by Mark H. Taylor, D.D.S.

1. Your patient is 4 years old and upon initial examination displays the following behavior: kicking, grabbing of the dentist's hands, and crying. Which of the behavioral types does this child typify?

1. Uncontrolled
2. Defiant
3. Timid
4. Tense-cooperative
5. Whining

2. In the reception area, your five year old patient will not talk to your assistant (even though she is very friendly and good with children) and shields him/her self behind his/her mother. This is an example of which behavioral type?

1. Uncontrolled
2. Defiant
3. Timid
4. Tense-cooperative
5. Whining

3. Reinforcement of successive approximations to a desired behavioral goal is an example of:

1. Positive reinforcement
2. Negative reinforcement
3. Behavior shaping
4. Immediate reinforcement

4. Maintenance doses of nitrous oxide should be reduced in half after approximately 30 minutes of administration because of the saturation effect.

1. True
2. False

5. A severely mentally challenged four year old that lacks significant communication skills would be categorized as:

1. Cooperative
2. Lacking cooperative ability
3. Potentially cooperative

6. "Behavior which is rewarded increases in frequency, and behavior which is punished or unrewarded decreases in frequency." This is a definition of:

1. Freudian theory
2. Maslow's theory
3. Cognitive theory
4. Learning theory

7. An important point to remember with the Tell-Show-Do technique is:

1. Use immediate reinforcement
2. Use appropriate language
3. Empathize, not Sympathize
4. All of the above