Quiz 4 spec 609
1) In terms of behavior, choice is concerned with __________.
The distribution of behavior among alternative sources of reinforcement
2) When the response is continuous rather than discrete, use a matching equation for __________.
Time spent on each alternative
3) Behavioral economics involves the use of __________.
Economic principles to describe and analyze behavioral choice
4) From a behavior analysis standpoint, drug addiction is the product of __________.
Operant choice
5) To investigate choice and preference, it is important that the organism be presented with
__________ schedules of reinforcement.
Concurrent
6) As relative rate of reinforcement __________, the relative rate of response __________.
Increases; increases
7) Delay discounting involves decisions between __________ and __________ rewards.
Small, immediate; large, delayed
8) A rat placed in a chamber with two response levers, each operating on a variable-interval
schedule and with one that pays off approximately 5 reinforcers per minute and a second that
pays off approximately 10 reinforcers per minute, will most likely distribute its behavior as:
67% of responses to the lever that gives 10 reinforcers per minute
9) Using the matching relation, predict the distribution of responses between a key with a fixed-
ratio 40 requirement and one with a fixed-ratio 60?
100% of responses to the fixed-ratio 40 schedule
10) Backward chaining involves:
Teaching the final component or link first
11) On a chain schedule of reinforcement, the longer the delay between the SD and the
unconditioned reinforcement
The less effective the SD as a conditioned reinforcer
12) According to Skinner (1953), a generalized conditioned reinforcer:
Is produced by pairing a conditioned reinforcer with more than one unconditioned reinforcer
1) In terms of behavior, choice is concerned with __________.
The distribution of behavior among alternative sources of reinforcement
2) When the response is continuous rather than discrete, use a matching equation for __________.
Time spent on each alternative
3) Behavioral economics involves the use of __________.
Economic principles to describe and analyze behavioral choice
4) From a behavior analysis standpoint, drug addiction is the product of __________.
Operant choice
5) To investigate choice and preference, it is important that the organism be presented with
__________ schedules of reinforcement.
Concurrent
6) As relative rate of reinforcement __________, the relative rate of response __________.
Increases; increases
7) Delay discounting involves decisions between __________ and __________ rewards.
Small, immediate; large, delayed
8) A rat placed in a chamber with two response levers, each operating on a variable-interval
schedule and with one that pays off approximately 5 reinforcers per minute and a second that
pays off approximately 10 reinforcers per minute, will most likely distribute its behavior as:
67% of responses to the lever that gives 10 reinforcers per minute
9) Using the matching relation, predict the distribution of responses between a key with a fixed-
ratio 40 requirement and one with a fixed-ratio 60?
100% of responses to the fixed-ratio 40 schedule
10) Backward chaining involves:
Teaching the final component or link first
11) On a chain schedule of reinforcement, the longer the delay between the SD and the
unconditioned reinforcement
The less effective the SD as a conditioned reinforcer
12) According to Skinner (1953), a generalized conditioned reinforcer:
Is produced by pairing a conditioned reinforcer with more than one unconditioned reinforcer
