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Question 1

A generalized reinforcer:

Question 1 options:

Is classically associated with one primary reinforcer

Is classically associated with many primary reinforcers

Is the same as a primary reinforcer

Question 2

Hadar trains her dog to come when she snaps her fingers. In this example, finger snapping is a(n)

Question 2 options:

punisher

discriminative stimulus

primary reinforcer

Question 3

Yvette dated two people. One was often unkind, and had brown hair. The other was kind, and had reddish-brown hair. Now Yvettle only approaches potential partners with bright red hair. This could be considered an example of:

Question 3 options:

peak shift

modeling

resurgence

Question 11

On a generalization gradient, a flatter line indicates

Question 11 options:

more discrimination

more generalization

zero generalization

Question 12

Your adored partner arrives home every evening at 6 PM. Every so often, you take a quick glance at the clock to see if it is now 6 PM. As 6 PM approaches, the rate of your glancing will _____, because you are on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

Question 12 options:

slower; FI

faster; FI

slower; VI

Question 17

Earning $10 for every five people you sign up to a new Internet sales club is an example of what kind of schedule?

Question 17 options:

FR10

FR5

FI10

Question 22

An increase in the rate of reinforcement on one schedule is likely to lead to ____ in behavior on a different, simultaneously presented, schedule.

Question 22 options:

a decrease

an unpredictable change

no change

Question 26

On a Multiple FI 20-sec VI 60-sec schedule of reinforcement, the first component is changed to an FI 200-sec schedule. As a result, the rate of response on the VI 60-sec schedule will likely

Question 26 options:

increase

remain the same

it is impossible to predict

Question 29

According to what you know about extinguishing scheduled behavior, which of the following ‘problem gamblers’ will have the most difficult time quitting?

Question 29 options:

Dylan, who has been gambling daily for 1 year, and has only won twice

Chris, who has been gambling daily for 20 years, and wins big approximately once per month

Ryan, who constantly plays very low-stakes games and wins several times a week.

Question 30

Each time the dog scratches at the door, his owner lets him go outside. In technical terms, this is an example of a(n) ____ schedule of reinforcement.

Question 30 options:

shaping

continuous

extinction

Question 31

My child speaks to me rudely if I hand her the wrong thing. Sometimes I tell my child to be polite, but sometimes I reward this behavior by quietly handing over the right thing. In order to extinguish the rude speaking, what weird thing should I do?

Question 31 options:

Start by always handing over the right thing in response to rudeness

Keep doing what I have been doing, and also reward something I like about my child

There is no cure for rudeness

Question 32

When you go to schedule for classes, you first have to speak to your advisor to get the hold removed from your account, and then you have to wait until your scheduled registration date and time. This is NOT an example of a multiple schedule, because:

Question 32 options:

you must complete both behaviors before you get any reinforcer

this situation does not resemble a laboratory

you only have to complete one or the other behavior to register for classes

Question 34

In a classroom, students began to pay close attention to their teacher whenever she moved slightly to the right side of the room. They acted bored and ignore the teacher when she was on the left side of the room. Over time the teacher began to spend all of her time on the right side of the room. These students successfully:

Question 34 options:

used positive reinforcement to change their teacher’s behavior

all of the other answers are correct

used instrumental conditioning to change their teacher’s behavior

Question 37

In errorless discrimination training:

Question 37 options:

the negative discriminative stimulus (S? or S-) is presented in a weak form to begin with

the discriminative stimulus (SD or S+) is never presented

the negative discriminative stimulus (S? or S-) is presented in a strong form to begin with

Question 42

When a stimulus is taken away, the behavior that caused it to be taken away increases. This contingency is known as:

Question 42 options:

Negative reinforcement

Positive punishment

Positive reinforcement

Question 45

Karl plays cards for several hours a day, and spends only a few minutes studying. According to the Premack principle,

Question 45 options:

studying could be used as a punisher for playing cards.

playing cards could be used as a punisher for studying.

studying could be used as a reinforcer for playing cards and playing cards could be used as a punisher for studying.

Question 47

Which behavioral schedule listed below will be hardest to extinguish?

Question 47 options:

scheduled behaviors are all equally difficult to extinguish

Question 48

I used toys to reinforce my daughter’s toilet training. I found that she did not learn to use the toilet successfully, even after a long time, though at the beginning using the “grown-up potty” seemed to be an exciting experience for her. What might a behaviorist say I did wrong?

Question 48 options:

I tried to toilet train my daughter too early

I used an extrinsic reinforcer to reinforce intrinsically reinforcing behavior

I didn’t make any mistakes, my daughter was just being stubborn

Question 50

On one of the four basic schedules of reinforcement, and animal will respond rapidly and steadily, making a pause after each reinforcement. Which of the following is that schedule?

Question 50 options:

Fixed Ratio (FR)

Variable Ratio (VR)

Variable Interval (VI)

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