Chap 13Schedules of reinforcement

Question 1

Continuous reinforcement

Answer 1

a schedule of reinforcement that provides reinforcement for each occurrence of behavior.

Question 2

Intermittent schedule of reinforcement

Answer 2

reinforcement for some, but not all, occurrences of the behavior.

Question 3

Fixed ratio schedule of reinforcement

Answer 3

produce reinforcement after the completion of a number of required responses.

Question 4

Postreinforcement pause

Answer 4

Participant does not response for a period of time following reinforcement

Question 5

Limited hold

Answer 5

Added to an interval schedule to make reinforcement available for a finite time following the elapse of the FI or VI interval (e.g. FI 5min LH 30s)

Question 6

Differential reinforcement of high rates (DRH)

Answer 6

Delivery of the reinforcer contingent on responses occurring at a rate higher than predetermined criterion

Question 7

Differential reinforcement of low rates (DRL)

Answer 7

Responses are reinforced only if they are lower than the criterion

Question 8

Differential reinforcement of diminishing rates (DRD

Answer 8

Provide reinforcement at the end of a predetermined time interval when the number of responses is less than a criterion that is gradually decreased across time intervals based on performance

Question 9

Progressive schedule of reinforcement

Answer 9

Systematically thins each successive reinforcement opportunity independent of participant’s behavior (can be used to identify relative reinforcement effects)

Question 10

Compound schedules of reinforcement

Answer 10

Combine the elements of different reinforcement schedules

Question 11

Concurrent schedules of reinforcement (conc)

Answer 11

When two or more contingencies of reinforcement operate independently and simultaneously for two or more behaviors

Question 12

Multiple schedule (mult)

Answer 12

present two or more basic schedules of reinforcement in an alternating, usually random sequence

Question 13

Chained schedule (chain)

Answer 13

Similar to a multiple schedule but the basic schedules in a chain always occur in a specific order; the behavior may be the same for all elements of the chain; conditioned reinforcement for responding in the first element in a chain is the presentation of the second element; last element produces reinforcement

Question 14

Mixed schedule (mix)

Answer 14

Similar to multiple but there is no discriminative stimuli correlated wit the independent schedules