Peggy penalizes her son $1 of his $20 per week allowance every day he fails to make his bed. This is a form of… A. Response Blocking B. Response Cost C. Time-Out
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How much time passed between iterations of the same behavior. A. Duration B. Inter-response time C. Latency
Length of time that passed before initiating a behavioral response A. Duration B. Inter-Response Time C. Latency
Rate and frequency counts require ___________________ behaviors. A. Covert B. Discrete C. Subjective
Fred has noticed that when Ricky ends a rant, he typically pauses for three or four minutes then resumes ranting. He decided to introduce a self-calming activity during the pause to try to eliminate the repetitive rants or at least ...
Fred is working with Ricky to decrease his ranting behavior by having him insert a pause before responding to stimuli that typically precede a rant. Inserting a pause is the replacement behavior. Which of the following methods could you use ...
Fred is working with Ricky to decrease ranting behavior (defined as high volume rapid speech containing curse words and complaints). The best way to measure this would most likely be A. Frequency count of the words he says during a ...
Behavior rate is expressed as n occurrences per x time period. A. True B. False
Frequency data is useless without a timeframe. True or False?
A child cries when her mother is brushing the child’s teeth, and her mother stops brushing. As a result the child is more likely to cry when she gets her teeth brushed. Does this example illustrate positive or negative reinforcement ...
During an extinction burst, the behavior might temporarily increase. In addition, __________ behaviors or ________ behaviors might occur.
A child cries in the store and the parent gives the child candy. As a result, the child is more likely to cry in the store. How would the parent use extinction for crying in this case?
A child cries in the store, and the parent gives the child candy. As a result, the child is more likely to cry in the store. What is the reinforcer for crying in this case?
During ___________ a previously extinguished behavior occurs again in the future.
Explain how the reinforcement schedule for a behavior (continuous or intermittent) influences extinction of the behavior.
What is negative reinforcement? Explain the extinction of a negatively reinforced behavior.
True or False: if the learner says “candy” and is given a ball this is demonstrating a functional relationship.
What happens to a behavior when it is accidentally reinforced during the extinction process?
when you combine reinforcement with extinction to increase one desirable behavior, while at the same time decreasing the undesirable behavior
Benny and Elaine say “I love you” at the end of every phone conversation. What reinforcement schedule is that?
The six schedules of reinforcement covered in this course are: Fixed Ratio, Variable Ratio, Fixed Interval, Variable Interval, Fixed Time, and Variable Time (t/f) True or False?
Reinforcer is another word for “reward” (t/f) True or False?
Negative reinforement is another word for punishment (T/F) True or False?
A behavior is followed immediately by the presentation of a stimulus that increases the future frequency of the behavior occurring in similar circumstances.
Caroline loves bubble gum. Her teacher gives bubble gum to every child who finishes their math facts work sheet in less than one minute. Caroline never finishes in one minute, and she cries when everyone gets bubblegum except for her. ...
Abby and Lucy had a huge argument on the playground last year. Lucy has refused to play with Abby since then. Her new best friend, Allie, recently started inviting Abby into their games. Lucy is now tolerating Abby as long ...
Benny dislikes the taste of vegetables and refuses to eat them anywhere except his grandmother’s house. He eats whatever his grandmother puts on his plate. Benny’s vegetable-eating behavior is explained by…
If my child continues to make low grades even though I am giving him praise and stickers every time he brings home a A, that proves he needs a punisher instead (T/F) True or False?
Presenting a stimulus with a highly reinforcing stimulus or highly punishing stimulus in order to condition it to have the same reinforcing or punishing properties. The term is often used to refer to pairing people with preferred items or activities ...
In order for a consequence to be truly reinforcing, the person must engage in the behavior more often in the future (T/F) True or False?
The basic principle of reinforcement is : stimulus- response- consequence (T/F) True or False?