Exam 5: Reinforcement

theory assumes that a behavior becomes reinforcing when we are prevented from performing it as often as we normally would.

Secondary reinforcers are also called reinforcers.

Extinction often increases the variability of behavior.

According to theory, schoolchildren are eager to go to recess because they have been deprived of the opportunity to exercise.

The training procedure Thorndike used in his famous experiments with cats is best described as .

What is the chief problem with the two-process theory of avoidance?

The more effort a behavior requires, the fewer times the behavior will be performed during extinction.

Compare Premack's relative value theory with the response deprivation theory of Timberlake and Allison.

The distinctive characteristic of the Sidman avoidance procedure is that .

Alan Neuringer demonstrated that with reinforcement, could learn to behave randomly.

Contrary to what many people think, research shows that contrived reinforcers can actually enhance interest in the reinforced activity.

Operant learning is sometimes called learning.

The law of effect says that .

Normally, the first step in chaining is task .

Negative reinforcement increases the strength of a behavior.

Sylvia believes that the reinforcement properties of an event depend on the extent to which it provides access to high probability behavior.Sylvia is most likely an advocate of theory.

Efforts to reinforce the contraction of individual muscle fibers have failed.

The Premack principle says that reinforcement involves .

Shaping is the reinforcement of of a desired behavior.

Operant learning may also be referred to as .