TOPIC 11 - THE TOKEN ECONOMY

Question 1

object/symbol exchanged for goods or services

Answer 1

token

Question 2

a stimulus not being biologically reinforcing or having to be conditioned to become a reinforcer has no ______ value

Answer 2

phylogenetic

Question 3

unconditioned reinforcers you exchange tokens for are

Answer 3

Back-up reinforcers

these are the actual reinforcer that the tokens represent which is why they are called back-up reinforcers

Question 4

Tokens are

Answer 4

CONDITIONED REINFORCERS

• they don’t have any value until you show that you can exchange tokens for BACK-UP reinforcers OR unconditioned reinforcers OR conditioned reinforcers

Question 6

Conditioned reinforcer that is contingent on multiple forms of unconditioned reinforcement

Answer 6

generalized reinforcer

Question 8

______ is considered the ultimate generalized reinforcer

Answer 8

money