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Learning to be happy MCQ

Question 1 of 75

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What does the ABC 3-term contingency represent in relation to POSITIVE psychology?

Select one of the following:

  • Antecedent, Behaviour, Consequence

  • Adversity, Belief, Consequent mood

  • Aversive, Behaviour, Conditioning

  • Addicition, Belief, Consequence

Explanation

Question 2 of 75

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What does the ABC 3-term contingency represent in relation to BEHAVIOURAL psychology?

Select one of the following:

  • Adversity, Belief, Consequent mood

  • Antecedent, Belief, Consequence

  • Antecedent, Bahaviour, Consequence

  • Adversity, Behaviour, Consequent mood

Explanation

Question 3 of 75

1

People who consume more chocolate tend to be happier than those who do not. This correlation is

Select one of the following:

  • Positve

  • Negative

  • Zero

  • We do not have enough information

Explanation

Question 4 of 75

1

What does CBT stand for?

Select one of the following:

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

  • Cognitive Behaviour Treatment

  • Classical Behavioural Therapy

  • Conditioning Behaviour Therapies

Explanation

Question 5 of 75

1

Which answer does NOT promote savouring?

Select one of the following:

  • Sharing experiences

  • Memory building

  • Self-congratulating

  • Sharpening perceptions

  • Absorption

  • Mindfulness

Explanation

Question 6 of 75

1

I get to watch my new favourite series (Daredevil) after i do an hour in the gym. This is an example of the Premack Principle.

Select one of the following:

  • True

  • False

  • Do not have enough information

Explanation

Question 7 of 75

1

I love Burger King and save it for special occasions like after completing an assignment. The Burger King is contingent upon completing an assignment.

Select one of the following:

  • True

  • False

  • We do not have enough information

Explanation

Question 8 of 75

1

"That's such good news that you got that grade, let's have dinner out tonight!" This is an example of

Select one of the following:

  • Passive-Constructive

  • Passive-Destructive

  • Active-Destructive

  • Active constructive

Explanation

Question 9 of 75

1

"Well done for that paintball score, what do you want to do tomorrow?" Is an example of

Select one of the following:

  • Passive-Constructive

  • Passive-Destructive

  • Active-Destructive

  • Active_Constructive

Explanation

Question 10 of 75

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Self-control is...

Select one of the following:

  • The opposite of impulsiveness and demonstrated by adult humans in the lab

  • Is when individuals seek the immediate reinforcement of something. Displayed in animals in the lab

  • Seeking reinforcement in a stressful situation

  • Who knows?

Explanation

Question 11 of 75

1

Bob wants to know if watching Marvel movies makes you less aggressive than watching DC movies. He starts off by recording the number of aggressive instances occurring after watching a DC movie only this is an instance of

Select one of the following:

  • Baseline

  • Intervention

  • Marvel and DC what are they?

  • Control

Explanation

Question 12 of 75

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Phil has decided to give himself tokens after each time he goes to the gym. The tokens can be traded for many backup reinforcers, such as going to watch the latest Marvel movie in the cinemas (worth 50 tokens), going to the local comic book store and getting a comic (worth 25 points) and watching an episode of Jessica Jones (worth 10 tokens). The tokens are

Select one of the following:

  • Generalised conditioned reinforcers

  • Positive Reinforcers

  • Mediators

  • Negative Punishers

Explanation

Question 13 of 75

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If you want to extinguish an unwanted behaviour, you should:

Select one of the following:

  • Remove motivating operations

  • Reinforce an alternative behaviour

  • Punish the unwanted behaviour

  • Increase response effort

Explanation

Question 14 of 75

1

When trying to increase a new behaviour, you should reinforce yourself:

Select one of the following:

  • Contingently

  • Continuously

  • Immediately

  • All of the answers

Explanation

Question 15 of 75

1

Ezra Briger drinks Brawndo on Thursday morning following a night out with his fellow rebels. The Brawndo prevents a headache. Brawndo is a/an

Select one of the following:

  • Negative reinforcer

  • Negative punisher

  • Positive reinforcer

  • Positive punisher

Explanation

Question 16 of 75

1

A target behaviour that is occuring too little that you would like to increase is called a

Select one of the following:

  • Behaviour deficit

  • Behaviour excess

  • Self-management

  • Undesirable behaviour

Explanation

Question 17 of 75

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The presence of an establishing operation makes the consequence of a behaviour _________ and the presence of an abolishing operation makes the consequence of the behaviour_____________

Select one of the following:

  • More reinforcing, Less reinforcing

  • Less reinforcing, More reinforcing

  • Punishing, Reinforcing

  • Less likely, More likely

Explanation

Question 18 of 75

1

Hera wants to increase the amount of exercise she gets. She buys a treadmill so that she will not have to travel to the gym. Having the treadmill so that she exercises more often is an example of

Select one of the following:

  • Increasing response effort

  • Decreasing response effort

  • Less cost effective

  • Positive reinforcement

Explanation

Question 19 of 75

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Which of the following is not manipulated in antecedent control procedures?

Select one of the following:

  • Reinforcers

  • Response effort

  • Punishers

  • Immediacy

Explanation

Question 20 of 75

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If a road safety advert does not change the number of road traffic incidents the advert would be considered a/an ______ stimulus

Select one of the following:

  • Neutral

  • Negative

  • Positive

  • Aversive

Explanation

Question 21 of 75

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Condoms are a/an __________________ for safe-sex and having them therefore may be a/an___________________ for sex.

Select one of the following:

  • Discriminative stimulus, Establishing Operation

  • Positive reinforcer, Aboloshing Operation

  • Negative Reinforcer, Establishing Operation

  • Establishing operation, Aboloshing Operation

Explanation

Question 22 of 75

1

What antecedent manipulations could one make to decrease behaviour?

Select one of the following:

  • Remove the discriminitve stimulus

  • Increase response effort

  • Add aboloshing operations

  • All of the answers

Explanation

Question 23 of 75

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Which procedures will NOT increase self-efficacy?

Select one of the following:

  • Focus on the process of change

  • Distinguish past and present

  • Keep track of improvements

  • Don't let emotions get in the way

  • Start with the hardest

Explanation

Question 24 of 75

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Which is NOT one of the 3 elements of happiness?

Select one of the following:

  • Frequent positive emotion

  • Satisfied with own life

  • Infrequent negative emotions

  • Frequent self-efficacy beliefs

Explanation

Question 25 of 75

1

Money is an unconditioned reinforcer

Select one of the following:

  • True

  • False

Explanation

Question 26 of 75

1

What was the initial unconditioned response in Pavlov's dog study?

Select one of the following:

  • Salivating

  • Bell

  • Food

  • Barking

Explanation

Question 27 of 75

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What was the initial neutral stimulus in Pavlov's study, that later became a conditioned stimulus?

Select one of the following:

  • Bell

  • Food

  • Salivating

  • Eating

Explanation

Question 28 of 75

1

Which statement regarding self-efficacy is most correct?

Select one of the following:

  • Those that believe they can do something are more likely to be able to

  • Those that believe they can do things tend to be less determined

  • Individuals will likely become less motivated

  • The discriminitive stimulus is a stimulus that is present during a reinforced behaviour

Explanation

Question 29 of 75

1

From a behavioural perspective, our personality is

Select one of the following:

  • Due to past experiences

  • A set of learned behaviours in a situation

  • A set of behaviours developed from social interaction

  • Conditioned behaviours

Explanation

Question 30 of 75

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You pretend you have a lot of work to do so you don't have to go to the gym with your best friend. Going to the gym is a stimulus that is __________ by pretending you have work to do. This is an example of _______________ reinforcement.

Select one of the following:

  • Removed, Negative

  • Added, Positive

  • Controlled, Positive

  • Impulsive, Negative

Explanation

Question 31 of 75

1

Sabine does parkour to keep healthy. In March she injured herself doing a front flip over a wall. Due to the injury she now goes to the gym instead of parkour. The injury

Select one of the following:

  • Punished Parkour

  • Reinforced Parkour

  • Increased response effort

  • Really sucked and she is quite annoyed

Explanation

Question 32 of 75

1

Your recent ex PM'd you ninety times, called you four times in one week, and posted seven photos of the two of you on Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and Tumblr. You keep ignoring your ex. Your ex's behaviour is an example of:

Select one of the following:

  • Them being completely obsessional with you and your dog and is probably the reason why you broke up because they're clingy AF, and no one want's a clingy relationship where you can't even go to the toilet without them being there.

  • An extinction burst

  • Positive punishment

  • Discriminitive stimulus

Explanation

Question 33 of 75

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Zeb is a very untidy flatmate. His flatmates get angry at him when he doesn't tidy up. They have tried yelling at him but it doesn't work. The flatmates yelling is

Select one of the following:

  • A neutral stimuli

  • Negative punishment

  • Positive punishment

  • Negative reinforcement

Explanation

Question 34 of 75

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Differential reinforcement is the ____________ of one behaviour and the ___________ of another behaviour in a situation.

Select one of the following:

  • Punishment, Motivating operation

  • Reinforcement, Extinction

  • Shaping, Chaining

  • Discriminitive stimulus, Aboloshing operation

Explanation

Question 35 of 75

1

Colossus praised Deadpool for not killing individuals and ignored him when he did. What procedure is this?

Select one of the following:

  • Shaping

  • Differential reinforcement

  • Chaining

  • Punishment

Explanation

Question 36 of 75

1

At first, Luke Skywalker lifted small objects using the force. Master Yoda only praised Luke when the size of the object increased. Using the same approach Yoda was able to get Luke to lift up considerable weights. Yoda used?

Select one of the following:

  • Shaping

  • Chaining

  • Differential reinforcement

  • Reinforcement

Explanation

Question 37 of 75

1

It took Luke a long time to learn how to pilot an X-wing. First he had to press a button, second he had to flip a switch. Third he had to pull the lever. This is an example of

Select one of the following:

  • A stimulus-response chain

  • Shaping

  • Differential reinforcement

  • Reinforcement

Explanation

Question 38 of 75

1

A behavioural contract states the __________ that will be administered contingent on the occurrence of the behaviour.

Select one of the following:

  • Consequence

  • Punishment

  • Reinforcement

  • Response

Explanation

Question 39 of 75

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What is the first thing that should be done before implementing shaping?

Select one of the following:

  • Define the target behaviour

  • Determine whether shaping is the most appropriate procedure

  • Identify the starting bahaviour

  • Choose the shaping steps

Explanation

Question 40 of 75

1

What does DRI stand for?

Select one of the following:

  • Differential reinforcement of the incompatible behaviour

  • Differential reinforcement of other behaviour

  • Differential reinforcement of the incomplete behaviour

  • Differential reinforcement of low rate behaviour

Explanation

Question 41 of 75

1

What does ACT stand for?

Select one of the following:

  • Adrenocorticotropic

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

  • Avoidance and Commitment Therapy

  • Attempt and Commitment Therapy

Explanation

Question 42 of 75

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What is ACT?

Select one of the following:

  • A form of clinical behavioural analysis used in psychotherpy

  • A form of therapy which asks you to look back at the past

  • Any attempt made to avoid feelings, thoughts, memories and physical sensations that are uncomfortable for us e.g. anxiety

  • Arrangements of the external enviroment

Explanation

Question 43 of 75

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Psychological wellbeing is not the absence of sadness it is also

Select one of the following:

  • Meaning and purpose

  • Mindfulness

  • Values

  • Life balance and flexibility

  • Needs for belonging

  • All of the answers

Explanation

Question 44 of 75

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What is Experiental Avoidance (EA)?

Select one of the following:

  • Any attempt made to avoid feelings, thoughts, memories and physical sensations that are uncomfortable to us e.g. anxiety

  • A form of clinical behavioural analysis used in psychotherapy

  • The idea that humans are complex beings, capable of verbal language

  • Stops us from taking behavioural action

Explanation

Question 45 of 75

1

What is the theory behind ACT?

Select one of the following:

  • Humans are complex beings who are capable of verbal language. Language is not only our greatest power it is also our greatest weakness

  • There is a physical switch in our brains known as the struggle switch

  • The ANS reacts as if we have a t-rex chasing us

  • Positive psychology can fill the context vacuum

Explanation

Question 46 of 75

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ACT interventions help us develop an awareness of a higher sense of self known as ____________

Select one of the following:

  • Self-as-context

  • Others-as-context

  • Self-as-content

  • Higher-sense-self

Explanation

Question 47 of 75

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What is Thorndike's law of effect?

Select one of the following:

  • Reinforced behaviours will occur again

  • Use a behaviour that occurs often to reinforce a behaviour that does not

  • Each step acts as a SD for the next step

  • Consequence happens because of a particular behaviour

Explanation

Question 48 of 75

1

Which method would NOT increase a behaviour?

Select one of the following:

  • Provide SD

  • Enhance EO

  • Increase response effort

  • Decrease response effort

Explanation

Question 49 of 75

1

Which of the following is NOT a facet of psychological flexibility?

Select one of the following:

  • Cognitive defusion

  • Committed actions

  • Self-as-context

  • Acceptance

  • Values

  • Attachment to Conceptualised self

Explanation

Question 50 of 75

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We can remember the goal of therapy by using ACT, the acronym, in this way:

Select one of the following:

  • A: accept your thoughts and feelings
    C: choose a valued direction
    T: take action

  • A: avoid your thoughts and feelings
    C: choose a direction
    T: take action

  • A: attend your thoughts and feelings
    C: choose a valued direction
    T: take action

  • A: acquire new thoughts and feelings
    C: choose a valued direction
    T: take action

Explanation

Question 51 of 75

1

Humans use language in two domains:

Select one of the following:

  • Personal, Public

  • Private, Public

  • Pedantic, Publicly

  • Personalised, Public

Explanation

Question 52 of 75

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In which wave of behavioural psychology would Skinner be considered?

Select one of the following:

  • 1st - Basic laboratory studies

  • 2nd - Using what they've learnt to make lives better

  • 3rd - The use of developed therapies e.g. CBT, ACT

Explanation

Question 53 of 75

1

Happiness is not a simple concept, it is more than just pleasure such as alcohol and sex. Aristotle proposed that happiness is constructed of _________ and ____________ . Seligman proposed that ___________ related to feelings of commitment and participation in life.

Select one of the following:

  • Hedonia (pleasure), Eudaimania (a life well lived), Engagement

  • Subjective wellbeing, Flourishing, Homeostasis

  • Homeostasis, subjective wellbeing, flourishing

  • Hedonia, Engangement, Eudaimania

Explanation

Question 54 of 75

1

What is the function of the default mode network?

Select one of the following:

  • Learning and motivation

  • Maintain homeostasis

  • Cause depression

  • Tell the pituitary gland to release chemicals

Explanation

Question 55 of 75

1

Most neurons only emit one kind of neurotransmitter

Select one of the following:

  • True

  • False

Explanation

Question 56 of 75

1

What is operant conditioning?

Select one of the following:

  • Works with the consequences of behaviour

  • When a neutral stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimuli to produce a conditioned response

  • When a neutral stimulus is combined with an unconditioned stimulus multiple times

  • The idea that our reading behaviour is under stimulus control of the letters

Explanation

Question 57 of 75

1

What is NOT part of habit reversal procedures?

Select one of the following:

  • Awareness training

  • Mindfulness

  • Competing response training

  • Social support

  • Motivating procedures

Explanation

Question 58 of 75

1

Which is NOT a neurotransmitter?

Select one of the following:

  • Endocannabinoids - the 'bliss' molecule

  • Dopamine - the 'reward' molecule

  • Endorphin - the 'pain-killing' molecule

  • Serotonin - the 'confidence' molecule

  • Epinephrine - the 'energy' molecule

Explanation

Question 59 of 75

1

What is contingency?

Select one of the following:

  • Relationship between response and consequence. An individual will only receive the reinforcement if the behaviour is performed

  • Specifies the task, task record and reinforcement

  • The idea that a behaviour performed more often can reinforce a behaviour performing less often

  • The idea that the consequence must be strong

Explanation

Question 60 of 75

1

Which will NOT decrease behaviour?

Select one of the following:

  • Eliminate SD

  • Arrange an AO

  • Increase response effort

  • Provide SD

Explanation

Question 61 of 75

1

What are the two brain networks involved in happiness?

Select one of the following:

  • Reward system and Default Mode Network

  • Auditory and Visual

  • Reward System and Endocrine System

  • Positive Punishment and Behavioural Contrast

Explanation

Question 62 of 75

1

Luke works in an office whereby his boss is always very critical when Luke presents an idea. He now rarely speaks at work. When he gets home, he often speaks angrily to his friend Ben who is not critical to him. Which of the following explains his behaviour at work and at home?

Select one of the following:

  • Work: Positive Punishment
    Home: Behavioural Contrast

  • Work: Negative Punishment
    Home: Positive Reinforcement

  • Work: Negative Reinforcement
    Home: Behavioural Contract

  • Work: Negative Punishment
    Home: Escape

Explanation

Question 63 of 75

1

Hormones are a type of neurotransmitter?

Select one of the following:

  • True

  • False

Explanation

Question 64 of 75

1

GABA ________ the firing of neurons. Ecstasy leads to a build up of __________ .

Select one of the following:

  • Reduces, Serotonin

  • Increases, Dopamine

  • Reduces, Epinephrine

  • Increases, GABA

Explanation

Question 65 of 75

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Leia checks her son's room everyday after work to make sure that her son had made the bed and cleared the floor of clothes. She gives her son a point for each day the two tasks have been completed properly and her son can trade points for special activities. What kind of recording did Leia choose to measure her son's behaviour? What are the points?

Select one of the following:

  • Outcome recording, Generalised Conditioned Reinforcers

  • Interval recording, points

  • Time-sample, tokens

  • Event, Generalised Conditioned Reinforcers

Explanation

Question 66 of 75

1

What is NOT a feature of Angelman's syndrome?

Select one of the following:

  • Smiling

  • Developmental delay

  • Consistent sad moods

  • Tongue thrusting

Explanation

Question 67 of 75

1

Individuals with Angelman's syndrome tend to have ___________ rates in smiling with good social interactions, than those without.

Select one of the following:

  • Higher

  • Lower

  • The same

Explanation

Question 68 of 75

1

When it comes to children and tolerance of medical procedures, parents play a key role in helping the child to cope. However, some parents can hinder their child's tolerance by acting in an inappropriate manner what is NOT an inappropriate behaviour?

Select one of the following:

  • Overprotective - dealt with by the therapist educating the parents on what might happen

  • Unhelpful Anger - dealt with by being taught skills to alleviate stress

  • Intellectualising - dealt with by offering differential reinforcement for appropriate beahaviour

  • Being supportive - helps the child to deal with the stressful situation in which they are in

Explanation

Question 69 of 75

1

Many children are receiving medical treatment for conditions. Medical institutes have devised intervention methods, which is NOT a useful medical intervention for helping children tolerate such procedures?

Select one of the following:

  • Child-friendly environments

  • Graduated exposure

  • Getting it over and done with quickly

  • Distraction

Explanation

Question 70 of 75

1

When losing weight is my goal, I should focus on my weight by the scale recording everyday.

Select one of the following:

  • True

  • False

Explanation

Question 71 of 75

1

A stabbing happened in the subway when I was visiting New York. Now I feel scared every time I am using an underground metro, like the tube. My fear in the tube is a...

Select one of the following:

  • Conditioned emotional response

  • Unconditioned emotional response

  • Positive punisher

  • Negative punisher

Explanation

Question 72 of 75

1

Dave starts to record both his positive and negative thoughts as part of his behaviour change plan. He writes down the negative and positive thoughts, as well as recording the antecedents and consequences. Dave now has fewer negative thoughts. This is called:

Select one of the following:

  • Reactivity

  • Contingency contract

  • Psychological Flexibility

  • Thorndike's law of effect

Explanation

Question 73 of 75

1

When behaviour modification procedures are used by an individual to change his or her own behaviour, the process is called?

Select one of the following:

  • Self-management

  • Self-efficacy

  • Self-reinforcement

  • Self-blaming

Explanation

Question 74 of 75

1

The most powerful of all positive psychology techniques is:

Select one of the following:

  • Three good things method

  • Random acts of kindness

  • Gratitude visit

Explanation

Question 75 of 75

1

Important other people who help dispense contingent consequences are called:

Select one of the following:

  • Mediators

  • Obsevers

  • Experimenters

  • Friends

Explanation

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