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Questions from Missions 3 and 4
Rachel Smith
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Question 1

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A cumulative record shows the pattern of responding __________ sessions.
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  • across
  • within
  • outside

Question 2

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Under a fixed-time schedule, reinforcers are delivered _________________ behaviour..
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  • Irrespective of
  • Contingent on
  • After a

Question 3

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____________ schedule is an example of a complex schedule of reinforcement.
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  • Tandem
  • Feedback
  • Variable interval

Question 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
  • scallop
  • break-and-run

Question 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
  • seconds
  • responses

Question 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
  • independent
  • indirect

Question 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
  • Verbal behaviour
  • Motivating operations

Question 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
  • punishment
  • negative reinforcement

Question 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
  • were successive and had discriminative stimuli
  • were simultaneous and had no discriminative stimuli

Question 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
  • fixed time schedule
  • discriminative stimulus

Question 11

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A schedule is defined as:
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  • A rule that describes a contingency.
  • A type of reinforcer specific to that individual.
  • A visual system used to help children with autism manage transitions.
  • Reinforcing every instance of behaviour.

Question 12

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Describe what is happening to behaviour on the following cumulative record.
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  • No responses over time.
  • The learner is responding more frequently over time.
  • The learner is responding at the same frequency over time.
  • The learner has responded once and then has not responded since.

Question 13

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Which of the following schedules are intermittent?
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  • variable interval and fixed interval
  • CRF
  • variable ratio and fixed ratio
  • A and C

Question 14

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This graph is an example of responding under which schedule of reinforcement?
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  • variable interval
  • fixed ratio
  • CRF
  • fixed interval

Question 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
  • a variable interval schedule
  • a fixed ratio schedule
  • a variable ratio schedule

Question 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
  • a variable interval schedule
  • a fixed ratio schedule
  • a variable ratio schedule

Question 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
  • operate at the same time with discriminative stimuli
  • operate in succession without discriminative stimuli
  • operate at the same time without discriminative stimuli

Question 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:
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  • a fixed interval schedule
  • a fixed time schedule
  • a variable time schedule
  • a variable interval schedule

Question 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.
  • A measure antecedents to behaviour we will decrease.
  • To choose a schedule of reinforcement that will be powerful for alternative behaviours we’re going to teach.
  • For baseline (pre-rehabilitation) measures of behaviour and what is currently reinforcing behaviour.

Question 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
  • a fixed ratio schedule
  • a variable ratio schedule
  • a variable interval schedule

Question 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
  •  Extraneous reinforcement
  • Experimental reinforcement

Question 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
  • interdependent
  • independent

Question 23

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Matching law analyses usually use ______ schedules as they produce a high, stable rate of responding.
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  • VR
  • FI
  • VI

Question 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
  • Increasing
  • Not changing

Question 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
  •  behaviour emitted and reinforcers obtained
  • behaviour obtained and reinforcers available

Question 26

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The allocation of responses to alternatives in a matching analysis is the _____________ response ratio.
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  • independent
  • absolute
  • relative

Question 27

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Applied situations can often be analysed as ____________________________.
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  • concurrent reinforcement schedules
  • nonconcurrent reinforcement schedules
  • mixed reinforcement schedule

Question 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 ________________________.
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  • choosing effect
  • reinforcing effect
  •  differential outcomes effect

Question 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
  • leaner schedule
  • concurrent schedule

Question 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
  •  abolishing operation
  • concurrent schedule

Question 31

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How do behaviour analysts measure choice?
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  • Using Maslow’s theory of motivation
  • Using concurrent schedules of reinforcement
  • Using consecutive schedules of reinforcement
  • None of the above, behaviour analysts do not believe choice exists

Question 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.
  • They would press the red button more than the blue button.
  • They would press the blue button more than the red button.
  • They would only press the red button.

Question 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.
  • 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.
  • A civilian refuses vaccination against the virus.
  • 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.

Question 34

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Which of the following ALL affect matching?
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  • Magnitude, delay, punishment, quality, and response effort
  • Force, punishment, reinforcement, stimulus control, and motivation.
  • Response effort, delay, time of day, individual differences, and inter-response time.
  • Cumulative responses, aversive control, timing, quantity, and qualitative choice.

Question 35

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Choice...
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  • is only determined by an individual’s genetic history
  • can be used as a antecedent manipulation
  • can be used as a consequence
  • is only measured but we are never able to influence someone’s choice
  • B and C

Question 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
  • There are fewer Infected to the east
  • There are more resources to the west
  • There are more infected to the west

Question 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
  • They are printed in bold
  • The response effort is decreased
  • The response effort is increased

Question 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
  • External reinforcement: outside the person
  • External responses: what we can measure
  • Extraneous reinforcement: that occurs within complex schedules

Question 39

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Choice responding to an alternative can be measured by:
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  • The number of responses only
  • The discriminative stimulus
  • The number of responses or time allocated
  • The value of the schedule

Question 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
  • Responses match reinforcers
  • Choice cannot be measured
  • Preference is more important than choice
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