Describing Behavior

Question 1

Behavior is:

Answer 1

Anything a person does or says

Question 2

Achieving an A, losing 10 lbs., and a neatly made bed are all examples of:

Answer 2

Products of behavior

Question 3

All are examples of behavior except:
Running
Walking
Athletic
Touching

Answer 3

Athletic

Question 4

True or false: Behavior analysts rely on subjective definitions of behavior.

Answer 4

false

Question 5

Behavioral definitions must be _____ so that the behavior can be ______ .

Answer 5

Objective; observed and measured

Question 6

True or false: Behavior analysts help to change behavioral excesses and behavioral deficits

Answer 6

true

Question 7

Behavioral excesses are:

Answer 7

Undesirable behaviors that need to be decreased

Question 9

Behavioral deficits are:

Answer 9

Desirable behaviors that need to be increased

Question 10

Good behavioral definitions are:

Answer 10

Clear, accurate, objective, and observable by many

Question 11

Antecedents to behavior are:

Answer 11

What happens before behavior

Question 12

In order to accurately describe behavior, you must also be able to describe the ______ surrounding the behavior.

Answer 12

physical events or antecedents

Question 13

True or false: Sometimes the actual behavior is not the problem, but it is the conditions under which the behavior occurs that has to be changed.

Answer 13

true

Question 14

The following are aspects of behavior that can be measured except:
Duration
Reinforcement
Frequency

Answer 14

Reinforcement