What are the two main effects that extinction behaviours have on an operant behaviour?
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Rate of responding decreases
Behaviour variability increases
Behaviour variability decreases
Rate of responding increases
Behaviour is unlearned
Question 2
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Resurgence is when...
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A behaviour that used to produce reinforcement in the past reappears.
A behaviour extinguished in one context remains present in a novel context.
The conditioned response returns after a presentation of the US by itself.
There is an uprising like in the Divergence movies.
Question 3
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Which of the following factors influence the rate of extinction?
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Schedule of reinforcement
Length of previous training
History of reinforcement
Deprivation
Delay of reinforcer
Type of animal being tested
Question 4
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When a conditioned behaviour is extinguished in one context but remains present in another context, this is called...
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Renewal
Resurgence
Rapid reacquisition
Reinstatement
Question 5
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Reinstatement is when...
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The presentation of a US on its own brings back a conditioned response.
The presentation of a CR on its own brings back the conditioned response.
When a behaviour is extinguished in one context but remains in another.
When behaviours that previously earned a reinforcer appear during extinction.
Question 6
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Extinction is context specific because it is...
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The second thing learned
Inhibitory learning
The first thing learned
Excitatory learning
Dependent on so many factors
Question 7
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Which of the following is more preferable for changing unwanted behaviour?
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Positive punishment
Negative punishment
Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Question 8
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[blank_start]Avoidance[blank_end]: Preventing delivery of an aversive stimulus
[blank_start]Escape[blank_end]: Getting away from a current aversive stimulus
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Avoidance
Escape
Exctinction
Punishment
Question 9
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In the 2 process theory of avoidance learning, the avoidance response of escaping is considered to be what?
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Negative reinforcement
Positive reinforcement
Unconditioned response
Conditioned response
Conditioned stimulus
Question 10
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A problem for the two factor theory of avoidance learning is that a subject can learn avoidance without a CS. What is this called?
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Sidman free operant
One factor theory
Inhibitory escape theory
Escape learning theory
Question 11
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Rescorla & Lolordo found that in avoidance learning...