Exam 6: B: Conditioning and Learning

The best batters in baseball rarely get a hit more than an average of three out of every 10 times they are at bat.These batters are on which schedule of reinforcement?

Nonlearned reinforcers that usually satisfy physiological needs are known as

Watching the night sky and seeing "a shooting star" is reinforced on which schedule of reinforcement?

Which of the following is a learned reinforcer that often gains its reinforcing properties by its association with food,water,sex,or pain reduction?

Of the schedules listed,which of the following would generate the highest rate of responding as well as be resistant to extinction?

A few weeks after giving up on buying state lottery tickets,many people are tempted to try again,thus,illustrating the concept of

Regarding the effects of negative reinforcement and punishment on responding,which of the following statements is TRUE?

When a reward or other pleasant event follows a response,which of the following is being used?

Regarding one's behavior,discriminative stimuli would be considered

Any event that follows a response and decreases the likelihood of the response occurring again is referred to as

When a stimulus consistently precedes rewarded responses,it tends to elicit a response.When a stimulus consistently precedes non-reward,it tends to inhibit responding.This states the principle of

The phenomenon of stimulus control makes it clear that stimuli that affect operant responding

A rat learned to press a bar to turn off a mild shock it was receiving through the floor of its cage.In this case,bar pressing was

After weeks of successful extinction trials,your pet dachshund suddenly resumes burying bones in the front yard.Your pet therapist advises you that the dog's behavior is an example of

A child who is a model of behavior when his parents are present,but who becomes uncontrollable when the babysitter arrives,is demonstrating

One learns to differentiate between antecedent stimuli that signal reward and nonreward through

If you study to achieve an A and the praise of your teacher,you are studying for __________ reinforcement.

Philip is in the third grade,and he is reinforced by his mother with a quarter for every "A" he makes on a test,quiz,homework,or class work assignment he brings home.This reinforcement of Phillip's grades illustrates which of the following?

One of the primary principles of punishment states that

Stimuli that consistently precede a rewarded response tend to influence when and where the response will occur.This is the principle of