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Question 1Question 2Question 3Question 4Question 5Question 6Question 7Question 8Question 9Question 10Question 11Question 12Question 13Question 14Question 15Question 16Question 17Question 18Question 19Question 20Question 21Question 22Question 23Question 24Question 25Question 1Question 2Question 3Question 4Question 5Question 6Question 7Question 8Question 9Question 10Question 11Question 12Question 13Question 14Question 15Question 16Question 17Question 18Question 19Question 20Question 21Question 22Question 23Question 24Question 25- Question 12 out of 2 points Studies of delayed reinforcement document the importance of ____.AnswerSelected Answer: contiguity- Question 20 out of 2 points Thorndike plotted the results of his puzzle box experiments as graphs. Theresulting curves show a/an ____ with succeeding trials.AnswerSelected Answer: decrease in errors- Question 32 out of 2 points With reinforcement, it is easy for a person to lower his blood pressure.AnswerSelected Answer: False- Question 42 out of 2 points In operant learning, the word contingency usually refers to the degree of correlation between a behavior and a consequence.AnswerSelected Answer: True- Question 52 out of 2 points Contrary to what many people think, research shows that contrived reinforcers can actually enhance interest in the reinforced activity.AnswerSelected Answer: True- Question 62 out of 2 points PearlMary's grandmother, Pearl, is from the Old Country. Although she knows some English, she continues to speak her native tongue. Pearl can't go anywhere without a member of the family because she can't communicate with people about prices, directions, bus routes, etc.Mary decides to try to modify Pearl's behavior. She and the rest of the family refuse to respond to any comment or request by Pearl that theyknow she is capable of expressing in English. For example, if during dinnershe says, "Pass the potatoes" in English, she gets potatoes; if she says it in her native language she gets ignored.Refer to Pearl. Pearl's resistance to learning English is most likely the result of ____.AnswerSelected Answer: the benefits she receives for not speaking English- Question 70 out of 2 points The Watson and Rayner experiment with Little Albert may have involved operant as well as Pavlovian learning because the loud noise ____.AnswerSelected Answer: was aversive- Question 82 out of 2 points Negative reinforcement and punishment are synonyms.AnswerSelected Answer: False- Question 92 out of 2 points Charles Catania identified three characteristics that define reinforcement. These include all of the following except ____.AnswerSelected Answer: the consequence of the behavior must be positive- Question 102 out of 2 points Often the initial effect of an extinction procedure is an increase in the behavior called a/an extinction ____.AnswerSelected Answer: burst- Question 112 out of 2 points According to Skinner, people are rewarded, but behavior is reinforced.AnswerSelected Answer: True- Question 122 out of 2 points Operant learning is often called S-R learning, but according to your authorthis is a mistake.AnswerSelected Answer: True- Question 132 out of 2 points Vomiting is ordinarily an involuntary response, but sometimes it can be modified by operant procedures.AnswerSelected Answer: True- Question 142 out of 2 points The one thing that all reinforcers have in common is that they ____.AnswerSelected Answer: strengthen behavior- Question 152 out of 2 points The figure below from your text illustrates ____.AnswerSelected Answer: shaping- Question 162 out of 2 points One tip for successful shaping of behavior is to provide large reinforcers.AnswerSelected Answer: False- Question 172 out of 2 points Skinner describes some of his most important research in ____.AnswerSelected Answer: The Behavior of Organisms- Question 182 out of 2 points In shaping, it is sometimes a good idea to back up-- i.e., to reinforce earlier approximations of the desired behavior.AnswerSelected Answer: True- Question 192 out of 2 points Operant learning sometimes occurs without any sign of awareness of the relation between behavior and its consequence.AnswerSelected Answer: True- Question 202 out of 2 points In one of Thorndike's puzzle boxes, a door would fall open when a cat stepped on a treadle, thus allowing the cat to reach food outside the box. Eventually the cat would step on the treadle as soon as it was put into thebox. Thorndike concluded that ____.AnswerSelected Answer: treadle stepping increased because it had a "satisfying effect"- Question 210 out of 2 points The training procedure Thorndike used in his famous experiments with cats is best described as ____.AnswerSelected Answer: free operant- Question 220 out of 2 points Sylvia believes that the reinforcement properties of an event depend on the extent to which it provides access to high probability behavior. Sylvia is most likely an advocate of ____ theory.AnswerSelected Answer: drive-reductionc. Response deprivation- Question 232 out of 2 points Thorndike's 1898 dissertation describes experiments with cats, chicks, and ____.AnswerSelected Answer: dogs- Question 242 out of 2 points ____ is a neurotransmitter that seems to be important in reinforcement.AnswerSelected Answer: Dopamine- Question 252 out of 2 points Negative reinforcement increases the strength of a behavior.AnswerSelected Answer: True- Question 12 out of 2 points Pavlovian and operant learning often occur together.AnswerSelected Answer: True- Question 22 out of 2 points All of the following are useful tips for shaping behavior except ____.AnswerSelected Answer: never backup- Question 30 out of 2 points The law of effect says that ____.AnswerSelected Answer: satisfying consequences are more powerful than annoying consequences- Question 40 out of 2 points The training procedure Thorndike used in his famous experiments with cats is best described as ____.AnswerSelected Answer: trial-and-error- Question 52 out of 2 points PearlMary's grandmother, Pearl, is from the Old Country. Although she knows some English, she continues to speak her native tongue. Pearl can't go anywhere without a member of the family because she can't communicate with people about prices, directions, bus routes, etc.Mary decides to try to modify Pearl's behavior. She and the rest of the family refuse to respond to any comment or request by Pearl that they know she is capable of expressing in


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