exam 2

Question 1

escape

Answer 1

results in the TERIMINATION of a aversive stimulus, and as a result the behavior is strengthened

Question 2

avoidance

Answer 2

stimuli is not seen; results in the PREVENTION of the aversive stimulus and the behavior is strengthened

Question 3

establishing operation makes a reinforcer

Answer 3

MORE potent; has gone without the reinforcer for some time

Question 4

abolishing operation

Answer 4

makes a reinforcer less potent; when ;arge ampunts of reinforcer was consumed (satiation)

Question 5

five problems with punishment

Answer 5

emotional reactions, escape and avoidance, negative reingorcement for the use of punishment, modeling, ethical issues

Question 6

five factors that influence the effectiveness of a reinforcement

Answer 6

1) immediacy
2)contingency
3)individual differences
4)motivating operations
5)magnitude of the reinforcer

Question 7

operant behavior

Answer 7

An operant behavior acts on the environment to produce a consequence and, in turn, is controlled by—or occurs again in the future as a result of—its immediate consequence.

Question 8

response cost

Answer 8

contingent on behavior, a specified amunt of reinforcer is removed

Question 9

during extinction

Answer 9

the reinforcing consequence is WITHHELD

Question 10

Punishment

Answer 10

The occurrence of a behavior that results in the immediate consequence that results in the weakening of a behavior

Question 11

Punishment vs extinction

Answer 11

Negative Punishment- contingent removal of a reinforcer weakens a behavior
Extinction- withholding of s reinforcer got a previously reinforced behavior decreases behavior