookie jar in pieces on the floor and 5 year old Willy standing nearby Harriet knows what happened but asks Willy anyway Willy admits that he broke the jar while trying to get cookies Harriet gives Willy a spanking Willy is most likely to learn from this experience that Answer Selected Answer it doesn t pay to tell the truth Question 14 0 out of 2 points John gives his dog Alfie a yap hound a bit of food whenever it goes 30 seconds without barking Gradually John increases the amount of quiet time required to earn food until finally the dog will go for hours without a yap The procedure John used is best described as Answer Selected Answer extincti on Question 15 2 out of 2 points When using punishment to suppress an undesirable behavior it is important to provide alternative means of obtaining the reinforcers that have maintained that behavior Answer Selected Answer Tru e Question 16 0 out of 2 points All of the following enhance the effectiveness of punishment except Answer Selected Answer withholding reinforcement of the punished behavior Question 17 2 out of 2 points If a rat receives a shock each time it presses a lever but not otherwise we can say that Answer Selected Answer the shock will reduce the frequency of lever pressing Question 18 2 out of 2 points The use of punishers is so common that concluded that The world runs on fear Answer Selected Answer Jack Michaels Question 19 2 out of 2 points The word positive in positive punishment refers to the fact that Answer Selected Answer something is added Question 20 0 out of 2 points The term punishment as used by behavior scientists has nothing to do with retribution Answer Selected Answer Fals e Question 21 2 out of 2 points One problem with extinction as a way of reducing the frequency of potentially harmful behavior is that Answer Selected Answer the behavior on extinction sometimes increases at first Question 22 2 out of 2 points Punishers are defined by Answer Selected Answer their effects on behavior Question 23 2 out of 2 points Abnormal behavior may persist despite aversive consequences because it also produces reinforcing consequences Answer Selected Answer Tru e Question 24 0 out of 2 points Murray Sidman s book on aversive control including punishment is called Answer Selected Answer The End of Punishment Question 25 2 out of 2 points An early theory of punishment proposed that response suppression occurred because aversives disrupt ongoing behavior Answer Selected Answer Tru e Question 1 0 out of 2 points Murray Sidman s book on aversive control including punishment is called Answer Selected Answer The End of Punishment Question 2 2 out of 2 points Delaying delivery of a punisher is most likely to Answer Selected Answer reduce its effectiveness Question 3 2 out of 2 points David Camp and colleagues found that compared to a two second delay in punishment a 30 second delay resulted in Answer Selected Answer about half as much response suppression Question 4 2 out of 2 points Abnormal behavior may persist despite aversive consequences because it also produces reinforcing consequences Answer Selected Answer Tru e Question 5 2 out of 2 points If Charles Catania s thinking about reinforcement is applied to punishment we can say that all of the following are true of punishment except Answer Selected Answer the consequence of the behavior must be negative Question 6 2 out of 2 points Each time Charles who has a lisp says Mithithippi or the like his wife Evelyn yells Idiot However there is no evidence that Evelyn s efforts to reduce the frequency of such mispronunciations have been effective We can therefore conclude that Answer Selected Answer Charles s behavior has not been punished Question 7 2 out of 2 points Generally speaking the more intense a punisher the Answer Selected Answer more it suppresses behavior Question 8 0 out of 2 points Any event that follows a behavior and makes that behavior less likely to occur is called a Answer Selected Answer punishm ent Question 9 2 out of 2 points John gives his dog Alfie a yap hound a bit of food whenever it goes 30 seconds without barking Gradually John increases the amount of quiet time required to earn food until