Test #5
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- FR2, FR3, FR4, and FR5 are the schedules for ___________.
- maintenance
- A theory that assumes that species-typical consummatory responses involve a particular type of reinforcer is _____________.
- Primary
- In the chain of behaviors, FR5 turns into __________.
- Sd6
- The critical feature in interval schedules is the ________ of when you make the response.
- timing
- ____________ are the most salient aspect of shaping human behavior.
- Schedules of reinforcement
- Sd1- _______ -Sr1~{leads to} _________.
- P1, Sd2
- One way to ensure that the performer doesn't suffer ratio strain is to ________ the schedule of reinforcement out.
- lean
- If you get so mad you want to hurt someone else, this is an example of __________.
- schedule induced aggression
- _____ is a schedule of used for shaping.
- FR1
- __________ are the schedules for stabilization.
- Variables
- In the Premack Principle, a _________ frequency behavior is made contingent upon a ___________ frequency behavior.
- ?
- What schedules of reinforcement are you on when you place a call _________.
- FR10
- The stimulus that indicates that the performance will now be reinforced is the ________ stimulus.
- discriminative
- In the chain of behaviors, the _______ follows the performance.
- Sr
- When the behavior is no longer reinforced it is called ___________.
- extinction
- ________ _________ are schedules that require a fixed number of behaviors for a single reinforcer.
- Fixed ratio
- If a student takes an course in which four exams determine his/her grade and the dates of those exams are listed on a syllabus at the beginning of the semester the student's study habits, if charted on a graph, will most likely be a _________.
- fixed interval scallop
- Both fixed ratio and fixed interval have a post reinforcement pause, but it is more notable in __________.
- fixed ratio
- The amount of time between responses is the ____________.
- interresponse time
- _____________ is reduced sensitivity of the choice behavior to the relative rates of reinforcement.
- Undermatching
- The instrumental response occurs in the presence of __________, and results in the delivery of _____________.
- distinctive stimuli, reinforcer outcome
- Modern two-process theory assumes that there are two distinct types of learning, _________ and ____________.
- Pavlonian and instrumental conditioning
- With response deprivation even a _________-probability response can be used to reinforce a ________-probability response.
- low, high
- Classically conditioned stimuli elicit not only _______ states, but also _______ responses.
- emotional, overt
- A law of behavior, _____________, states that the relative rate of responding on an alternative matched the relative rate of reinforcement on that alternative.
- the matching law
- ________require that the organism respond at a particular rate to get reinforced.
- Response-rate schedules
- The subject that shows mostly short IRTs will be responding at a _________ rate.
- high
- The interval between one response and the next is called the ___________.
- interresponse time IRT
- ________ and _________ maintain steady rates of responding.
- VR, VI
- The bliss point provides the _________ for the instrumental behavior.
- motivation
- __________ is the spice of life.
- Variety
- The term _________ refers to making something better.
- melioration
- The longer the reinforcer is delayed, the __________ its value.
- smaller
- A _______ schedule favors short IRTs, and ___________ schedules favor long IRTs.
- ratio, interval
- A __________ is when the shaper requires one performance in the given amount of time or he/she will withold the reinforcer.
- limited hold
- A __________ schedule allows for continuous measurement of choice because the organism is free to change back and forth between the response alternatives at any time.
- concurrent
- A mechanic who can't tell you how long it will take to fix your car has imposed a __________ schedule on you.
- VI
- A subject that favors mostly _________ IRTs will be responding at a low rate.
- long
- Different schedules of reinforcement allow for ________________.
- schedule induced behavior
- If you are scheduled to see a show at 7pm, and at 7:10pm you begin to chant, "we want show, we want show!" This is an example of ____________.
- schedule induced behavior
- Interval schedules are most closely associated with ________, while ratio schedules are most often associated with __________.
- sense of time, counting and spatial memory
- The __________ can be identified by the relative frequency of occurrence of all the responses of an organism in an unconstrained situation.
- behavioral bliss point
- The __________ theory attributes reinforcement to species typical behavior.
- consummatory response
- Three events must be considered in an analysis of instrumental conditioning: 1)_________, 2)___________, 3)____________.
- the stimulus context, the intrumental response, and the response outcome.`
- When comparing a variable ratio schehdule, to a fixed ration schedule, a variable ration schedule has a ________ sloping line, more behavior, and more _________ behavior.
- steeper, consistent
- _________ and _________ schedules produce high rates of responding just before the delivery of the next reinforcer.
- FI, FR
- _________ is when the relative rate of responding is more sensitive to relative rate of reinforcement than what is predicted by perfect matching.
- Overmatching
- ___________ assume that organisms always chose whichever response alternative is most likely to be reinforced at the time.
- Molecular theories of maximizing
- ____________ assume that organisms distribute their responses among various alternatives in order to maximize the amount of reinforcement they earn over the long run.
- Molar theories of maximization