Ball State University

ABA 609

Quiz 2

1)What defines a contingency of reinforcement?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic contingencies?

3. The Premack principle states that a higher-frequency behavior will:

4. Shaping of behavior involves:

5. Consider the following example: "Joanne is very fair skinned. In order to not get sunburned, she puts on sunscreen before she goes to the beach." This is an example of                .

6. Consider the following example: "Bob is running late for work so he drives faster than usual. As a result of his increased speed, Bob is pulled over by a police officer and receives a ticket. The next time Bob is running late for work he drives the correct speed." This is an example of

7. Consider the following example: "Kendra stays out two hours past curfew. As a result of her tardiness, her parents take away her privileges to go out for two weeks. The next time Kendra goes out, she makes sure to come home on time." This is an example of                .

8. In positive reinforcement, a stimulus is                                               and as a result behavior    .

9. One of the main criticisms of behavioral rewards and reinforcement is the idea that         .

10. Before Frank could begin his research project, he had to train his rat to press the lever by reinforcing successive approximation of lever pressing. This technique is known as:

11. Mex finds that his new dog will work really hard for bites of a doggy treat at the beginning of a training session, but appears to lose interest in the treats the more that Max gives to him. This is an example of:

12. The extinction burst refers to:

13. In order to treat her son's frequent tantrums while out shopping, Ruby put his tantrum behavior on extinction by refusing to buy any treats when he tantrums in the store. This works and her son does not tantrum any more while shopping. Then, suddenly, the tantrum behavior reappears one day while they are out shopping. This reappearance of the previously extinguished behavior is an example of:

14. "Shooting a basketball consists of holding the ball in one hand while the knees are bent with feet shoulder-width apart, followed by pushing the feet into the floor, extending the arm, and flicking the wrist." This description is focusing on what element of behavior?

15. William (1959) found that the bedtime tantrum behavior of a 20-month- old was maintained by and the parents' behavior of giving in to the tantrum was maintained by                         .

16. Schedules of reinforcement were first described by:

17. Schedules that generate predictable stair-step patterns are:

18. Variable-ratio schedules generate:

19. If food is presented every time a pigeon pecks a key, then the behavior is on a   schedule of reinforcement.

20. A rat receives a pellet for the first response after 5 minutes regardless of how often they press the lever. This is an example of a(n)                                                                                                    schedule.

21. When considering ratio and interval schedules of reinforcement:

22. Maria is paid on Friday, every two weeks. This is an example of a

schedule of reinforcement.

23. A schedule that is made up of a series of alternately presented fixed-ratio (FR) schedules with the values FR5, FR10, FR20, FR25, and FR40 would be best described as:

24. Behavioral momentum: