B05 Define & Provide Examples of Schedules of Reinforcement Part 4

Question 1

Mom gives cookies every time her child asks and dad gives them every third time. Dad delivers the cookies in a few seconds and mom takes several minutes. If both parents are available we would expect

Answer 1

Cannot be determined

Question 2

Mom will give a cookie on the average of three times an hour. Dad will give a cookie on the average of once an hour. If both parents are available we would expect,

Answer 2

Mom to be asked three times more often than dad

Question 3

The matching law stipulates that under concurrent schedules of reinforcement

Answer 3

Response rate is proportional to the rate of reinforcement for one behavior relative to the rate of reinforcement for other behaviors.

Question 4

A particular student often disrupts class…. this intervention will only be effective in reducing disruptions if

Answer 4

The rate of praise is greater than the rate of reinforcement provided by the other students.

Question 5

An “experienced” teacher tends to… the matching law equation can be used to show

Answer 5

The relative rates of disruptive versus on-task behavior as a function of the relative rates of praise to reprimands delivered by the teacher.

Question 6

The matching law maintains that members of a response class will be exhibited

Answer 6

In proportion to the relative control by their consequences

Question 7

A teacher responds to student disruptions in the classroom about every ten minutes. The new teacher’s aid responds to disruptions every time they occur. The students exhibit much less disruptive behavior for the teacher’s aid than for the teacher. This is based on what behavioral principle?

Answer 7

None of the above

Question 8

A company executive emphasizes “high quality product” at each staff meeting… Matching law predicts that

Answer 8

An equal…

Question 9

A company executive emphasizes “high quality product” at each staff meeting… Matching law predicts that

Answer 9

An equal distribution of the manager’s time will be spent on the 3 areas for bonuses

Question 10

According to the matching law, low effort behaviors that result in the same reinforcement as high effort behaviors would occur

Answer 10

More often than the high effort behaviors

Question 11

Concurrent interval schedules of reinforcement tend to result in

Answer 11

Responding in proportion to the reinforcement available on each schedule

Question 12

With respect to the matching law, the value of the reinforcer could refer to

Answer 12

Quality

Question 13

When conducting a functional assessment, the matching law can be helpful in analyzing

Answer 13

All the above

Question 14

Assuming all members of a response class require the same amount of effort, increasing the rate or value of reinforcement for a particular behavior will

Answer 14

Decrease the frequency of other members of the response class

Question 15

Complaining that sometimes results in the withdrawal of a demand might occur more often than aggression that always results in the withdrawal of a demand if

Answer 15

Complaining takes less effort

Question 16

In behavior analysis, preference is

Answer 16

Demonstrated when an organism allocates responding to one alternative more than others

Question 17

A particular student excels at reading and writing exercises… what is happening here?

Answer 17

Increasing the rate of reinforcement for a particular response decreases the frequency of other members of the response class

Question 18

The matching law pertains primarily to the delivery of reinforcement

Answer 18

On concurrent schedules

Question 19

Mom gives cookies every time her child asks and dad gives them every third. If both parents are available we would expect

Answer 19

Mom to be asked almost all of the time

Question 20

With respect to the matching law, the value of the reinforcer could refer to

Answer 20

All the above

Question 21

In behavior analysis, choice is

Answer 21

Demonstrated as a distribution of responding on concurrent schedules of reinforcement