A schedule of intermittent reinforcement is likely to increase
__________.
Selected
Answer:
b. Resistance to extinction.
Answers:
a. Resistance
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reinforcement.
b. Resistance to extinction.
c. The establishing operation.
d. The motivating operation.
Answer
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Question 2
● 4 out of 4 points
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An immediate increase in frequency and/or amplitude of the
response after the removal of the maintaining reinforcer
is called:
Selected
Answer:
a. Extinction burst.
Answers: a. Extinction burst.
b. Reinforcement.
c. Noncontingent
reinforcement.
d. Punishment.
Answer
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Question 3
● 4 out of 4 points
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Carr and Lovaas (1983) recommended that practitioners
experience any punisher personally before the treatment
begins for what reason?
Selected
Answ
er:
b. It reminds the practitioner that the
technique produces physical
discomfort.
Answers
:
a. It reminds the practitioner that it is
a sadistic procedure.
b. It reminds the practitioner that the
technique produces physical
discomfort.
c. It reminds the practitioner that the
technique is designed to increase
the appropriate behavior of the
student.
d. It allows the practitioner to
determine a baseline of
discomfort, which he or she then
increases rapidly as it is
administered to the student.
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Question 4
● 4 out of 4 points
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Extinction bursts usually suggest that the reinforcer
maintaining the problem behavior was successfully
identified, indicating that there is a good chance of a(n)
_____________ intervention.
Selected
Answer:
a. Effective.
Answers: a. Effective.
b. Ineffective.
c. Functional.
d. None of the
above.
Answer
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Question 5
● 5 out of 5 points
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Little Peter was walking along the fence of his uncle's dairy
farm. Peter reached up and grabbed the wire along the
fence, not realizing it was electrified. After recovering
from the pain caused by the shock, Peter never again
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