CHAPTER 7: Schedules and Theories of Reinforcement

CHAPTER 7: Schedules and Theories of Reinforcement

Answers to Quick Quiz Items

Quick Quiz A

1. schedule; response

2. continuous; CRF; intermittent; partial

3. continuous (CRF)

4. intermittent (partial)

5. Schedule effects; steady-state

Quick Quiz B

1. fixed ratio

2. FR 15

3. FR 3

4. continuous (CRF)

5. high; post-reinforcement pause

6. longer

7. break; run; post-reinforcement; high

8. denser

9. rich

10. stretching the ratio

11. erratic; ratio strain

Quick Quiz C

1. varying, unpredictable number

2. high; without

3. VR 10

4. ratio strain

Quick Quiz D

1. first; fixed, predictable; time

2. FI 15-min

3. few; increasing

4. scalloped; post-reinforcement pause; increasing

5. during

Quick Quiz E

1. first; varying; unpredictable; time

2. VI 20-min

3. moderate; steady; post-reinforcement pause

Quick Quiz F

1. ratio; response; does

2. interval; little

3. variable; immediate

4. fixed; distant

Quick Quiz G

1. VD; FI

2. VD

3. differential; low rates of; DRL

4. differential; high rates of; DRH

5. differential; paced; DRP

Quick Quiz H

1. noncontingent; independent

2. fixed time; FT 24-hour

3. variable time; VT

Quick Quiz I

1. increase; superstitious

2. contingent

3. VT

Quick Quiz J

1. decrease

2. more; contingent

3. contingent; less

Quick Quiz K

1. two or more simple schedules

2. adjusting; conjunctive

3. adjusting; conjunctive

Quick Quiz L

1. SD; terminal reinforcer

2. secondary; SD

Quick Quiz M

1. earlier; goal gradient; increases

2. backward; last; instructions

3. salient; secondary reinforcer

Quick Quiz N

1. physiological

2. secondary; primary

3. some behaviors do not seem to be related to a physiological drive.

4. incentive

5. incentive motivation

Quick Quiz O

1. behaviors; eating

2. high probability; low probability

3. burp; cracking your knuckles

4. soda; orange juice

5. lower

6. First you work (LPB), then you play (HPB).

Quick Quiz P

1. restricted; below

2. less

3. reinforcing

4. ineffective; effective

Quick Quiz Q

1. bliss point; can freely; optimize

2. disrupt; impossible

3. in such a way as to approach the bliss point as closely as possible.