Exam 5: Burrhus Frederic Skinner

Operant behavior can also be called behavior.

With a------ reinforcement schedule, an animal's choice in the initial phase of an experiment determines what choices are available to it in the next phase of the experiment.

The principle of secondary reinforcement is:

A cue indicating which response is appropriate:

According to Herrnstein's equation, the effect of extraneous reinforcement is to:

According to Herrnstein's equation, the sum of the rates of all possible behaviors in a specific situation:

The scientific philosophy adopted and advanced by Skinner is

Operant conditioning is distinguished from respondent conditioning because in operant conditioning the:

The reinforcement schedule in which the administration of a reinforcement follows a response occurring some definite time period after the previous reinforcement is called a:

Whose name is associated with the concept of the "relativity of reinforcement"?

Skinner's main argument against the use of punishment was that it:

One response acts as a cue for another response in:

If Response A is reinforced on a VI 10 minute schedule and Response B is reinforced on a VI 20 minute schedule one would expect the animal to:

With a progressive ratio reinforcement schedule:

Whereas _____schedules of reinforcement are used to investigate simple choice behavior,_____ schedules are used to investigate complex choice behavior.

According to Skinner, punishment:

Response rates slow down after each reinforcement under a:

Money exemplifies a:

Which of the following best exemplified Skinner's attitude toward theories of learning?

An animal receives a reinforcer regardless of what it is doing.This is: