Schedules of Reinforcement - PSY 339

Two pigeons are learning to peck a disc. One pigeon is on a FR 10 schedule and the other is on a VI 10" schedule. The pigeons show different patterns and rates of learning. These differences in patterns and rates are called _______.

Schedule effects.

The schedule that is not an intermittent schedule is ________.

• FR 1

• FR 5

• VR 1

• VR 1”

FR 1

The schedule that is likely to produce a cumulative record with scallops is the _________.

• FR schedule

• VR schedule

• FI schedule

• VI schedule

FI schedule

The greater the number of reinforcements before extinction, the _______.

• greater the number of responses during extinction

• faster the rate of extinction

• stronger the response during extinction

• greater the frustration during extinction

greater the number of responses during extinction

Gradually reducing the frequency of reinforcement is called _________.

• extinction

• stretching the ratio

• intermittent reinforcement

• a partial reinforcement effect

stretching the ratio

A chain schedule is most like a _________ schedule.

• Multiple

• Mixed

• Cooperative

• Tandem

Tandem

Studies of choice involve _________.

• Multiple schedules

• chain schedules 

• concurrent schedules

• redundant schedules

concurrent schedules

The explanation of the PRE that puts the greatest emphasis on internal cues is the ________.

• discrimination hypothesis

• frustration hypothesis

• sequential hypothesis

• response unit hypothesis

frustration hypothesis 

According to the matching law, given two behaviors, B₁ and B₂, each on its own reinforcement schedule, r₁ and r₂, respectively, the relative frequency of each behavior _________.

• equals the relative frequency of reinforcement available

• is greater than the relative frequency of reinforcement available

• is less than the relative frequency of reinforcement available

• has no relationship with the relative frequency of reinforcement available

equals the relative frequency of reinforcement available

Anika has been offered two jobs. One will pay her $20 per hour and one will pay her $10 per hour. Anika decides to take the job that offers her $20 per hour instead of the one that offers $10 per hour. Which of the following best accounts for her choice?

• The matching law

• The break point

• the partial reinforcement effect

• A tandem schedule

The matching law