Schedules of Reinforcement Flashcards
A continuous schedule is one in which:
all responses are met with a reinforcer
Ratio schedules describe simple schedules in which reinforcers are delivered contingent on the number of responses.
T/F
True
A scallop pattern of responding is characteristic of:
an FI schedule
Which of the following is a response-independent schedule?
FT
Under a VR schedule:
a reinforcer is delivered after a set number of responses
a reinforcer is delivered for responding after a variable amount of time has passed since the last reinforcer
a reinforcer is delivered after a variable number of responses centered around a mean value
a reinforcer is delivered after a variable number of responses centered around a mean value
Your boss popping into your office to check your work at unpredictable times of the day is an example of:
a VI schedule
A cumulative record shows responding within a session under a schedule of reinforcement. T/F
True
Which of the following is an example of a complex schedule?
concurrent schedule
Complex schedules…
are combinations of two or more simple schedules
may have discriminative stimuli associated with each component schedule
all of the above
all of the above
If the simple schedules that make up a complex schedule are presented one after another, they are successive.
T/F
True
Why might a clinician assess schedules in an applied setting?
to determine what the current schedule of reinforcement is
to choose a schedule for the teaching of a competing response
all of the above
all of the above
The purpose of the study by Saunders et al. (2005) was to determine which schedule was most effective in promoting on-task work behaviour. T/F
True
Grow et al. (2010) used a multiple schedule intervention to put a behaviour under…
Stimulus control
Extraneous reinforcement (Re) is reinforcement obtained for behaviours outside the responses measured in the experiment. T/F
True
Preference is the distribution of allocated responses to one or more alternatives. T/F
False!!!!
Choice is influenced by our history of reinforcement. T/F
True
You want to purchase a pair of sunglasses and you’re choosing between a Gucci pair and a fake Gucci pair. You choose the real pair because they will be longer lasting. You’re choosing based on….
quality
magnitude
delay
Quality
You want to purchase a pair of sunglasses and you’re choosing between a Gucci pair and a fake Gucci pair. You choose the fake pair because you can buy two for the price of the single real pair. You’re choosing based on….
quality
delay
magnitude
Magnitude
You want to purchase a pair of sunglasses and you’re choosing between a Gucci pair and a fake Gucci pair. You choose the real pair because they’ll arrive in the mail quicker. You’re choosing based on….
quality
delay
magnitude
Delay
You want to purchase a pair of sunglasses and you’re choosing between a Gucci pair and a fake Gucci pair. You choose the real pair because the last time you bought a fake pair, it was a scam and you never received them. You’re choosing based on….
quality
punishment
response effort
Punishment
Perfect matching between responses and reinforcers doesn’t often occur. T/F
True
The study by Borrero et al (2007) showed that…
people allocate responses to people based on the relative rates of reinforcement for responses from that person
Choice can be used as…
both an antecedent and a reinforcer