Exam 31: Shaping and Schedules of Reinforcement: A Comprehensive Guide

When a behavior becomes more probable in the presence of a stimulus or situation as a result of a similar behavior having been strengthened in the presence of that stimulus or situation,_________________ has occurred.

An FI/LH is similar to a simple FI schedule, procedurally, in that in both FI and FI/LH:

When a particular behavior is likely to occur in the presence of a particular stimulus and not others, we say that_________ exists.

The people, objects, and events that make up a person's environment are called:

Suppose that you have a MasterCard and a Visa and you typically use the MasterCard because it gives you AirMile points for each person.Suppose further that MasterCard terminates their AirMiles program and you switch to Visa.The announcement of the termination of the AirMiles program would be an example of a(n)____________for using the MasterCard:

A parent points to a dog and asks the child, "What's that?" and the child replies, "dog." The reply by the child is an example of a(n):

The time between the occurrence of a stimulus and the beginning of a response is referred to as latency.

In a behavior modification token system, tokens can be exchanged for more powerful reinforcers called:

Behavioral couple therapy typically involves the following stages:

The first step in a self-control program is to decide how to use self-reinforcement.

In the program in which Tommy could earn extra playtime at the end of the day for having three or fewer talkouts during class, Tommy's talkouts may have decreased because the teacher immediately reinforced Tommy for working without talking.

Skinner's text Science and Human Behavior (1953):

When behavior becomes more probable in the presence of one stimulus or situation as a result of having been reinforced in the presence of another stimulus or situation, we say that _____________has occurred.

Evaluating the practical importance of behavior change to the client and following the implementation of a behavior modification program, is referred to as:

Which of the following procedures would you probably use if you wanted to decrease an excessive behavior?

Automatic conditioned reinforcement enables us to explain why babies babble a great deal, even when no adults are around.

"Reinforcement contingent on the first response occurring after a fixed period of time" is the definition of a(n)_______schedule.

If an organism has been conditioned so that a particular CS elicits a CR, and then a similar stimulus elicits that CR, the latter is referred to as:

Making the training situation as different as possible from target situations is a tactic for programming stimulus generalization.

A man walking toward a door with his arms full of purchases is typically an SD for another person to open the door for him.