Exam 17: Avoidance

How about an everyday example of the benefits of avoidance contingencies? (It needn't come from the book.

Both negative reinforcement and avoidance use negative reinforcers.

Match the numbers in the boxes to the words that go in those boxes to diagram the contingency used with Sid the Slouch to KEEP him standing straight. -_____ Sid maintains an erect posture

Only Behavior woman's superhuman effort can prevent 50 "innocent" tourists at Disney World from being crushed to death by the descending ceiling in the Haunted Mansion. What is the contingency?

Fill in the empty boxes (yes, nature abhors an empty box). -Diagram the negative reinforcement and avoidance contingencies for the eye-contact procedure based on the work of Richard Foxx.

Match the numbers in the boxes to the words that go in those boxes to diagram the pairing procedure for converting a buzzer into a learned aversive stimulus in the Skinner box. (Not all the terms will be used) -___ No buzz

Match the numbers in the boxes to the words that go in those boxes to diagram the contingency used with Sid the Slouch to KEEP him standing straight. -____ Sid won’t hear a click immediately and won’t hear a loud tone in 3 seconds

What is teleology? $\bullet$ And why aren't our avoidance contingency diagrams a teleological explanation?

Match the numbers in the boxes to the words that go in those boxes to diagram the contingency used with Sid the Slouch to KEEP him standing straight. -____ Sid will hear a click immediately and will hear a loud tone in 3 seconds

Fill in the empty boxes (yes, nature abhors an empty box). -Diagram the pairing procedure for converting a buzzer into a learned aversive stimulus in the Skinner box.

Please put yes or no in each of the relevant positions in this table. -Avoidance of the Loss of a Reinforcer vs. Punishment by the Removal of a Reinforcer Avoidance of the Loss of a Reinforcer Punishment by the Removal of a Reinforcer (Negative Punishment) Involves the removal of a reinforcer - - Removal of the reinforcer is contingent on a specific response. - - Keeping the reinforcer is contingent on a specific response. - - The frequency of the response of interest increases. - -

Fill in the empty boxes (yes, nature abhors an empty box). -Diagram an example of cued avoidance in the Skinner box.

Now this one's not very straightforward, but what was the terrible trio's avoidance of time-out?

In avoidance of loss of a reinforcer, the frequency of the response of interest decreases.

Match the numbers in the boxes to the words that go in those boxes to diagram a specific example of cued avoidance in the Skinner box. -____Buzz

Please match the following definitions with the terms below. (Not all of the terms will necessarily be used. In fact, some may be fictitious.) -Avoidance-of-loss contingency

In avoidance of the loss of a reinforcer, removal of the reinforcer is contingent on (dependent on) a specific response (Hint: Diagram an example of an avoidance of the loss and look at what is caused by the behavior).

Fill in the empty boxes (yes, nature abhors an empty box). -Diagram an avoidance contingency for good walking.

Match the numbers in the boxes to the words that go in those boxes to diagram the pairing procedure for converting a buzzer into a learned aversive stimulus in the Skinner box. (Not all the terms will be used) -___ Shock