University of Florida

EAB 3002

CHAPTER 8

1)One way to make punishment more effective is to provide an alternative means of obtaining reinforcement.

2. David Camp and colleagues found that, compared to a two-second delay in punishment, a 30-second delay resulted in                                             .
3. If Charles Catania’s thinking about reinforcement is applied to punishment, we can say that all of the following are true of punishment except                                             .
4. An early theory of punishment proposed that response suppression occurred because aversives disrupt ongoing behavior.
5. Abnormal behavior may persist despite aversive consequences because it also produces reinforcing consequences
6. Each time Charles, who has a lisp, says “Mithithippi” or the like, his wife, Evelyn, yells, “Idiot!” However, there is no evidence that Evelyn’s efforts to reduce the frequency of such mispronunciations have been effective. We can therefore conclude that    .
7. The use of punishers is so common that                    concluded that “The world runs on fear.”
8. One problem with extinction as a way of reducing the frequency of potentially harmful behavior is that                                    .
9. When disciplining their son, Jacob, Mr. and Ms. Grinch begin with an extremely mild form of punishment and gradually increase its strength if the offenses continue. This procedure is likely to result in                                                       .
10. Research ahs shown that abnormal behavior is often                   .