Exam 12: Unconditioned and Conditioned Reinforcers and Punishers

Fill in the Blank -Token economy $\bullet$ A system of ______________________________ conditioned reinforcers $\bullet$ in which the organism that receives those ______________ reinforcers can save them and $\bullet$ exchange them for a variety of backup ____________________________ later.

What is the crucial deprivation for a conditioned reinforcer to be effective?

Define the following concepts: -Conditioned reinforcer (secondary reinforcer)

Conditional stimulus is just another way of saying conditioned stimulus, you know like Pavlov's bell. (Why in the h--- can't these gosh darned behavior analysts just stick to one term and let it go at that!)

For each of the following concepts, provide an example from the book or from your own life. -Token economy

Conditioned punishers can be established by pairing with

Fill in the Blank -Conditioned punisher ● A stimulus that is a punisher ● because it has been ______________ with another ________________.

Japanese babies babble in Japanese and American babies babble in English because of a subtle interaction between their diets and their genetic predispositions.

Fill in the Blank -Unconditioned reinforcer ● A stimulus that is a ___________, ● though not as a result of ___________ with another ___________

Fill in the Blank -Value-altering principle $\bullet$ The _______________________________ procedure $\bullet$ converts a _____________________________ stimulus into $\bullet$ a conditioned _______________ or ______________ punisher.

For each of the following concepts, provide an example from the book or from your own life. -Generalized conditioned reinforcer (generalized secondary reinforcer)

The pain from touching a hot stove is a/n

What are some psychiatrist objections to a behavioral analysis and intervention for Helen's psychotic talk?

Can you condition Rudolph's response with a click (conditioned reinforcer), even though that response has never produced the click/backup reinforcer combination?

Define the following concepts: -Unconditioned reinforcer

Select examples of unconditioned negative reinforcers associated with indirect biological harm.

Fill in the Blank -Generalized conditioned reinforcer (generalized secondary reinforcer or generalized conditioned reinforcer) ● A ________________ reinforcer that is a reinforcer ● because it has been paired with a _________________ of other reinforcers

The Ayllon-Michael research was so important, because it provided scientific evidence that psychoanalysis was an effective approach to what people call mental illness or psychiatric disorders.

Define the following concepts: -Value-altering principle

For each of the following concepts, provide an example from the book or from your own life. -Conditioned reinforcer (secondary reinforcer)