If Samantha obtains 70 of her sales from client A and 30 from client B, the matching law predicts that she will choose to spend _____ of her time with client A.
A) more than 70
B) 70
C) less than 70
D) 30
Question 2According to the matching law, if a pigeon earns 40 of its reinforcers on a yellow key, it will emit _____ of its key pecks toward the yellow key.
A) 40
B) 50
C) 60
D) less than 40
Question 3According to the matching law, the proportion of _____ approximately equals the proportion of _____.
A) reinforcers earned on alternative A; reinforcers earned on alternative B
B) responses emitted on alternative A; responses emitted on alternative B
C) responses emitted on alternative A; reinforcers earned on alternative A
D) responses emitted on alternative B; reinforcers earned on alternative A
Question 4According to _____, the proportion of responses emitted on a certain schedule will approximately equal the proportion of reinforcers obtained on that schedule.
A) the behavioral contrast effect
B) maximization theory
C) the matching law
D) melioration theory
Question 5On a concurrent VR 200 VR 100 schedule, what percentage of responses would most likely be emitted toward the VR 200 schedule by an experienced pigeon?
A) 100
B) 66
C) 33
D) 0
Question 6On a concurrent VR 50 VR 100 schedule of reinforcement, a pigeon would likely (once it has enough experience)
A) show exclusive preference for the VR 100 alternative.
B) show exclusive preference for the VR 50 alternative.
C) respond twice as much on the VR 50 alternative as the VR 100.
D) respond twice as much on the VR 100 alternative as the VR 50.
Question 7Given a choice between an FR 20 and an FR 80 schedule of reinforcement, a rat would most likely (once it has enough experience) respond
A) four times as often on the FR 20 alternative as the FR 80.
B) four times as often on the FR 80 alternative as the FR 20.
C) entirely on the FR 80 alternative.
D) entirely on the FR 20 alternative.
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