Question 1

When asked by her father to get her glucose tested, Cindy routinely says, "No," and walks out of the room. She eventually returns and takes the test. The time between the request and Cindy's taking the test is called the:

Ainter-response interval.

Bcompliance rate.

Cresponse interval.

Dresponse latency.

Answer : D

Question 2

Which measurement would be MOST useful when evaluating a procedure designed to teach a person to respond at a uniform pace?

Aduration

Binter-response time

Clatency

Dfrequency

Answer : B

Question 3

Trials to criterion is an appropriate measure of which dimension of behavior?

Aduration of on task behavior

Blatency of task initiation

Caccuracy during a shaping procedure

Dquality of a student's essay writing

Answer : C

Question 4

Based on this data display, what interpretation can be made with confidence?

AA functional relationship exists between the dependent variable and the intervention.

BThe target behavior is decreasing but experimental control has not been demonstrated.

CThe target behavior is irreversible and a different experimental design should be used.

DThe intervention has effectively reduced the behavior.

Answer : B

Question 5

Each response in a chain produces a stimulus change that serves as both a discriminative stimulus anD.

Aa prompt.

Ba limited hold.

Ca conditioned reinforcer.

Dan establishing operation.