Exam 10: Extinction and Recovery

Describe the use of the time-out to reduce self-stimulation and destructive behavior. Specify: $\bullet$ The client $\bullet$ The reinforcer involved in the time-out $\bullet$ The results $\bullet$ What would happen if the time-out contingency was stopped?

Please give an example showing the difference between extinction and satiation.

During which functional analysis condition did Josh run away, or elope, most often?

Define the following concepts: -Spontaneous recovery

Please describe the Tuskegee experiment.

Give an example of informed consent.

The principle of recovery from punishment states that with proper treatment people can recover from the psychological damage caused by punishment.

Describe the traditional way parents attempt to reduce bedtime crying, What's wrong with this technique?

Match the following definitions with the terms below. -Extinction

What are the ethical issues involved in using extinction rather than punishment?

Which of following procedures is NOT used to decrease the frequency of reinforced behavior?

Laura's vomiting was reinforced by

Describe Skinner box experiments that would show the following and then describe the results: $\bullet$ Extinction following positive reinforcement $\bullet$ Extinction following negative reinforcement $\bullet$ Recovery from punishment $\bullet$ Extinction and recovery vs. satiation and deprivation

Spontaneous recovery only occurs when you stop using the extinction procedure.

What's liable to happen at the beginning of your first extinction session?

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

Hearing instructions is aversive for Bob. Diagram the negative reinforcement contingency, which was maintaining Bob's aggression. (Circle the correct letter in the boxes)

Extinction is not the same thing as satiation, even though both result in a decrease in the frequency of the relevant response.

Explain how to use a reversal design to show that attentions and removal from the classroom can reinforce vomiting?

Suppose every time you talk loudly in the library, a particular librarian rushes to your table and orders you to be quiet in a nasty, aversive way. Of course, your rate of talking decreases. But, after a few weeks the librarian is canned, and a new librarian never tells you to be quiet. Soon you are talking loudly again. This is an example of what?