Exam 5: Basic Principles of Operant Conditioning

The Brelands usually observed "instinctive drift" in their animals

The biggest problem with the classical conditioning explanation of autoshaped behaviors is that

Unlike a discrete trial procedure,the free operant procedure involves

Experiments that repeated the basic procedure of Skinner's superstition experiment found

When photographing cats escaping their puzzle box,Guthrie and Horton found that

The procedure of shaping usually involves

Which of the following is not part of the three-term contingency-

A stimulus that occurs in the middle of a response chain serves as

Money is an example of

The biggest problem with the superstition explanation of autoshaped behaviors is that

In a percentile schedule of reinforcement,

In a response chain,the weakest response is usually

Autoshaping will not be observed unless

 When photographing cats escaping their puzzle box,Guthrie and Horton found evidence for

If a response is reinforced,then reappears when another response is extinguished,this is called

Which of the following is an example of a conditioned reinforcer-

The different topographies of a pigeon's autoshaped key pecks with food and water reinforcers are most consistent with the theory that these behaviors are

All of the following can be observed in both classical and operant conditioning except

Thorndike's explanation of the learning that took place in his puzzle box involved all of the following except

Skinner's explanation of his superstition experiment made use of the concept of