B12 Define & Provide Examples of MOs Part 4

Question 1

You have misplaced your cell phone charger. You begin to look for it about once an hour until your cell phone completely dies; then you look for it continuously. The increase in looking for your cell phone charger is due to

Answer 1

The behavior-altering effect of the MO (the cellphone dying)

Question 2

The “want” or “need” for a reinforcer is determined by

Answer 2

The current MO

Question 3

A person is in a street market of another country and is hungry and does not speak the language. He emits several novel behaviors with a noodle vendor before obtaining food

Answer 3

Obtaining the noodles will have a repertoire altering effect on future behavior

Question 4

At the start of feeding, penguins at the zoo approach the worker who feeds them. Without taking into consideration any history, this approach behavior is an example of

Answer 4

The behavior-altering effect of the MO

Question 5

A child’s rate of completing tasks has decreased since you moved the task to immediately after lunch, and you reduced the size of the edible reinforcer. The reduced rate is due to

Answer 5

Reduced reinforcer effectiveness

Question 6

The reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus is determined by

Answer 6

The MO, immediacy of delivery, size/amount, and quality of reinforcer

Question 7

The behavior-altering

Answer 7

Effects of an MO are evident by a differential rate of responding when the MO is and is not in effect under extinction conditions.

Question 8

A child falls and scrapes his knee after running down the stairs. As a result of the scrape, in the future he always walks. The scrape

Answer 8

Has a repertoire-altering effect.

Question 9

Consequences may have

Answer 9

Repertoire-altering effect

Question 10

Which is correct?

Answer 10

MOs and SDs have an effect on current behavior. Events that have an effect on future behavior are reinforcers, punishers, and responses that occur without reinforcing/punishing consequences

Question 11

When you first hit a malfunctioning key on your computer keyboard, you hit the key several times. This behavior

Answer 11

Suggests a behavior-altering (evocative) effect of the MO (hitting the key and getting no result)

Question 12

MOs and SDs have

Answer 12

Behavior-altering effects

Question 13

MO and SDs have

Answer 13

Evocative and abative effects

Question 14

When there is an MO for a reinforcer, the evocative effect of the MO causes a behavior to be emitted. The form or topography of the behavior that is emitted must be

Answer 14

A function of reinforcement history

Question 15

A person is in a street market of another country and is hungry and does not speak the language. He emits several novel behaviors with a noodle vendor to obtain food.

Answer 15

The novel behaviors are emitted because of the MO for food.