Question 1

A rat's lever pressing is on a concurrent VI 5" VI 15" schedule. Describe the rat's behavior.

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Question 2

The immediate effect of extinction is often an abrupt increase in the rate of the behavior being
extinguished. This is called an extinction ______.

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Question 3

Explain why fatigue is not a good explanation for postreinforcement pauses.

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Question 4

How might you use what you know about reinforcement schedules to study the effects of air temperature on behaviorinferred, but see 225; figure 7-12)
Answers should indicate an understanding of the value of schedule-induced steady rates to study the effects of independent variables, such as air temperature.

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Question 5

In a tandem schedule, behavior is performed during a series of schedules, but food reinforcement comes only at the end of the last schedule. What reinforces behavior during the earlier schedules when food is not provided?

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Question 6

A teacher has a student who gives up at the first sign of difficulty. How can the teacher increase the child's persistence?

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Question 7

Why is the study of reinforcement schedules important225)
This is review question 16, rephrased. Students might discuss the use of schedules in defining and studying personality characteristics such as laziness, the effects of drugs and other variables on behavior, and their use in studying extinction effects and other basic phenomena.

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Question 8

If you increase the requirements for reinforcement too quickly you are likely to see evidence of ratio _______.

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Question 9

According to the ________ hypothesis, the PRE occurs because it is difficult to distinguish between intermittent reinforcment and extinction.

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Quiz 7: Schedules of Reinforcement