Cooper Chapter 11

Question 1

generalized conditioned reinforcer

Answer 1

A conditioned reinforcer that as a result of having been paired with many other reinforcers does not depend on an establishing operation for its effectiveness

Question 2

positive reinforcer

Answer 2

A stimulus whose presentation or onset functions as reinforcement

Question 3

Premack principle

Answer 3

A principle that states that making the opportunity to engage in a high-probability behavior contingent on the occurrence of a low-frequency behavior will function as reinforcement for the low-frequency behavior

Sometimes called “Grandma’s Law”

Question 4

reinforcer assessment

Answer 4

Refers to a variety of direct, empirical methods for presenting one or more stimuli contingent on a target response and measuring their effectiveness as reinforcers

Question 5

response-deprivation hypothesis

Answer 5

A model for predicting whether contingent access to one behavior will function as reinforcement for engaging in another behavior based on whether access to the contingent behavior represents a restriction of the activity compared to the baseline level of engagement

Question 5

stimulus preference assessment

Answer 5

A variety of procedures used to determine the stimuli that a person prefers, the relative preference values (high versus low) of those stimuli, the conditions under which those preference values remain in effect, and their presumed value as reinforcers