Schedules of Reinforcement

Question 1

A continuous schedule is one in which:

Answer 1

all responses are met with a reinforcer

Question 2

Ratio schedules describe simple schedules in which reinforcers are delivered contingent on the number of responses.
T/F

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A scallop pattern of responding is characteristic of:

Answer 3

an FI schedule

Question 4

Which of the following is a response-independent schedule?

Answer 4

FT

Question 5

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

Answer 5

a reinforcer is delivered after a variable number of responses centered around a mean value

Question 6

Your boss popping into your office to check your work at unpredictable times of the day is an example of:

Answer 6

a VI schedule

Question 7

A cumulative record shows responding within a session under a schedule of reinforcement. T/F

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a complex schedule?

Answer 8

concurrent schedule

Question 9

Complex schedules…
are combinations of two or more simple schedules

may have discriminative stimuli associated with each component schedule

all of the above

Answer 9

all of the above

Question 10

If the simple schedules that make up a complex schedule are presented one after another, they are successive.
T/F

Answer 10

True

Question 11

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

Answer 11

all of the above

Question 12

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

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Grow et al. (2010) used a multiple schedule intervention to put a behaviour under…

Answer 13

Stimulus control

Question 14

Extraneous reinforcement (Re) is reinforcement obtained for behaviours outside the responses measured in the experiment. T/F

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Preference is the distribution of allocated responses to one or more alternatives. T/F

Answer 15

False!!!!

Question 16

Choice is influenced by our history of reinforcement. T/F

Answer 16

True

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Quality

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Magnitude

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Delay

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Punishment

Question 21

Perfect matching between responses and reinforcers doesn’t often occur. T/F

Answer 21

True

Question 22

The study by Borrero et al (2007) showed that…

Answer 22

people allocate responses to people based on the relative rates of reinforcement for responses from that person

Question 23

Choice can be used as…

Answer 23

both an antecedent and a reinforcer