EDF6225 ACTUAL EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔false - ✔✔A conditioned reinforcer is a punishing stimulus that has acquired its
properties as a function of species history.
✔✔true - ✔✔According to Sidman (1993), ineffective teaching produces and
exacerbates problem behavior.
✔✔true - ✔✔Punishment is defined neither by the actions of the person delivering the
consequences nor by the nature of those consequences (e.g., time-out).
✔✔positive punishment - ✔✔____________ has occurred when the frequency of
responding has been decreased by the presentation of a stimulus.
✔✔unconditioned punisher - ✔✔A(n) ____________ is a punishing stimulus that has
acquired its properties as a function of species history.
✔✔teacher - ✔✔Which of the following could function as conditioned punisher (the
other three are typically unconditioned punishers)?
✔✔a shock - ✔✔Which of the following is an example of an unconditioned punisher?
, ✔✔breaks - ✔✔Which of the following is NOT a schedule of reinforcement?
✔✔both FR1 and continuous reinforcement - ✔✔In which schedule of reinforcement is
an individual reinforced every time a particular behavior occurs?
✔✔intermittent reinforcement - ✔✔In what type of schedule are environmental
arrangements developed in which some occurrences of a behavior will be reinforced
and other occurrences of the same behavior will not be?
✔✔FR3 - ✔✔The pitcher walks a baseball player every 3rd time up at bat. This is an
example of what schedule of reinforcement?
✔✔variable ratio - ✔✔Reinforcement that occurs after an average of 5 correct
responses is an example of what schedule of reinforcement?
✔✔varaible interval - ✔✔Reinforcement that occurs contingent on the first correct
response after an average 5 minutes is an example of what schedule of reinforcement?
✔✔concurrent - ✔✔Two or more contingencies of reinforcement that operate
independently and simultaneously for two or more behaviors constitute what schedule
of reinforcement?
✔✔multiple - ✔✔What schedule presents two or more basic schedules of reinforcement
associated with distinct discriminative stimuli for a single behavior class in an
alternating, usually random, sequence?
✔✔chained - ✔✔What schedule presents two or more basic schedules of reinforcement
associated with distinct discriminative stimuli in a predictable sequence?
✔✔chained - ✔✔In what schedule is the conditioned reinforcer for one response the
discriminative stimuli for the next response?
✔✔mixed - ✔✔What non-discriminative schedule presents two or more basic schedules
of reinforcement for a single behavior class in an alternating, usually random,
sequence?
✔✔alternative - ✔✔Both an FI 5 and an FR 25 are in effect. The individual produces her
14th target response after 5 minutes and receives reinforcement. What schedule of
reinforcement is she in?
✔✔conjunctive - ✔✔Both an FI 5 and an FR 25 are simultaneously in effect. The
individual produces his 14th target response after 5 minutes but does not receive
reinforcement until he produces 25 target responses. What schedule of reinforcement is
he in?
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔false - ✔✔A conditioned reinforcer is a punishing stimulus that has acquired its
properties as a function of species history.
✔✔true - ✔✔According to Sidman (1993), ineffective teaching produces and
exacerbates problem behavior.
✔✔true - ✔✔Punishment is defined neither by the actions of the person delivering the
consequences nor by the nature of those consequences (e.g., time-out).
✔✔positive punishment - ✔✔____________ has occurred when the frequency of
responding has been decreased by the presentation of a stimulus.
✔✔unconditioned punisher - ✔✔A(n) ____________ is a punishing stimulus that has
acquired its properties as a function of species history.
✔✔teacher - ✔✔Which of the following could function as conditioned punisher (the
other three are typically unconditioned punishers)?
✔✔a shock - ✔✔Which of the following is an example of an unconditioned punisher?
, ✔✔breaks - ✔✔Which of the following is NOT a schedule of reinforcement?
✔✔both FR1 and continuous reinforcement - ✔✔In which schedule of reinforcement is
an individual reinforced every time a particular behavior occurs?
✔✔intermittent reinforcement - ✔✔In what type of schedule are environmental
arrangements developed in which some occurrences of a behavior will be reinforced
and other occurrences of the same behavior will not be?
✔✔FR3 - ✔✔The pitcher walks a baseball player every 3rd time up at bat. This is an
example of what schedule of reinforcement?
✔✔variable ratio - ✔✔Reinforcement that occurs after an average of 5 correct
responses is an example of what schedule of reinforcement?
✔✔varaible interval - ✔✔Reinforcement that occurs contingent on the first correct
response after an average 5 minutes is an example of what schedule of reinforcement?
✔✔concurrent - ✔✔Two or more contingencies of reinforcement that operate
independently and simultaneously for two or more behaviors constitute what schedule
of reinforcement?
✔✔multiple - ✔✔What schedule presents two or more basic schedules of reinforcement
associated with distinct discriminative stimuli for a single behavior class in an
alternating, usually random, sequence?
✔✔chained - ✔✔What schedule presents two or more basic schedules of reinforcement
associated with distinct discriminative stimuli in a predictable sequence?
✔✔chained - ✔✔In what schedule is the conditioned reinforcer for one response the
discriminative stimuli for the next response?
✔✔mixed - ✔✔What non-discriminative schedule presents two or more basic schedules
of reinforcement for a single behavior class in an alternating, usually random,
sequence?
✔✔alternative - ✔✔Both an FI 5 and an FR 25 are in effect. The individual produces her
14th target response after 5 minutes and receives reinforcement. What schedule of
reinforcement is she in?
✔✔conjunctive - ✔✔Both an FI 5 and an FR 25 are simultaneously in effect. The
individual produces his 14th target response after 5 minutes but does not receive
reinforcement until he produces 25 target responses. What schedule of reinforcement is
he in?
