When reinforcement is contingent on continuous performance of an activity, a __________. reinforcement schedule is in force.
a. duration
b. interval
c. time
d. ratio
Question 2In a _____ schedule, reinforcement is contingent on the continuous performance of a behavior for some period of time.
a. fixed duration
b. continuous reinforcement
c. fixed time
d. DRH
Question 3Williams found that the greater the number of reinforcements before extinction, the _______.
a. greater the number of responses during extinction
b. faster the rate of extinction
c. stronger the response during extinction
d. greater the frustration during extinction
Question 4The reappearance of previously effective behavior during extinction is called ____________.
a. spontaneous recovery
b. recovery
c. resurgence
d. fulfillment
Question 5Resurgence may help account for _______.
a. PMS
b. rationalization
c. regression
d. reaction formation
Question 6Often the initial effect of an extinction procedure is an increase in the behavior called a(n) extinction ________.
a. rebound
b. resurgence
c. burst
d. flyer
Question 7A pigeon is confronted with two disks, one green, the other red. The bird receives food on a VI 20 schedule when it pecks the green disk, and on a VI 10 schedule when it pecks the red one. You predict that the bird will peck _________.
a. one disk about as often as at the other
b. the green disk almost exclusively
c. the green disk about twice as often as the red disk
d. the red disk about twice as often as the green disk
Question 8The schedule that is likely to produce a cumulative record with scallops is the _________.
a. FR schedule
b. VR schedule
c. FI schedule
d. VI schedule
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