Exam 31: Conditioning and Learning: Reinforcement and Punishment

Which of the following schedules of reinforcement produces a slow,steady response rate with a tremendous resistance to extinction?

Regarding punishment,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Regarding research on whether animals are sensitive to a passage of time,which of the following statements is FALSE?

After he is spanked,Terrence feels angry,frustrated,and hostile,and goes immediately outside and picks a fight with his younger brother.What is most likely to occur in the future?

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?

The effectiveness of punishers depends greatly on all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following would be considered a primary reinforcer?

Using punishment can be "habit forming" because putting a stop to someone else's irritating behavior can

In a psychology class,the students have to turn in a topic report every two weeks.Typically,they get in a writing frenzy a couple of days before the report is due;then they do not write anything until right before the next due date.This pattern of responding illustrates the partial reinforcement schedule known as _______.

Cynthia is an elementary classroom teacher who often yells and humiliates her students when they misbehave.A fellow teacher suggests that she use praise,approval,and rewards to change the students' behaviors.According to research,what would you tell Cynthia?

By a continuous reinforcement schedule,we mean that

Frequent punishment makes a person or an animal all of the following EXCEPT

Drawbacks to punishment include all of the following EXCEPT that

Token reinforcers tend to lose their reinforcing value more quickly than primary reinforcers do.

When it rains,you have learned to run for cover.Your running to get out of the rain is an example of _______ learning.

Because you can think about past events and even imagine events in your future,you,like all humans,are

Getting paid every two weeks at your job comes closest to which schedule of reinforcement?

Connie's children earn gold stars during the week for good behavior and completing their chores.If they earn enough gold stars,they are allowed on Sunday to choose one item out of a "grab bag" of small prizes.Connie is using which of the following with her children?

Which type of operant reinforcer is natural,nonlearned,and rooted in biology with food,water,and sex being obvious examples?

Peter is 12 years old and is about to be punished by his parents.According to the guidelines for punishment in the textbook,the parents should use