Exam 6: Schedules of Reinforcement and Choice Behavior

After a wheel running accident, your pet rat no longer seems to be able to process reward magnitude and valence. You suspect trauma in the

How are concurrent-chain schedules different from concurrent schedules, and what kinds of research questions require the use of concurrent-chain schedules?

Which of the following individuals is most likely to be on a variable ratio schedule of reinforcement?

Your friend has a problem with procrastination and her grades are suffering. According to learning concepts, why is she procrastinating? What can you recommend that she do?

Mr. Tallboys clothing shop has a sale every 4 weeks. The sale runs from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This restriction on when you can buy items at reduced prices is called

Molar maximizing cannot explain why choice behavior is distributed so close to the matching relation on concurrent

The striatum and associated nuclei appear to be involved in the

When a VI schedule was yoked to a VR schedule so that pigeons on the VI schedule had the same opportunity to earn reinforcement as birds on the VR schedule,

Compare and contrast ratio and interval schedules in terms of how the contingencies of reinforcement are set up and the effects they have on the instrumental response.

According to molar maximizing theories of matching,

The relative rate of responding to key "B" is 0.6. According to the matching law, the relative rate of reinforcement on key "B" is very likely _____.

Concurrent schedules of reinforcement are used to measure

Compare ratio and interval schedules. What patterns of behavior are generated by fixed and variable schedules?

Which of the following individuals is most likely to be on a fixed interval schedule of reinforcement?

A pigeon responds more on key "A" than on key "B." The relative rate of responding to key "A" could be _____.

Which of the following describes behavior reinforced on a variable interval schedule?

Describe the generalized matching law equation and explain each of its parameters.

A pigeon in a Skinner box periodically receives access to food after pecking on a key. Sometimes the pigeon has to peck 3 or 4 times, sometimes 5, and sometime more. On average, the bird was reinforced every 5th peck. This pigeon was on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

Art teachers must often deal with "artist's block" in their students. To break the block, they advise students to make a mark on the canvas with the paint brush. The professors are hoping to initiate

A rat that is pushing a lever and demonstrating long inter-response times is likely