Module 5

The first rule of punishment is

it happens

When a response is followed immediately by a stimulus change that decreasese the future probability of similar responses is best described by

Punishment

Saying "no" contingent upon a learner's response that results in a decrease in the probability of that response in the future is an example of

Positive punishment

Removing a token contingent upon a response that results in a decrease in the probability of that response in the future is an example of

Negative punishment

A stimulus change that functions as punishment as a result of a person's conditioning history is

Unconditioned punisher

Which two variables affect the effectiveness of punishers

Immediacy and schedule

A potential negative side effect of punishment is

Behavioral contrast

The analogy of the history of punishment that the author used was that punishment was a

Pendulum

The effectiveness of punishment was first evaluated in which type of research

Basic