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Title: With which approach to reinforcement would an extremely hungry person most easily identify?
Post by: mac on Feb 26, 2018
With which approach to reinforcement would an extremely hungry person most easily identify?
 
  A) The Premack principle
  B) The response deprivation hypothesis
  C) Drive reduction theory
  D) Two-process theory



Question 2

According to drive reduction theory, _____ are associated with some type of drive reduction.
 
  A) only primary reinforcers
  B) primary punishers
  C) all reinforcers
  D) all punishers



Question 3

According to drive reduction theory, an event is reinforcing to the extent that it is associated with a reduction in a
 
  A) physiological drive.
  B) psychological drive.
  C) psychological mood.
  D) Both a and b are correct.



Question 4

One way to facilitate our behavior throughout a long response chain is to make the completion of each link more salient, thereby enhancing its value as a
 
  A) primary reinforcer.
  B) secondary reinforcer.
  C) terminal reinforcer.
  D) discriminative stimulus.



Question 5

In adult humans, many very long response chains (like completing a course or a large project at work) are established through
 
  A) backward chaining.
  B) periodic use of punishment.
  C) instructions.
  D) modeling.



Question 6

A pigeon first completes a VR 20 schedule on a green key and then a VI 30-sec schedule on a yellow key, following which it receives food. This behavior chain would have been best trained by starting with responding on
 
  A) the green key.
  B) the yellow key.
  C) an orange key.
  D) a greenish-yellow key.



Question 7

Often, the best way to train a response chain, especially with animals or young children, is to
 
  A) train the first behavior first
  B) train the last behavior first
  C) train the last behavior last.
  D) train both the first behavior first and train the last behavior last



Question 8

Justin's dog has to sit down, then lay down, then roll over, and then beg in order to earn a treat. The behavior that will be performed best is likely to be
 
  A) sitting down.
  B) laying down.
  C) rolling over.
  D) begging.


Title: With which approach to reinforcement would an extremely hungry person most easily identify?
Post by: lkjhg13579 on Feb 26, 2018
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Title: With which approach to reinforcement would an extremely hungry person most easily identify?
Post by: mac on Feb 26, 2018
This calls for a celebration :raised_hands:


Title: With which approach to reinforcement would an extremely hungry person most easily identify?
Post by: lkjhg13579 on Feb 26, 2018
I get paid? lol

My pleasure