Deck 10: Social Learning Interventions

Question 1

What relationship skills must a person possess in order to be an effective role model?

Answer 1

No Answer

Question 2

Think for a minute about the most effective teachers you have had over the years. In what ways did their classes demonstrate the principles of effective modeling? How did they utilize the various steps of the social learning process?

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

What is the rationale behind teaching the skills listed in Box 10.1 to correctional clients?

Answer 3

No Answer

Question 4

Identify the important components or steps of the social learning process.

Question 5

What is meant by "anticriminal modeling?" In what ways do case managers or counselors sometimes inadvertently demonstrate criminal modeling?

Question 6

According to PMT, what are the skills of good parenting?

Question 7

The use of therapeutic communities as a treatment strategy in the correctional system primarily emphasizes the criminogenic aspects of a correctional client's personality

Question 8

People attend more to models they like than to models they do not like

Question 9

Reinforcement contingencies are very important in determining what behaviors observers are willing to perform spontaneously

Question 10

Practicing the modeled goal behavior can occur symbolically

Question 11

The most common form of motor rehearsal is role playing

Question 12

Covert modeling is a process that encourages the client to visualize his or her performance of the behaviors they want to perform

Question 13

Generalized training encourages youth clients to practice newly learned skills on each other

Question 14

Role-playing provides an opportunity to rehearse a skill immediately after it has been modeled

Question 15

Transfer training identifies a number of techniques for identifying new antisocial behaviors.-------------------------------

Question 16

Institutional staff can be models for antisocial behaviors and attitudes

Question 17

_________ is the theorist who is, in large part, responsible for developing modeling theory.

A) B.F. Skinner
B) Albert Ellis
C) Albert Bandura
D) Aaron Beck

Question 18

In contrast to operant conditioning, social learning:

A) does not use reinforcements to increase the likelihood that a target behavior will be repeated.
B) operates largely through observation processes.
C) examines unconscious motivations for behavior.
D) denies the impact that antisocial friends may have on eliciting antisocial behavior.

Question 19

______________ is a behavioral strategy that relies on learning from the behavior of others.

A) A token economy
B) Extrinsic reinforcers
C) Behavioral contracting
D) Modeling

Question 20

Which of the following variables determines how much influence a model will have?

A) the functional value of the behaviors observed
B) the observer's perceptual set toward the model
C) characteristics of the model, such as attractiveness
D) all of the above

Question 21

The counselor's praise of a client's acquisition of a socially appropriate behavior is called:

A) vicarious reinforcement.
B) external reinforcement.
C) self-reinforcement.
D) covert modeling reinforcement.

Question 22

For observational learning to occur, the learner must:

A) attend to the model.
B) mentally retain what is observed.
C) have the ability and skill to perform the act.
D) all of the above are essential

Question 23

From the social learning perspective:

A) behavior is consistent across situations.
B) individual perceptions of situations are more relevant than objective perceptions of situations.
C) feelings determine actions.
D) assessment emphasizes a wide range of situations.

Question 24

According to social learning theory, problems in behavior arise primarily through:

A) vicarious conditioning processes.
B) faulty expectations.
C) observational learning.
D) all of the above

Question 25

Which of the following is not mentioned as an organizational consideration for implementing a social learning program?

A) hiring treatment providers who can empathize with clients, a desired characteristic for being a skilled role model
B) providing an agency-wide environment that models prosocial behavior
C) no antisocial clients are admitted to the program because they would model criminal behavior to the program participants
D) the program schedule should allow sufficient time for role-playing

Question 26

Effective behavior rehearsal or practice:

A) occurs only when the client physically goes through the motions of the new skill.
B) depends on the client's ability to thoroughly replicate the new skill.
C) should be substituted by role-playing during the third treatment session.
D) is enhanced when the client engages in accurate self-observation.

Question 27

Skill Streaming is a component of a treatment package called:

A) Attribution Replacement Training.
B) Aggression Replacement Training.
C) Anger Replacement Training.
D) Antisocial Replacement Training.

Question 28

As found in research on Parent Management Training (PMT), which of the following is not one of the ways in which poor parental discipline contributes to child behavioral problems?

A) punishing too severely.
B) punishing inconsistently or coercively.
C) ignoring good behavior.
D) failing to set limits.

Question 29

Transfer training:

A) helps clients to generalize newly learned behaviors outside of the treatment setting.
B) includes role-playing in a variety of situations.
C) may involve overlearning material.
D) all of the above

Question 30

All of the following are ways in which the modeling provided by others facilitates our own learning except:

A) demonstrating how to perform a new behavior.
B) providing a social context for who to perform the behavior with.
C) prompting or showing us how to use the behavior at the appropriate times.
D) motivating us, or increasing our desire to use a new skill or behavior.

Question 31

What qualities in an individual increase the likelihood they will be imitated by others? In other words, who makes a good role model?

A) those who appear competent.
B) those who appear to be attractive.
C) those who are rewarded.
D) all of the above.

Question 32

All of the following factors increase the likelihood for antisocial behavior except:

A) having antisocial associates or role models.
B) poor parental modeling.
C) watching violent movies and games.
D) modeling aggressive behavior.

Question 33

Clients of probation officers who _____________ and ____________ have the lowest rates of recidivism.

A) modeled antisocial attitudes; displayed good relationship skills.
B) modeled anti-criminal attitudes; displayed authoritarian relationship skills.
C) modeled anti-criminal attitudes; displayed good relationship skills.
D) modeled antisocial attitudes; displayed authoritarian relationship skills.

Question 34

All of the following are recommended non-verbal expressions of approval of a client's statement or behavior except:

A) eye contact.
B) smiling.
C) a sharing of experiences.
D) hugging.

Question 35

What is one of the techniques Andrews and Bonta (2010) suggest for "anti-criminal modeling"?

A) express cynicism regarding the criminal justice system.
B) encourage association with "prosocial others."
C) attempt "con talk" in an effort to become closer to clients.
D) don't correct any negative attitudes toward police, courts, and correctional agencies.

Question 36

It is hoped clients will see goal behaviors modeled outside of treatment groups, but treatment efforts are often discouraged when:

A) parents and family members model aggressive behaviors.
B) institutional staff model antisocial behaviors.
C) peers encourage delinquents to revisit criminal behavior.
D) all of the above