Unit 6 Quiz

Question 1

John spent his summer picking cantaloupes for a farmer. The farmer paid John a certain amount for every basket of cantaloupes picked. John worked on a

Answer 1

Fixed ratio schedule

Question 2

People sometimes behave differently from animals on a given schedule. This is most likely because

Answer 2

People receive instructions about what they are to do

Question 3

______ is an excellent schedule for increasing the rate at which a behaviour occurs

Answer 3

DRH

Question 4

The schedule to use if you want to produce the most rapid learning of new behaviour is

Answer 4

CRF

Question 5

The study of reinforcement schedules suggests that the behaviour we call stick-to-it-iveness is largely the product of

Answer 5

Reinforcement history

Question 6

CRF is synonymous with

Answer 6

FR 1

Question 7

Goldberg and Cheney demonstrated that rats will malinger if other rats will work harder. They did this using a ____ schedule

Answer 7

Cooperative

Question 8

In schedules research, VD stands for

Answer 8

Variable duration

Question 9

The explanation of the PRE that puts greatest emphasis on internal cues is the

Answer 9

Frustration hypothesis

Question 10

Of the following, the schedule that is most likely to produce a superstitious behaviour is the _____ schedule:

FD
VD
DRH
VT

Answer 10

VT

Question 11

The schedule that is likely to produce a cumulative record with scallops is the

Answer 11

FI schedule

Question 12

One explanation for the PRE implies that the effect is really an illusion. This is the

Answer 12

Response unit hypothesis

Question 13

Shirley trains a rat to press a lever and then reinforces lever presses on and FR 10 schedule when a red light is on, and and FI 10” schedule when a green light is on. In this case, lever pressing is on a

Answer 13

Multiple schedule

Question 14

The Goldberg and Cheney study found that malingering occurred even though

Answer 14

Malingering reduced the amount of reinforcement received by the malingerer

Question 15

True or false: when a response is placed on extinction, there is often an increase in emotional behaviour

Answer 15

True

Question 16

True or false: One difference between FT and FI schedules is that in FT schedules, the reinforcement is not contingent on behaviour

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or false: although important, the matching law is restricted to a narrow range of species, responses, reinforcers, and reinforcement schedules

Answer 17

False

Question 18

True or false: in VI schedules, the reinforcer occurs periodically regardless of what the organism does

Answer 18

False

Question 19

M True or false: when food is the reinforcer, it is possible to stretch the ratio to the point at which an animal expends more energy than it receives

Answer 19

True

Question 20

True or false: in a multiple schedule, the organism is forced to choose between two or more reinforcement schedules

Answer 20

False

Question 21

The explanation of the PRE that puts the greatest emphasis on internal cues is the

Answer 21

Frustration hypothesis

Question 22

When behaviour is on and if our schedule, animals often discontinue working briefly following reinforcement. These periods are called

Answer 22

Post-reinforcement pauses

Question 23

Choice involves these types of schedules

Answer 23

Concurrent

Question 24

CRF stands for

Answer 24

Continuous reinforcement

Question 25

In CRF, the ratio of reinforcers to responses is 1 to 1; in FR1, the ratio is:

Answer 25

1 to 1

Question 26

The schedule below that is not an intermittent schedule is:

FR 1
FR 5
VR 1
VI 1”

Answer 26

FR 1