Exam 10: Choice Matching and Self Control

What is overmatching? Give an example of overmatching (with hypothetical proportions) that might occur on a concurrent VI 20-sec VI 30-sec schedule.

Behavioral contracting, in which a client negotiates a contract with a therapist to help control certain behaviors, operates on the principle of _____.

The general relationship between reward value and decreasing delay is that reward value _____ when the reward is _____.

Gord has no trouble buckling down to study each night, while Gayle is constantly putting it off in order to do fun tasks. This suggests that Gord has a _____ delay function for _____ than Gayle has.

According to _____, the proportion of responses emitted on a certain schedule will approximately equal the proportion of reinforcers obtained on that schedule.

The major difficulty in issues involving self-control is that the more valued alternative tends to be:

To the extent that Romano gets up early to study for his math test next week as opposed to lying in bed for an extra hour, he is displaying self-_________. To the extent that he chooses to lie in bed, he is displaying _________.

What is a concurrent schedule? Diagram an example of a concurrent schedule that might be used in an operant conditioning experiment with pigeons.

Given a choice between an FR 20 and an FR 80 schedule of reinforcement, a rat would most likely (once it has enough experience) respond

According to melioration theory, an organism shifts its behavior toward higher value alternatives

According to the matching law, on a concurrent VI 10-sec VI 30-sec schedule of reinforcement, _____ of responses will be emitted on the VI 30-sec alternative.

Otis finds himself alone with the whipped cream his mother just made. In order to resist having some, he should:

During the evening, Rosalie can either watch television or read a book. This is best described as an example of a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

Choice behavior is generally best studied with a _____ schedule of reinforcement

On a concurrent VI 20-sec VI 30-sec schedule, a rat emits an average of 15 responses per minute on the VI 20 alternative and 10 responses per minute on the VI 30 alternative. These results are consistent with

The term self-control often refers to situations in which one chooses a _____ reward over a _____ reward.

Telling your parents to severely chastise you if you watch television rather than study this weekend is best described as an example of a:

The major difficulty in issues involving self-control is that the less valued alternative tends to be:

By eating a full meal before going grocery shopping, Susan was able to ensure that she did not buy junk food. Eating a full meal is the _____, while the types of groceries she bought is the _____.

In keeping with the Ainslie -Rachlin model of self-control, am I most likely to choose $50 over a $100 when the choice is between obtaining (A) $50 now versus $100 a year from now or (B) $50 a year from now versus $100 two years from now? I would choose alternative _________, which means that I tend to become impulsive when the smaller sooner reward is (imminent/delayed) _________.