Week 3 Chapter 13 Schedules of Reinforcement

Natalie receives access to a preferred reinforcer for every 4 math problems she completes correctly. What schedule of reinforcement is this?

FR-4

Select the most accurate statement regarding schedules of reinforcement

INT is best for maintaining behavior change and CRF is best for increasing behaviors.

Individuals in an adult day program can bring their completed tasks to their supervisor, turn it in, then go to the break room at the top of the hour. If the individual does not finish their task before the top of the hour, he/she does not get a break. At 15 minutes after the hour, the break room closes until the top of the next hour. What type of schedule does this resemble?

FI-1 hour w/ LH-15 min.

Which of the following exemplifies reinforcement schedule thinning?

FR50 --> FR55

A rat performs a bar-pressing task for a food reinforcer on a FR-35 FI-1 minute schedule. The reinforcer is contingent upon the rat performing 35 bar-presses and at least one bar-press following a 1-minute interval. This is an example of which schedule of reinforcement?

conjuctive

A father tells his child "I will check your room every Saturday morning. If it is clean, you'll earn an extra dollar of allowance." What reinforcement schedule is in effect?

FI

What information does a concurrent schedule reinforcer assessment provide?

Whether or not a stimulus functions as a reinforcer and how effective that stimulus is as a reinforcer compared to other stimuli

Rochelle is a teacher in a preschool classroom where students have a 5-minute circle time each morning. During circle time, Lucas raises his hand at a high rate. After taking baseline data, it was measured that Lucas raises his hand approximately 12 times during each circle time. Rochelle decided that Lucas would be allowed to go to the sand table (his favorite activity) if he raises his hand 10 times or less during circle time. As his hand raising decreases, Rochelle will decrease the number of times he is able to raise his hand to access the reinforcer. This procedure is known as:

Differential reinforcement of low rates of responding

Which of the following can increase the chances of ratio strain occurring?

Abruptly increasing the number of responses required for reinforcement.

Requiring a response that exceeds that learner's physiological capabilities.

Failing to provide instructions that communicate the change in the schedule of reinforcement.

(All of the above)

Which of the following behaviors should NOT use a DRL?

Head Banging

Tamika, a BCBA, conducted a stimulus preference assessment and identified access to the computer, listening to music, and playing video games on the Xbox as highly preferred stimuli. She delivered these potential reinforcers on a fixed schedule independent of the occurrence of the target behavior. Her delivery of the potential reinforcers is also referred to as:

Noncontingent reinforcement