Exam 7: Managing the Environment and Student Behavior

Rules are statements that identify general expectations regarding behavior in a variety of situations.

Which is the best description of differential reinforcement of omission of behavior?

Which statement best describes positive reinforcement?

Which statement best describes negative reinforcement?

Suppose you are a physical education teacher and soccer coach at a local urban high school. Two very talented freshmen-Sara and Katie-have made the varsity soccer team and are seeing significant playing time. Several seniors are resentful, however. Conflict is escalating not only between the seniors and freshmen, but also between players who have "taken sides." Initially you were going to let the problem resolve itself. Last evening at practice, however, your starting midfielder, Rhea, who has attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, maliciously slide-tackled Sara, who now has a sprained knee and an indefinite recovery period. What strategies would you use for the parties involved in this scenario?

Which statement best describes extinction, or planned ignoring?

Which of the following types of behavior modification strategy is best described as using activities that are highly valued by an individual to promote less popular behaviors?

A functional behavioral assessment is conducted to determine whether a student's problem behaviors are a manifestation of his or her disability.

Some problem behaviors stem from students' misunderstandings about what the teacher expects of them during activities. What is the most appropriate strategy to use in this case?

Behavior modification is an orderly process whereby the environment is arranged to promote skill acquisition and shape social behavior.

The phrase manifestation of disability refers to problem behaviors that are unrelated to a student's disability, but rather are a manifestation of a student's home life and other disadvantages (e.g., improvised community).

Drew and Joe are two student-athletes on the high school wrestling team. They are very competitive, not only with their opponents during matches but also with one another. Although you (the coach) have not actually witnessed any serious problems between them, you were told by a couple of the other students on the team that when practice is over and they are changing clothes in the locker room, Drew and Joe will argue and even degrade one another with offensive name calling. What is the best way to intervene in this situation?

Suppose you are the physical education teacher at a local middle school. You have effectively used learning stations to work on shooting and dribbling. But you have three students-Alex, Cody, and Scott-who seem to have a difficult time staying on task. If they are in the same group, they talk and engage in horseplay through the station work instead of performing the tasks, and if you put them in different groups they throw balls at each other and disrupt the other groups. You don't want to punish the whole group for their lack of discipline. Which of the following approaches would best address this situation?

In using culturally responsive contingency management principles, which statement is most accurate?

Operant conditioning is best described as a student learning by observing another individual engaged in a behavior.

Why is culturally responsive behavior management important to the success of students in physical education?

Punishment is a basic principle of operant conditioning and is defined as a consequence that decreases the likelihood of future occurrences of the behavior it follows.

Some problems behaviors happen when a student is apathetic or unmotivated to participate actively. What is the most appropriate strategy to use in this case?

Which statement is most accurate?

Which is the best description of time out?