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Question 1

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What does the ABC 3-term contingency represent in relation to POSITIVE psychology?
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  • Antecedent, Behaviour, Consequence
  • Adversity, Belief, Consequent mood
  • Aversive, Behaviour, Conditioning
  • Addicition, Belief, Consequence

Question 2

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What does the ABC 3-term contingency represent in relation to BEHAVIOURAL psychology?
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  • Adversity, Belief, Consequent mood
  • Antecedent, Belief, Consequence
  • Antecedent, Bahaviour, Consequence
  • Adversity, Behaviour, Consequent mood

Question 3

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People who consume more chocolate tend to be happier than those who do not. This correlation is
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  • Positve
  • Negative
  • Zero
  • We do not have enough information

Question 4

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What does CBT stand for?
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  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • Cognitive Behaviour Treatment
  • Classical Behavioural Therapy
  • Conditioning Behaviour Therapies

Question 5

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Which answer does NOT promote savouring?
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  • Sharing experiences
  • Memory building
  • Self-congratulating
  • Sharpening perceptions
  • Absorption
  • Mindfulness

Question 6

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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.
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  • True
  • False
  • Do not have enough information

Question 7

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I love Burger King and save it for special occasions like after completing an assignment. The Burger King is contingent upon completing an assignment.
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  • True
  • False
  • We do not have enough information

Question 8

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"That's such good news that you got that grade, let's have dinner out tonight!" This is an example of
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  • Passive-Constructive
  • Passive-Destructive
  • Active-Destructive
  • Active constructive

Question 9

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"Well done for that paintball score, what do you want to do tomorrow?" Is an example of
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  • Passive-Constructive
  • Passive-Destructive
  • Active-Destructive
  • Active_Constructive

Question 10

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Self-control is...
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  • 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?

Question 11

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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
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  • Baseline
  • Intervention
  • Marvel and DC what are they?
  • Control

Question 12

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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
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  • Generalised conditioned reinforcers
  • Positive Reinforcers
  • Mediators
  • Negative Punishers

Question 13

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If you want to extinguish an unwanted behaviour, you should:
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  • Remove motivating operations
  • Reinforce an alternative behaviour
  • Punish the unwanted behaviour
  • Increase response effort

Question 14

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When trying to increase a new behaviour, you should reinforce yourself:
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  • Contingently
  • Continuously
  • Immediately
  • All of the answers

Question 15

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

Question 16

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A target behaviour that is occuring too little that you would like to increase is called a
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  • Behaviour deficit
  • Behaviour excess
  • Self-management
  • Undesirable behaviour

Question 17

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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_____________
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  • More reinforcing, Less reinforcing
  • Less reinforcing, More reinforcing
  • Punishing, Reinforcing
  • Less likely, More likely

Question 18

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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
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  • Increasing response effort
  • Decreasing response effort
  • Less cost effective
  • Positive reinforcement

Question 19

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Which of the following is not manipulated in antecedent control procedures?
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  • Reinforcers
  • Response effort
  • Punishers
  • Immediacy

Question 20

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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
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  • Neutral
  • Negative
  • Positive
  • Aversive

Question 21

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Condoms are a/an __________________ for safe-sex and having them therefore may be a/an___________________ for sex.
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  • Discriminative stimulus, Establishing Operation
  • Positive reinforcer, Aboloshing Operation
  • Negative Reinforcer, Establishing Operation
  • Establishing operation, Aboloshing Operation

Question 22

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What antecedent manipulations could one make to decrease behaviour?
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  • Remove the discriminitve stimulus
  • Increase response effort
  • Add aboloshing operations
  • All of the answers

Question 23

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Which procedures will NOT increase self-efficacy?
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  • 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

Question 24

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Which is NOT one of the 3 elements of happiness?
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  • Frequent positive emotion
  • Satisfied with own life
  • Infrequent negative emotions
  • Frequent self-efficacy beliefs

Question 25

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Money is an unconditioned reinforcer
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  • True
  • False

Question 26

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What was the initial unconditioned response in Pavlov's dog study?
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  • Salivating
  • Bell
  • Food
  • Barking

Question 27

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What was the initial neutral stimulus in Pavlov's study, that later became a conditioned stimulus?
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  • Bell
  • Food
  • Salivating
  • Eating

Question 28

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Which statement regarding self-efficacy is most correct?
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  • 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

Question 29

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From a behavioural perspective, our personality is
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  • Due to past experiences
  • A set of learned behaviours in a situation
  • A set of behaviours developed from social interaction
  • Conditioned behaviours

Question 30

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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.
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  • Removed, Negative
  • Added, Positive
  • Controlled, Positive
  • Impulsive, Negative

Question 31

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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
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  • Punished Parkour
  • Reinforced Parkour
  • Increased response effort
  • Really sucked and she is quite annoyed

Question 32

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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:
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  • 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

Question 33

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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
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  • A neutral stimuli
  • Negative punishment
  • Positive punishment
  • Negative reinforcement

Question 34

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Differential reinforcement is the ____________ of one behaviour and the ___________ of another behaviour in a situation.
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  • Punishment, Motivating operation
  • Reinforcement, Extinction
  • Shaping, Chaining
  • Discriminitive stimulus, Aboloshing operation

Question 35

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Colossus praised Deadpool for not killing individuals and ignored him when he did. What procedure is this?
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  • Shaping
  • Differential reinforcement
  • Chaining
  • Punishment

Question 36

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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?
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  • Shaping
  • Chaining
  • Differential reinforcement
  • Reinforcement

Question 37

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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
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  • A stimulus-response chain
  • Shaping
  • Differential reinforcement
  • Reinforcement

Question 38

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A behavioural contract states the __________ that will be administered contingent on the occurrence of the behaviour.
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  • Consequence
  • Punishment
  • Reinforcement
  • Response

Question 39

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What is the first thing that should be done before implementing shaping?
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  • Define the target behaviour
  • Determine whether shaping is the most appropriate procedure
  • Identify the starting bahaviour
  • Choose the shaping steps

Question 40

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What does DRI stand for?
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  • Differential reinforcement of the incompatible behaviour
  • Differential reinforcement of other behaviour
  • Differential reinforcement of the incomplete behaviour
  • Differential reinforcement of low rate behaviour

Question 41

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What does ACT stand for?
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  • Adrenocorticotropic
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Avoidance and Commitment Therapy
  • Attempt and Commitment Therapy

Question 42

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What is ACT?
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  • 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

Question 43

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Psychological wellbeing is not the absence of sadness it is also
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  • Meaning and purpose
  • Mindfulness
  • Values
  • Life balance and flexibility
  • Needs for belonging
  • All of the answers

Question 44

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What is Experiental Avoidance (EA)?
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  • 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

Question 45

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What is the theory behind ACT?
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  • 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

Question 46

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ACT interventions help us develop an awareness of a higher sense of self known as ____________
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  • Self-as-context
  • Others-as-context
  • Self-as-content
  • Higher-sense-self

Question 47

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What is Thorndike's law of effect?
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  • 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

Question 48

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Which method would NOT increase a behaviour?
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  • Provide SD
  • Enhance EO
  • Increase response effort
  • Decrease response effort

Question 49

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Which of the following is NOT a facet of psychological flexibility?
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  • Cognitive defusion
  • Committed actions
  • Self-as-context
  • Acceptance
  • Values
  • Attachment to Conceptualised self

Question 50

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

Question 51

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Humans use language in two domains:
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  • Personal, Public
  • Private, Public
  • Pedantic, Publicly
  • Personalised, Public

Question 52

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In which wave of behavioural psychology would Skinner be considered?
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  • 1st - Basic laboratory studies
  • 2nd - Using what they've learnt to make lives better
  • 3rd - The use of developed therapies e.g. CBT, ACT

Question 53

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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.
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  • Hedonia (pleasure), Eudaimania (a life well lived), Engagement
  • Subjective wellbeing, Flourishing, Homeostasis
  • Homeostasis, subjective wellbeing, flourishing
  • Hedonia, Engangement, Eudaimania

Question 54

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What is the function of the default mode network?
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  • Learning and motivation
  • Maintain homeostasis
  • Cause depression
  • Tell the pituitary gland to release chemicals

Question 55

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Most neurons only emit one kind of neurotransmitter
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  • True
  • False

Question 56

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What is operant conditioning?
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  • 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

Question 57

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What is NOT part of habit reversal procedures?
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  • Awareness training
  • Mindfulness
  • Competing response training
  • Social support
  • Motivating procedures

Question 58

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Which is NOT a neurotransmitter?
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  • Endocannabinoids - the 'bliss' molecule
  • Dopamine - the 'reward' molecule
  • Endorphin - the 'pain-killing' molecule
  • Serotonin - the 'confidence' molecule
  • Epinephrine - the 'energy' molecule

Question 59

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What is contingency?
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  • 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

Question 60

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Which will NOT decrease behaviour?
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  • Eliminate SD
  • Arrange an AO
  • Increase response effort
  • Provide SD

Question 61

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What are the two brain networks involved in happiness?
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  • Reward system and Default Mode Network
  • Auditory and Visual
  • Reward System and Endocrine System
  • Positive Punishment and Behavioural Contrast

Question 62

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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?
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  • Work: Positive Punishment Home: Behavioural Contrast
  • Work: Negative Punishment Home: Positive Reinforcement
  • Work: Negative Reinforcement Home: Behavioural Contract
  • Work: Negative Punishment Home: Escape

Question 63

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Hormones are a type of neurotransmitter?
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  • True
  • False

Question 64

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GABA ________ the firing of neurons. Ecstasy leads to a build up of __________ .
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  • Reduces, Serotonin
  • Increases, Dopamine
  • Reduces, Epinephrine
  • Increases, GABA

Question 65

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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?
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  • Outcome recording, Generalised Conditioned Reinforcers
  • Interval recording, points
  • Time-sample, tokens
  • Event, Generalised Conditioned Reinforcers

Question 66

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What is NOT a feature of Angelman's syndrome?
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  • Smiling
  • Developmental delay
  • Consistent sad moods
  • Tongue thrusting

Question 67

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

Question 68

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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?
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  • 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

Question 69

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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?
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  • Child-friendly environments
  • Graduated exposure
  • Getting it over and done with quickly
  • Distraction

Question 70

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

Question 71

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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...
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  • Conditioned emotional response
  • Unconditioned emotional response
  • Positive punisher
  • Negative punisher

Question 72

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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:
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  • Reactivity
  • Contingency contract
  • Psychological Flexibility
  • Thorndike's law of effect

Question 73

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When behaviour modification procedures are used by an individual to change his or her own behaviour, the process is called?
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  • Self-management
  • Self-efficacy
  • Self-reinforcement
  • Self-blaming

Question 74

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The most powerful of all positive psychology techniques is:
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  • Three good things method
  • Random acts of kindness
  • Gratitude visit

Question 75

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Important other people who help dispense contingent consequences are called:
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  • Mediators
  • Obsevers
  • Experimenters
  • Friends
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