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A cumulative record shows the pattern of responding __________ sessions.
Pregunta 2
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Under a fixed-time schedule, reinforcers are delivered _________________ behaviour..
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Irrespective of
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Contingent on
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After a
Pregunta 3
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____________ schedule is an example of a complex schedule of reinforcement.
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Tandem
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Feedback
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Variable interval
Pregunta 4
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The pattern of responding under a fixed-ratio schedule involves a post-reinforcement pause and a series of reinforcers; a pattern which is called ______________.
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pause-and-respond
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scallop
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break-and-run
Pregunta 5
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A ratio schedule requires a specified number of ____________ since the last reinforcer for the next reinforcer to be obtained.
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stimuli
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seconds
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responses
Pregunta 6
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Schedule thinning often involves moving from a continuous schedule of reinforcement to an ______________ schedule of reinforcement.
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intermittent
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independent
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indirect
Pregunta 7
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Sometimes, humans are less sensitive to schedules than animals because of instructional control. Instructional control describes how _____________ interferes with the schedule.
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Stimulus control
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Verbal behaviour
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Motivating operations
Pregunta 8
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One of the limitations of the research on schedules is that a large proportion of it has been conducted using _______________________.
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positive reinforcement
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punishment
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negative reinforcement
Pregunta 9
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Grow et al. (2010) interspersed periods of staff availability with unavailability to put excessive social behaviours of a man with intellectual disabilities under stimulus control. The two schedules (availability and unavailability) were a multiple schedule because they ____________________________________________.
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were simultaneous and had discriminative stimuli
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were successive and had discriminative stimuli
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were simultaneous and had no discriminative stimuli
Pregunta 10
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Saunders et al. (2005) showed that showing their participants how pieces of paper they had to shred to earn reinforcers under a fixed ratio schedule made the schedule more effective. This is an example of a ______________________.
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post-reinforcement pause
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fixed time schedule
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discriminative stimulus
Pregunta 11
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A schedule is defined as:
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A rule that describes a contingency.
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A type of reinforcer specific to that individual.
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A visual system used to help children with autism manage transitions.
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Reinforcing every instance of behaviour.
Pregunta 12
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Describe what is happening to behaviour on the following cumulative record.
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No responses over time.
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The learner is responding more frequently over time.
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The learner is responding at the same frequency over time.
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The learner has responded once and then has not responded since.
Pregunta 13
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Which of the following schedules are intermittent?
Pregunta 14
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This graph is an example of responding under which schedule of reinforcement?
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variable interval
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fixed ratio
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CRF
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fixed interval
Pregunta 15
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A loyalty card at the military surplus store gives you free night vision goggles after you’ve bought 10 items. This is an example of:
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a fixed interval schedule
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a variable interval schedule
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a fixed ratio schedule
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a variable ratio schedule
Pregunta 16
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You go door-to-door in an abandoned town looking for survivors and find one every few doors but not regularly. This is an example of:
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a fixed interval schedule
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a variable interval schedule
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a fixed ratio schedule
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a variable ratio schedule
Pregunta 17
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A multiple schedule is when two or more simple schedules:
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operate in succession with discriminative stimuli
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operate at the same time with discriminative stimuli
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operate in succession without discriminative stimuli
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operate at the same time without discriminative stimuli
Pregunta 18
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Every week at the same time, the military drop a package of supplies at the base, irrespective of the operations on the base. This is an example of:
Pregunta 19
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Which of these is not a reason to measure simple schedules in our attempts to rehabilitate the infected?
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To choose a maintainable schedule of reinforcement for alternative behaviours we’re going to teach.
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A measure antecedents to behaviour we will decrease.
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To choose a schedule of reinforcement that will be powerful for alternative behaviours we’re going to teach.
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For baseline (pre-rehabilitation) measures of behaviour and what is currently reinforcing behaviour.
Pregunta 20
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We keep the radio on and listen for updates from other bases. Occasionally we hear a transmission and receive information. This is:
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a fixed interval schedule
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a fixed ratio schedule
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a variable ratio schedule
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a variable interval schedule
Pregunta 21
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Reinforcement available for responding outside of schedules in the matching law (Re) is called _______________________.
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Externalising reinforcement
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Extraneous reinforcement
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Experimental reinforcement
Pregunta 22
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In a concurrent schedule, two or more schedules are available at the same time, and they are _________________.
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dependent
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interdependent
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independent
Pregunta 23
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Matching law analyses usually use ______ schedules as they produce a high, stable rate of responding.
Pregunta 24
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_____________ response effort on an alternative will result in an increase in responding on that alternative.
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Decreasing
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Increasing
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Not changing
Pregunta 25
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In Herrnstein's (1971) matching law equation, B and R represent _________________________________________ respectively.
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behaviour emitted and reinforcers available
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behaviour emitted and reinforcers obtained
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behaviour obtained and reinforcers available
Pregunta 26
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The allocation of responses to alternatives in a matching analysis is the _____________ response ratio.
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independent
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absolute
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relative
Pregunta 27
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Applied situations can often be analysed as ____________________________.
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concurrent reinforcement schedules
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nonconcurrent reinforcement schedules
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mixed reinforcement schedule
Pregunta 28
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The opportunity to choose is effective for increasing appropriate behaviour, however it is difficult to tell whether this is because of the reinforcing effects of making a choice, or that making a choice provided access to more reinforcing outcomes. This is called the ________________________.
Pregunta 29
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Borrero et al. (2007) showed that social interactions were aimed at people in a conversation based on how much reinforcement they provided for interactions (i.e., matching). This finding could be used in a classroom by providing a _____________________ for children who call out too often and the opposite for children who do not participate enough.
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denser schedule
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leaner schedule
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concurrent schedule
Pregunta 30
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The opportunity to choose tasks, rather than being assigned tasks, might alter the value of escape (i.e., could be a / an __________________________ for escape as a reinforcer).
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establishing operation
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abolishing operation
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concurrent schedule
Pregunta 31
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How do behaviour analysts measure choice?
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Using Maslow’s theory of motivation
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Using concurrent schedules of reinforcement
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Using consecutive schedules of reinforcement
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None of the above, behaviour analysts do not believe choice exists
Pregunta 32
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Using the matching law, describe how an Infected’s behaviour would be distributed over the following two buttons: red button with a VI30s or blue button with a VI20s.
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Their responding would be distributed equally between the two buttons.
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They would press the red button more than the blue button.
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They would press the blue button more than the red button.
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They would only press the red button.
Pregunta 33
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Which of the following is an example of responding under the matching law?
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During screening, you follow every order from the lieutenants to avoid being punished.
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An Infected spends more time searching for food inside a shopping centre where there are humans hiding than in the car park where there are fewer humans.
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A civilian refuses vaccination against the virus.
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Every time you hear the air siren, you hide and stay still, but when you hear the fire alarm, you walk out of the building.
Pregunta 34
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Which of the following ALL affect matching?
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Magnitude, delay, punishment, quality, and response effort
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Force, punishment, reinforcement, stimulus control, and motivation.
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Response effort, delay, time of day, individual differences, and inter-response time.
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Cumulative responses, aversive control, timing, quantity, and qualitative choice.
Pregunta 35
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is only determined by an individual’s genetic history
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can be used as a antecedent manipulation
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can be used as a consequence
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is only measured but we are never able to influence someone’s choice
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B and C
Pregunta 36
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Scouts on the Combat Team can search to the east or west of Pontio Base Five. Which would NOT increase the likelihood they will search to the east?
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The east is easier to reach by foot
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There are fewer Infected to the east
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There are more resources to the west
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There are more infected to the west
Pregunta 37
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The Healers want to ensure that more civilians read the infection prevention pamphlets they have made. What would make it less likely that people will read them?
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The language is easy to read
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They are printed in bold
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The response effort is decreased
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The response effort is increased
Pregunta 38
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In the matching law, what does Re represent?
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Extraneous reinforcement: that occurs outside of what we are measuring
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External reinforcement: outside the person
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External responses: what we can measure
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Extraneous reinforcement: that occurs within complex schedules
Pregunta 39
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Choice responding to an alternative can be measured by:
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The number of responses only
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The discriminative stimulus
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The number of responses or time allocated
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The value of the schedule
Pregunta 40
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What is the ‘take home message’ of the matching law in regards to explaining choice?
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Discriminative stimuli shape choices
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Responses match reinforcers
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Choice cannot be measured
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Preference is more important than choice