Conditioned Reinforcement Flashcards
In Herrnstein’s (1971) matching law equation, B and R represent
behaviour emitted and reinforcers obtained
____________ response effort on an alternative will result in an increase in responding on that alternative
Decreasing
A generalised conditioned reinforcer….
can be paired with a large number of backup reinforcers
Conditioned reinforcers are produced by pairing something with an antecedent. T/F
False - Conditioned reinforcers are produced by pairing something with other reinforcers.
Response cost is
negative punishment
Which of the following is NOT a common mistake in implementing a token economy?
ill-defined exchange
too lean a schedule of reinforcement
defining behaviours objectively
defining behaviours objectively
If fish are able to discriminate temporally, it means they can…
tell time
In target training, the target is…
The discriminative stimulus
In target training, the sound of the click is…
the conditioned reinforcer
n LaLonde et al.’s (2015) study, they used a tone to signal to the rat to return to the trainer. The tone was….
an sD
