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Behavioural 9&10
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1Explaining animal behaviour in terms of human motives is ___________________________.
- Aproblem solving
- Bfunctional equivalence
- Can anthropomorphism
2Novel behaviours can arise from trial-and-error, stimulus generalisation, and _______________________.
- A imitation
- Bresponse generalisation
- Cproblem solving
3A dog looking 'guilty' could be negatively reinforced because __________________________.
- Ait results in being petted
- Bit results in the scolding stopping
- Cit results in being forgiven
4When Epstein's pigeons were placed in the problem solving situation there was _________________________.
- Aimitation of previous responses
- Bshaping of behaviour
- Can initial conflict between responses
5Keeping the Russian anti-tank dogs hungry created _______________________.
- Astimulus control
- Ba motivating operation
- C generalisation
6Performing novel behavioursin a situation that you've never been in before to produce certain consequences is _________________________.
- Atrial and error
- Bproblem solving
- Canthropomorphising
7The purpose of conducting a preference assessment for dogs such as in Vicars et al. (2014) is to identify stimuli that might serve as _________________________.
- Areinforcers
- Bmotivating operations
- C punishers
8Vicars et al. (2014) used a paired stimulus preference assessment for dogs. This involved presenting pairs of stimuli from which the dogs could choose, an approach based on ______________________.
- Asuperstitious behaviour
- Bstimulus control
- C the matching law
9Martin et al. (2011) conducted a functional analysis on a chimpanzee's faeces throwing behaviour. They found that the chimpanzee was engaging in this behaviour ______________________________________.
- A Because it was angry
- BBecause it was being punished
- CBecause it received reinforcers for doing so
10Improving the quality of life of animals in captivity would NOT include __________________________ to manage difficult behaviour.
- A Environmental enrichment
- BImplementing function-based interventions
- C Forcing compliance
11Which of the following does not produce novel behaviours?
- AImitation
- BVariability in baseline behaviour
- CConditional discrimination
- DStimulus generalisation
12Select the correct answer. Problem solving…
- AOnly occurs in humans and not animals
- BOccurs in humans and animals
- COnly occurs in animals with intelligence
- DIs not studied in behaviour analysis
13In Epstein’s (1985) study the pigeons…
- AWere not taught how to move the box to the green spot; they had to figure it out themselves
- BWere taught the prerequisite skills but not how to chain them together
- CWere directly taught how to move the box and then stand on it to peck the banana
- DWere punished if they did not problem-solve in time
14I come home to find that my dog has destroyed my favourite shoes. The dog’s ears are flat and he avoids eye contact with me. The most likely explanation of this is:
- AThis behaviour has avoided punishment in the past
- BThe dog is feeling guilty
- CThis behaviour has been positively reinforced in the past
- DThe dog has seen the chewed shoes and displays this behaviour in response to that stimulus
15Find the correct answer. In the original Epstein (1984) paper…
- AOther pigeons trained only in one of the prerequisite skills could not solve the problem
- BJumping to peck at the banana was extinguished
- CThe box being under the banana was an SD for standing on it to peck
- DA & C
- EAll of the above
16A chimp is taught some sign language but often mixes up the word order e.g. “water want” rather than “want water”. What is the most likely explanation?
- ANon-humans have not got the capabilities to understand grammar
- BAnimals do not enjoy language so are less motivated to get it right.
- CThe chimp means something else but cannot express it correctly
- DBoth phrases have resulted in the keeper getting the chimp water
17Select the correct answer. In the study by Gardner (1969), Washoe the chimp was taught…
- ATo use PECS (picture exchange communication system)
- BSimple vocal sounds to communicate
- CTo use ASL (American Sign Language)
- DTo use a keyboard to type requests
18What function did the first words that Washoe developed have?
- APositive social
- BNegative social
- CAutomatic
- DA & C
19‘The dog bit me because it was angry’ is an anthropomorphism because:
- AIt explains animal behaviour in terms of human motives
- BIt describes the emotion of the animal
- CIt describes the function of the behaviour
- DIt shows that animals can solve problems
20What is problem solving from a behaviour analytic perspective?
- AEngaging in intelligent behaviours
- BEngaging in anthropomorphic behaviours
- CEngaging in behaviours you have never performed before that are aimed to produce certain consequences
- DEngaging in behaviours you have performed before that are aimed to produce certain consequences
21Criminal profiling is a process by which evidence (particularly that found at a crime scene) is analysed to determine ________________ offender characteristics.
- Aprobable
- Bpersonality
- Cwith certainty
22Kocsis, Hayes, and Irwin (2002) found the ___________________ was not a factor in the accuracy of profiling.
- Agender
- Bage
- Cexperience
23________________ assumes that offenders engaging in similar behaviours will display similar characteristics.
- AHomology
- BBehaviourism
- C Empiricism
24Ferguson (2013) suggested that there are only five relevant offender characteristics in a profile - motive, special skills or knowledge of methods and materials, relationship to the victim, ________________________, and criminal skill or forensic awareness.
- A personality
- Bknowledge of the crime scene or location
- Chistory of abuse
25One of the challenges is behaviour analysis of criminal behaviour is that often, the behaviours are _____________.
- Anot measurable
- Binternal
- Ccovert
26A challenge in teaching incarcerated offenders new behaviours whilst they are in prison is __________________________________.
- Ageneralisation to outside settings
- BThey don’t want to change
- Cthere is no evidence that it works
27Being sent to prison after committing a crime could be a _______________________________.
- A Delayed punisher
- B Punisher with good temporal contiguity
- C Discriminative stimulus for crime
28Committing crimes can be on _______________ schedule of reinforcement – sometimes you don’t get caught.
- Aa continuous
- Ban intermittent
- Cno
29Schnelle et al. (1978) found that adding a helicopter decreased burglaries and the cash benefits outweighed the cost of the helicopter. The helicopter was most likely a _________________________.
- A discriminative stimulus for a punisher (being caught)
- Bpunisher
- Cmotivating operation
30Bassett and Blanchard (1977) found that the number of behaviours punished and the frequency of punishment increased when a prison token economy was unsupervised. This could have been because implementing punishment was a ____________________ for the behaviour of the guards running the token economy.
- A punisher
- Bmotivating operation
- C reinforcer
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