Last year, Jacqueline had a psychology course and a physics course. She had more quizzes in the psychology courses and was earning better grades compared to the physics course. She devoted more than half of her study time to psychology last year. This year, she has another psychology course and another physics course. This time she has more quizzes in physics, and her grade is also better in physics. She still spends more than half of her time studying for psychology. According to the matching law, this distribution of effort can be accounted for by _____.
A) self-control
B) COD
C) bias
D) optimization
Question 2According to the matching law, in an experiment where a pigeon has to press colored keys to receive food, the percentage of responses emitted on the green key should have been 65 when it was associated with the richer schedule and 15 when it was associated with the poorer schedule. The respective percentages were instead 55 and 10. This is an example of
A) matching.
B) COD.
C) optimization.
D) bias.
Question 3One day, Kylie provides 80 of the verbal reinforcers during a group conversation and Justin directs 95 of his comments toward her. The next day, Kylie provides only 10 of the verbal reinforcers. Yet, Justin directs 70 of his comments toward her. Justin's behavior is an example of
A) bias.
B) melioration.
C) self-control.
D) commitment.
Question 4According to the matching law, in an experiment where a pigeon has to press colored keys to receive food, the percentage of responses emitted on a green key should have been 25 under one condition of the experiment and 55 under another condition of the experiment. The respective percentages were instead 35 and 70. This is most likely an example of
A) bias.
B) COD.
C) melioration.
D) matching.
Question 5Bias on concurrent VI schedules is an indicator of
A) preference.
B) irrationality.
C) impulsiveness.
D) melioration.
Question 6A useful indicator of preference on concurrent VI schedules is
A) matching.
B) undermatching.
C) overmatching.
D) bias.
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