B-12 Quiz

What is the function of Establishing Operations (EO) in motivating operations?

• It makes a stimulus more desirable

• It makes a stimulus less desirable

• It signals a worsening or improving of conditions

• It establishes/abolishes the effectiveness of another stimulus as a reinforcer

Which of the following is an example of an Abolishing Operation (AO) in an everyday context?

• Eating a large meal and no longer seeking food

• Being very thirsty and increasing the behavior to gain access to water

• Seeing the clock display the time and increasing the value of food as a reinforcer

• Feeling tightness in the left eye

Why is it essential to follow a hypothesized behavioral function 'upstream' in clinical problem solving?

• To signal a worsening or improving of conditions

• To abolish the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus

• To establish the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus

• To identify the corresponding MO

What is the difference between Unconditioned Motivating Operations (UMO) and Conditioned Motivating Operations (CMO)?

• UMOs are environmental variables, while CMOs are not

• UMOs did not require any learning to have a value altering effect, while CMOs are learned and depend on the person and their context

• UMOs are motivational states that help us not die, while CMOs are not

• UMOs are learned, while CMOs are not

Which of the following is an example of a Conditioned Motivating Operation Reflexive (CMO-R) in a clinical context?

• A client wants to play with a light-up toy, but it is emitting a very weak light

• A client sees their behavior analyst walk through the door and sit down in the free play area

• A student is doing independent seat work and the teacher brings out the phonics books

• A condition or object that signals a worsening or improving of conditions

What does a Conditioned Motivating Operation Transitive (CMO-T) do?

• Makes a stimulus less desirable

• Makes a stimulus more desirable

• Establishes/abolishes the effectiveness of another stimulus as a reinforcer

• Signals a worsening or improving of conditions

In an everyday context, what does the presentation of the 12:00 on the clock serve as?

• An environmental variable that establishes/abolishes the effectiveness of another stimulus as a reinforcer

• A type of motivating operation that makes a stimulus more desirable

• A stimulus that acquired its effectiveness as an MO by being paired with another, previously established, MO

• A condition or object that signals a worsening or improving of conditions

What is the function of a Surrogate (CMO-S) in motivating operations?

• A stimulus that acquired its effectiveness as an MO by being paired with another, previously established, MO

• Makes a stimulus more desirable

• Establishes/abolishes the effectiveness of another stimulus as a reinforcer

• Signals a worsening or improving of conditions

Which of the following is an example of a Conditioned Motivating Operation Surrogate (CMO-S) in a clinical context?

• A consultee has a learning history involving the pairing of the presentation of aversive tasks with a particular supervisor

• A supervisee is completing an assignment and cannot remember the definition of CMO-T

• A client wants to play with a light-up toy, but it is emitting a very weak light

• A patient engages in seeking medical treatment when no medical conditions are present

What is the function of a Conditioned Motivating Operation Reflexive (CMO-R)?

• Establishes/abolishes the effectiveness of another stimulus as a reinforcer

• Signals a worsening or improving of conditions

• Makes a stimulus more desirable

• A condition or object that signals a worsening or improving of conditions