Exam 6: Aversive Control of Behavior

Which of the following is true regarding escape and avoidance responses?

Which of the following was not identified as a possible behavior principle influencing abused partners to stay in abusive situations?

Punishers that have to be used repeatedly indicate:

Hackenberg and Hineline (1987) gave one group of rats an avoidance period from electric shock before food and one group after food. They found that:

Azrin, Holz, and Hake's (1963) study on punishment and food deprivation in pigeons demonstrated that:

Research on the use of skin-shock punishment in treatment of self-injurious behavior:

You observe a fly (Drosophila) in a dish moving slowly, frequently resting, and generally appearing "depressed." Which of the following conditions of Yang, Bertolucci, Wolf, and Heisenberg's (2013) experiment was the fly most likely assigned?

For a person that has been stung by a bee, the sound of a buzzing bee serves a dual function. These two functions are:

In terms of dropping out, Sidman (2001) indicates that one basic element is:

For learned helplessness, pre-exposure to escape _____ the helplessness brought on by _____ aversive stimulation:

In terms of aversive stimuli, attacks and foul odors are _______ while threats and falling grades are ______.

A real-life example of ______ can be seen in individuals suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder who compulsively wash their hands because they fear exposure to germs.

Consider the following example: "Paige got a ticket for littering. As a result she has to pick up trash along the highway for at least 20 hours." This is an example of _______.

Chandler is having difficulty finishing a project for class where he teaches a rat to press and release a lever in order to escape an electric shock. Which of the following behaviors do you think is most likely interfering with successful completion of the targeted response?

Learned helplessness provides a behavioral explanation for:

Azrin, Holz, and Hake (1963) found that when pigeons were shocked with a punisher that increased intensity gradually ______, and when they were shocked with a punisher of moderate intensity ______.

The response cost procedure is an example of ______.

In Coercion and Its Fallout, Sidman (2001) argues that coercion consists of both:

If wheel running is a higher-frequency operant, then wheel running will ______ drinking; if wheel running is a lower-frequency operant, then wheel running will _____ drinking.

Which of the following outcomes suggests that social exclusion itself is found to trigger aggressive behavior?