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Question 1 1 / 1 pts The textbook outlines four guidelines for effectively using timeout from positive reinforcement. Which of the following is NOT one of those guidelines? The timeout should end after no more than 5 minutes, even if the child is not sitting quietly. Timeouts are effective only if they significantly reduce access to reinforcers. Provide no more than three verbal warnings before putting the individual in timeout. Every instance of the problem behavior should be punished with a timeout from positive reinforcement. Question 2 1 / 1 pts When the residents of Troy chose to wheel into the city the large gift horse that the Greeks left outside the city walls, they were surprised by all the Greek warriors who came out and killed or seriously injured them while they slept. Something tells me that if the surviving Trojans were faced with the choice of what to do with another large wooden horse, they would choose to leave it outside the city walls. What behavioral principle/procedure accounts for their decreased willingness to accept equestrian gifts? Negative reinforcement Positive reinforcement Extinction

Punishment Question 3 1 / 1 pts Conditioned punishers are more effective when… the conditioned punisher is not redundant with another stimulus that already signals that the backup punisher is coming the conditioned punisher is highly salient the backup punisher is a phylogenetically important event All of these the conditioned punisher signals a large delay reduction to the backup punisher Question 4 1 / 1 pts A dog has learned to stay away from the invisible fence because, each time it approaches it, a tone is presented. The tone signals that, if the dog continues to approach the invisible fence, a shock will be presented. This device uses a ___________________ (the tone) to decrease the frequency of leaving the yard. conditioned punisher primary punisher

positive reinforcer primary reinforcer Question 5 1 / 1 pts Charlie works about 8 overtime hours per week. He says he hates it, but it helps his family make ends meet. On Monday, Charlie lost his temper and yelled at his boss. His boss told him that he was barring him from working any overtime hours for the rest of the week. This reduced Charlie’s income. After that, Charlie was careful to hold his tongue when he was angry with his boss. Barring Charlie from working overtime hours appears to function as a conditioned punisher none of these primary punisher negative punisher Question 6 1 / 1 pts Punishment interventions are more effective when they are combined with ___________ and/or _______________. reinforcement; habituation

generalization; habituation extinction; differential reinforcement habituation; Pavlovian extinction Incorrect Question 7 0 / 1 pts The typical pattern of responding under a variable-interval (VI) schedule of reinforcement is… a high rate of responding with little or no post-reinforcement pause. a post-reinforcement pause followed by a high-constant rate of responding which ends with a reinforcer (aka a “break and run”). a steady, moderate response rate with little to no post-reinforcement pause. a post-reinforcement pause gives way to an accelerating response rate that terminates with a reinforcer (aka a “scallop”). Incorrect Question 8 0 / 1 pts IF 50 responses –> THEN one reinforcer describes a ____________ schedule of reinforcement. fixed-ratio (FR) 50

variable-ratio (VR) 50 fixed-interval (FI) 50 variable-interval (VI) 50 Incorrect Question 9 0 / 1 pts Under a ____________________ schedule of reinforcement, the amount of time that must elapse before the first response is reinforced is not the same every time. variable-interval (VI) variable-ratio (VR) fixed-ratio (FR) fixed-interval (FI) Question 10 1 / 1 pts Under a _______________ schedule of reinforcement the number of responses required per reinforcer is the same every time. variable-interval (VI) fixed-ratio (FR)

fixed-interval (FI) variable-ratio (VR) Question 11 1 / 1 pts A ____________________ precisely specifies the nature of the contingent relation between a response and its reinforcer. relational frame schedule of reinforcement contingency contract scheduled relationship Question 12 1 / 1 pts Alexis got a new job selling aluminum siding for people’s homes; so far, she has made three sales. To make the sales, she visits the homes of those who have completed an online form requesting someone come to their house to provide a cost estimate. In her first week on the job, she visited 15 houses before making one sale. After that, she visited 5 houses before making another sale. She thought she was getting better at the job, but then it took 10 more house-visits before she made her third sale. What schedule of reinforcement is Alexis working under thus far? variable-interval (VI) 10

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