…………schedules of reinforcement are based on number of responses while…......schedules of reinforcement are based on elapsed time.
a) fixed, variable
b) variable, fixed
c) interval, ratio
d) ratio, interval
Positive reinforcement……….. the likelihood of a behavior, and negative reinforcement……the likelihood of a behavior.
a) increases, increases
b) decreases, decreases
c) increases, decreases
d) decreases, increases
A researcher trains a dog to salivate to the sound of a bell. Then he turns the lights on just before he sounds the bell. If he continues to do this until the dog starts to salivate as soon as the lights go on, he has demonstrated:
a) latent learning
b) insight
c) second-order conditioning
d) extinction
An intermittent schedule of reinforcement that reinforces behavior after an average, but unpredictable, amount of time has passed is called a ………schedule.
a) fixed ratio
b) variable ratio
c) fixed interval
d) variable interval
Food is to ………reinforce as money is to …… reinforcer.
a) positive, negative
b) negative, positive
c) primary, secondary
d) secondary, primary
To encourage children to enjoy arithmetic, you should………………..
a) punish them when they make a mistake
b) sometimes surprise them with a reward when they get an answer right
c) reward them every time they get an answer right
d) ignore them
