Quiz 8

If Mary, the anorexic woman, ate her dinner, then she could choose her food and companion for the next meal. Receiving the actual food and chosen companion for the next meal is an example of direct-acting reinforcement for eating her current meal. (1) ( T or F)

False

____ Indirect-acting contingencies are always ineffective (1) (T or F)

False

_____ Rules can only describe indirect-acting contingencies (T or F)

False

A reinforcer must immediately follow the response (within 0-60 seconds) in order to reinforce that response. ( T or F)

True

If you provide positive feedback on Susie's shooting baskets an hour after practice, that can have an effect on the frequency of her shooting baskets. (Hint: We're not asking if this is a reinforcement contingency.) ( T or F)

True

Information was NOT enough to get people to act in their best interests of the community in the example of dental-health education to improve dental care. ( True or False)

True

Information was NOT enough to get people to act in their best interests of the community in the example of providing knowledge of formal sanctions and highway litter control signs and litter barrels to reduce littering. ( T or F)

True

You take a couple of Spanish courses at Big State U. and then move to Mexico for a year. By the end of the year, your Spanish speaking will probably have shifted from rule control to contingency control.( T or F)

True

Reiss, Piotrowski, & Bailey (1976) promised $5 to parents who took their kids to the dentist. Then the majority of the parents did take their kids to the dentist. What is this contingency an example of? a rule-governed analog to avoidance of the loss reinforcement direct acting ineffective

a rule-governed analog to avoidance of the loss

In the example in the book, Juke and Red analyzed football plays and specified their detailed behavior sequences. This is an example of ____. rule-governed analog to reinforcement a task analysis feedback Chain analysis a functional analysis

a task analysis

Two types of contingencies that are not direct-acting are _____ contingencies and ______ contingencies. (2) direct analog indirect acting ineffective Indirect analog rule

indirect acting, ineffective

The brother knew that if he said "Thank You" (within the first few seconds of the thing to be thankful for) he would get to play Nintendo the next day. What kind of contingency is this? (HINT: The brother knows the rule.) (1) ineffective contingency indirect-acting analog to avoidance of loss of the opportunity direct-acting contingency of reinforcement indirect-analog to reinforcement

indirect-acting analog to avoidance of loss of the opportunity

What form of conditioning is Pavlov's dogs most frequently associated with? respondent conditioning operant conditioning rote learning insight training

respondent conditioning

Meat powder elicits salivation in dogs. Pavlov discovered that when he rang a bell before presenting meat powder to dogs, the bell would eventually come to elicit salivation without being paired with the meat powder. Based on this, choose the appropriate answers from the choices below to answer questions (3-4). (Warning: Order is important.) The meat powder is a/an ___ that elicits salivation, which is the ___. (2) neutral stimulus conditioned stimulus unconditioned response unconditioned stimulus conditioned response

unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response,

Meat powder elicits salivation in dogs. Pavlov discovered that when he rang a bell before presenting meat powder to dogs, the bell would eventually come to elicit salivation without being paired with the meat powder. Based on this, choose the appropriate answers from the choices below to answer the question. (Warning: Order is important.) After being paired with the meat powder repeatedly, the bell becomes a/an ___ that elicits salivation, which is the ___. (2) conditioned response unconditioned response neutral stimulus unconditioned stimulus conditioned stimulus

conditioned stimulus

If the contingencies can control the behavior of a nonverbal animal, what kind of contingency are we dealing with? indirect acting Spaced-control contingencies ineffective direct acting

direct acting

Rudolph the rat presses the lever and gets a drop of water immediately. This is probably what kind of contingency? (HINT: Rudolph does not understand the rule) rule control indirect-acting analog to reinforcement direct-acting contingency of reinforcement ineffective contingency

direct-acting contingency of reinforcement

When the boys on the football team did the plays, Red told them exactly what behaviors they did correctly and incorrectly. This is an example of ____. a task analysis feedback a functional analysis rule-governed analog to reinforcement Behavioral specification

feedback

When Sid, a Coke junkie, switches from consistently drinking the sugar-laden Classic Coke to the sugar-free Diet Coke, the sweet taste of the Diet Coke continues to elicit the release of insulin. What is the sweet taste of the diet coke?(1) Operant stimulus Neutral stimulus Conditioned stimulus Unconditioned stimulus

Conditioned Stimulus

Rudolph the rat presses the lever and gets a drop of water one hour later. Would this control Rudolph's behavior? (HINT: Rudolph does not understand the rule.) Yes or No

No

Your professor posts your exam grades in the hall outside your classroom. Is that an example of a reinforcement procedure for studying? ( Yes or No)

No

When hearing his master opening a can of dog food, Spot runs into the kitchen. For running in, the sound is probably functioning as what? (hint-think about the behavioral history) (1) Fixed stimulus UCS SD CS

SD

What form of conditioning is the rat in the Skinner box most frequently associated with? Accidental conditioning operant conditioning Thorndike conditioning respondent conditioning rote learning

operant conditioning