Principles of Behavior Modification (PSY 333)
Study Guide 4
Summer 2012
1. Know all of the bold and italicized words. Be able to fill in the blank when given the definition and be able to provide the definition when presented the word. Also, be able to provide a real life example of each of the terms.
2. Be able to answer all of the questions on the previous study guides.
3. What are the things that are important to keep in mind when using a token economy?
4. How do you go about selecting tokens?
5. How can one guard against ethical concerns related to token economies?
6. Describe a model of self-control using an example.
7. Describe a number of reasons for relapse. How can these be prevented?
8. Describe the 5 steps of a self-control program.
9. Be able to provide an example and definition of the premack principle.
10. Be able to describe respondent conditioning and provide an example of it.
11. What is the difference between a CS and US?
12. What is the difference between a CR and UR?
13. Be certain to study the third study guide on the things that were not covered on the third exam.
14. Pay attention and take notes during the student presentations.
15. What is rule governed behavior? Describe the direct and indirect acting contingencies.
16. Describe how procrastination is viewed as a problem from a behavioral perspective. Based on this how is it treated behaviorally?
17. Be able to describe difference between stimulus generalization and response generalization
18. Be able to provide an example of stimulus generalization and response generalization
19. What are things to do to increase response generalization?
20. What are things to do to increase the probability of stimulus generalization?
21. What is transfer? What is another name for transfer?
22. What is maintenance? What is another name for maintenance?
23. How do transfer and maintenance differ?