Exam 31: Conditioning and Learning: Reinforcement and Punishment

Printed money has little or no value of its own,but you can exchange it for food,water,lodging,and other necessities.Thus,money would be considered a type of _______ reinforcer.

Which of the following is a system for managing and altering behavior through the immediate reinforcement of selected responses with poker chips or slips of paper that can be exchanged for food and/or special privileges?

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways recommended in the textbook to apply punishment?

A gambler playing a slot machine is being reinforced on which schedule of reinforcement?

When using the three tools to control behavior,it is usually best to begin by

Regarding the effect of mild punishment,which of the following statements is TRUE?

Because a parent's praise is frequently associated with food,candy,and hugs,this praise becomes a(n) __________ reinforcer.

When people dial a phone number and get a busy signal,they may have to wait 30 seconds or 30 minutes in order to get through with most people doggedly dialing over and over again until they get a connection.This illustrates that the reward of "getting through" to the other person is on which schedule of reinforcement?

In a classic study of angry adolescent boys who were severely punished at home,it was found that

Regarding the experiments using intracranial self-stimulation of the pleasure centers,which of the following statements is FALSE?

When Marta is scolded by her mother for teasing the cat,she stops doing this particular misbehavior.Thus,for Marta,scolding serves as a

One of the basic tools available to control simple learning is

Placing a child in time-out removes the child from playtime,television,and other positive situations.Therefore,time- out would be considered

If simply refusing to feed your dog table scraps is not enough to stop it from jumping on you when you sit at a table,you could effectively (and humanely)punish it by spraying water on its nose

Regarding mild punishment,which of the following statements is TRUE?

If a punishment is given only after the undesired response occurs,we say the punishment is being given

You may be unaware of some of the reinforcers that are changing your own behavior.In fact,such automatic associative learning is a hallmark of _______ processing.

According to the partial reinforcement effect,acquiring a response through partial reinforcement makes the response

Regarding punishment,which of the following statements is FALSE?

If you cannot punish an animal or young child immediately,