Exam 31: Conditioning and Learning: Reinforcement and Punishment

Rats are more likely to engage in intracranial self-stimulation if they also self-administer a drug that further increases the sensitivity of the pleasure pathways in the brain.This drug is

Which of the following would be the most effective in stopping a behavior?

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

You work with a loud and obnoxious person and try to end your conversation with him as soon as possible,which illustrates _______ learning.

The direct activation of "pleasure centers" in the brain through intracranial self­stimulation would be considered a(n)__________ reinforcer.

If you learn to make a response that will end an unpleasant or aversive situation,then you are exhibiting

All interval schedules of reinforcement are

Secondary reinforcers are originally neutral,but gain their reinforcing properties by being associated with __________ reinforcers.

Time-out is an example of negative punishment,which is also called _______.

Regarding pain,frustration,and punishment,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Explain the difference between primary and secondary reinforcers,including how secondary reinforcers develop,and give two examples of each type of reinforcer.

One thing that reinforcement and punishment have in common is that both

Marcy has a habit of taking toys from her sister.Which of the following would be the best way for Marcy's parents to correct this bad habit?

A child who gets rewarded with candy on the average of every third time she asks her grandmother for a "treat" is being rewarded on which schedule of reinforcement?

Which of the following reinforcers are used to provide immediate incentives for learning and to avoid the problem of satiation?

Regarding the basic tools a person has available to control simple learning,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Conditioning studies have repeatedly shown that animals are sensitive to the passage of time.

It is much more effective to

When you get traffic tickets,you not only have to pay fines,but you also incur higher insurance rates.This loss of money due to speeding would be an example of

On a recorder that has a moving strip of paper and a mechanical pen connected to a Skinner box,no response by the animal would be indicated by a(n)