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In the laboratory, when a clicking sound is followed by food, the clicking sound:
A. takes on a conditioned reinforcement function
B. will support an operant that produces it
C. can become an enduring reinforcing stimulus
D. is characterized by all of the above |
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| D. is characterized by all of the above |
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Backward chaining involves:
A. teaching the initial component or link first
B. teaching the final component or link first
C. teaching from the middle to the last component or link
D. teaching the final component or link in random order |
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| B. teach the final component or link first |
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On a chain schedule of reinforcement, the longer the delay between the sD and unconditioned reinforcement:
A. the greater the stimulus control
B. the less effective the sD as a conditioned reinforcer
C. the greater the value of the unconditioned reinforcer
D. the less the value of the unconditioned reinforcer |
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| B. the less effective the sD as a conditioned reinforcer |
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In terms of good news and bad news, research suggests that:
A. stimuli correlated with positive or negative reinforcement maintain an observing response
B. stimuli correlated with punishment and extinction maintain an observing response
C. stimuli correlated with negative reinforcement and punishment maintain an observing response
D. stimuli correlated with positive reinforcement and extinction maintain an observing response |
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| A. stimuli correlated with positive or negative reinforcement maintain an observing response |
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The behavior analysis of booking a flight on Delta or American Airlines illustrates:
A. how behavior is distributed on concurrent schedules of reinforcement
B. how behavior is distributed on concurrent-chain schedules of reinforcement
C. the role of delay reduction in choice situation
D. both B and C |
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According to Skinner (1953), a generalized conditioned reinforcer:
A. is extremely useful because it can be carried around and made contingent on behavior
B. is not very useful because it relies on the momentary deprivation/satiation of the organism
C. is produced by pairing a conditioned reinforcer with more than one unconditioned reinforcer
D. is produced by backward chaining of the unconditioned and conditioned reinforcers |
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| C. is produced by pairing a conditioned reinforcer with more than one unconditioned reinforcer |
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Attention from other people is usually reinforcing for children because:
A. attention has preceded a variety of reinforcements form people
B. attention is needed for children to develop into emotionally healthy individuals
C. attention is around children all the time so they get used to it
D. attention is a fundamental necessity of life that children thrive on |
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| A. attention has precede a variety of reinforcements from people |
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Victims sometimes become emotionally attached to people who mistreat them. This could be due to:
A. punishment of affectionate behavior of the victim
B. negative reinforcement of affectionate behavior of the victim
C. longing for a real emotional attachment to the parents
D. a misplaced sexual drive that is directed at the abuser |
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| B. negative reinforcement of affectionate behavior of the victim |
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The research on token reinforcement and chimpanzees shows:
A. token and food reinforcement are similar in maintaining behavior
B. tokens can bridge the interval between earning and spending
C. token reinforcement can maintain and train performance on discrimination tasks
D. all of the above |
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Systems of token reinforcement in humans have been used to improve the behavior of:
A. psychiatric patients
B. juvenile delinquents
C. normal children
D. medical patients
E. All of the above |
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