Exam 8: Extinction and Stimulus Control

Functional communication training is a version of a _____ procedure in which a child is taught to communicate his or her needs _____.

The side effects of extinction can include a(n)

Discrimination training involves

A pigeon's response is reinforced on an orange key but not a yellow key. In a test of the generalization gradient, the strongest response will most likely be to a(n) _____.

The difference between a chained schedule and a multiple schedule is that a multiple schedule:

In a zoo, you notice a camel being led around while it touches the end of a stick with its nose. This illustrates a procedure known as _____, which is a form of _____.

Which of the following processes most clearly reflects the need to be persistent in order to eliminate a behavior pattern?

The frequency of spontaneous recovery tends to _____ across successive sessions of extinction.

Your new puppy has the habit of chewing the rug. One way of using stimulus control to eliminate this behavior would be to:

A pigeon is presented with a blue key and a red key in alternating order. In the presence of the blue key, it earns food on a VI 200-sec schedule. In the presence of the red key, it earns food on a VI 600-sec schedule. The VI 600-sec schedule is then changed to a VI 100-sec schedule. As a result, the rate of response on the VI 200-sec schedule _____, illustrating a _____ contrast effect.

Errorless discrimination training is a procedure that reduces

In an experiment, a pigeon receives food whenever it pecks a green key and not when it pecks a yellow key. In this experiment, the green key acts as the _____ while the yellow key acts as the _____.

The reinforcement of any behavior other than the target behavior that is being extinguished is known as _____.

In a negative contrast effect, an increase in the rate of _____ on one component of a multiple schedule is followed by a decrease in the rate of _____ on the other component.

Define the partial reinforcement effect. Of the four basic intermittent schedules, which schedule produces particularly strong resistance to extinction?

What is resistance to extinction? Distinguish between low resistance and high resistance to extinction.

Define anticipatory contrast and give an example.

Mohammed loved watching television until last summer when his favorite shows went off the air. During the summer, though he still watched television, he found reading to be much more interesting than before. Mohammed's behavior illustrates a(n) _____.

When Janice stopped paying attention to her daughter's tantrums, they stopped by the end of the day. However, they reappeared the next morning, as well as on subsequent mornings. It is most likely that each time the tantrums appeared, they were _____ than before.

When Teresa started ignoring her daughter Lisa's tantrums, the tantrums began to decrease until they occurred at about half the rate that they previously did. In other words, Lisa's tantrums have been