Exam 9: Operant Applications

Edward Taub's treatment of people with paralyzed limbs emerged from research with ___________.

___________ is the idea that any problem behavior that is eliminated through learning-based treatment will be replaced by a new problem behavior.

Delusions are often thought of as the products of a disordered "inner world," but operant learning research suggests that they are the products of a disordered _________.

Research suggests that bonuses based on employee performance can improve productivity ________.

Layng and Andronis reported the case of a psychiatric patient who feared that her head was falling off. This delusion appeared to be due to the fact that it got her social contact from the staff.

Problem behavior in children can usually be dealt with effectively through ___________.

In Skinner's teaching machines, the only reinforcer was the opportunity to move on to the next item.

Problem behavior in children can usually be dealt with effectively through ________ reinforcement.

Lovaas and Simmons used punishment to reduce self-injurious behavior in a boy. Before treatment, this boy would hit himself at a rate of up to _______.

Wesley Becker suggests that parents should think of themselves as _________.

Brad Alford's study of the man who thought he was followed by a witch is an example of ________.

The author of your text suggests that the worst orphanages illustrate the importance of operant learning to normal child development.

Hopkins and Conard found that when teachers made a few simple changes in how they taught, changes that included a shift from reprimands and threats to praise and positive feedback, students advanced at ______ the normal rate in reading.

Which is the better way of reducing the frequency of misbehavior in students, time out or differential reinforcement?

CIMT stands for______________.

Jack is a homeless man who lives on the streets of New York City. One cold January night he takes up a position outside a fancy restaurant and starts shouting, "God has ordered an equestrian invasion of Long Island." The restaurant owner calls the police and they take Jack to a hospital, where he spends A quiet night. You look into Jack's medical history and find that he _____________.

The first true teaching machines were built by B. F. Skinner.

Time out is a form of punishment.

Charles Madsen and his colleagues asked a teacher to _______ . This change in teacher behavior produced a marked reduction in misconduct .

Skinner's teaching machines presented the student with some information, then asked a question. The reinforcer for answering correctly was _________.