Exam 20: Self-Management

A target behavior that is occurring too little that you would like to increase is called a ____________________.

The use of consequence manipulations to increase a target behavior involves all of the following except:

The goal of self-management strategies is to decrease __________ and to increase __________.

Which of the following is NOT a self-management strategy?

Tom wants to decrease his behavior of swearing.He arranges a contingency in which he will pay five dollars to his parents every day that he swears.What type of contingency has Tom arranged?

Self-management programs cannot involve other individuals implementing reinforcers or punishers.

The fact that exercise provides health benefits in the future is often enough to get people to exercise in the present time.

When the act of self monitoring results in a change in the target behavior that is being recorded, self monitoring is said to be ___________.

Maintenance strategies are not a necessary part of self-management programs.

Presenting an Sᴰ for the target behavior or arranging an EO for the target behavior are examples of ____________________ manipulations.

Jeff wants to decrease the number of cigarettes that he smokes.Jeff writes an agreement with his roommate stating a specific level of the behavior that must be met, and the consequences for meeting and not meeting the goal.What type of self-management strategy is Jeff using?

When behavior modification procedures are used by an individual to change his or her own behavior, the process is called ___________.

What does it mean to short circuit the contingencies in a self-management project?

When individuals use behavior modification procedures to change their own behavior it is referred to as:

In self-management, the behavior that an individual engages in to influence the future occurrence of the target behavior is referred to as __________ behavior.

___________________ occurs when significant others naturally provide cues for the target behavior or provide reinforcing consequences for the target behavior.

In short-circuiting the contingencies you arrange a reinforcer for desirable behaviors.However, when you fail to engage in the desirable behavior, you:

Which of the following is NOT a reason why an undesirable behavior continues to occur?

The long term outcome of a behavior determines whether the behavior will occur.

In short-circuiting the contingencies you arrange a punisher for the occurrence of an undesirable behavior.However, when you engage in the undesirable behavior, you: