Question : 61. Which of the following NOT a disadvantage of punishment? A. It : 1233668

 

61. 

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of punishment?

A. 

It is ineffective if it is not delivered immediately after the undesirable behavior.

B. 

Physical punishment sends the message that aggressive behavior is appropriate.

C. 

It tends to change behavior very slowly.

D. 

Punishment does not suggest which alternative behaviors might be more desirable.

62. 

Behavior that is reinforced every time it occurs is said to be on a(n) _____ reinforcement schedule.

A. 

secondary

B. 

positive

C. 

intermittent

D. 

continuous

63. 

You don’t receive a smile or a “thank you” each time you hold a door for the person behind you. It is acknowledged sometimes. Door-holding is reinforced on a(n) _____ reinforcement schedule.

A. 

continuous

B. 

partial

C. 

regular

D. 

fixed

64. 

Vending machine is to slot machine what _____ reinforcement is to _____ reinforcement.

A. 

secondary; primary

B. 

continuous; intermittent

C. 

partial; intermittent

D. 

variable; fixed

65. 

A fixed-ratio schedule is a schedule:

A. 

by which reinforcement is given only after a specific number of responses are made.

B. 

by which reinforcement occurs after a varying number of responses rather than after a fixed number.

C. 

that provides reinforcement for a response only if a fixed time period has elapsed, making overall rates of response relatively low.

D. 

by which the time between reinforcements varies around some average rather than being fixed.

66. 

Which of the following promotions exemplifies the use of a fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement?

A. 

A café prints “You are a winner” on a random one-twelfth of its coffee lids; patrons receiving such a lid can redeem it for a free beverage.

B. 

A café offers its customers a punch card. Each time a patron purchases a beverage, a hole is punched; when ten holes are punched, the patron receives a free beverage.

C. 

A café offers each patron an early morning two-for-one free-beverage-with-purchase deal from 5 to 6 a.m. on Monday mornings.

D. 

Now and then, a café announces a two-for-one deal.

67. 

Dr. Arceneaux wants his students to take advantage of online practice quizzes on his course site. Which of the following is the most effective plan to increase the number of practice quizzes completed? 

A. 

1 bonus point for every 2 online practice quizzes completed

B. 

5 points deducted from course total if no quizzes are completed

C. 

1 bonus point awarded every 2 weeks if 2 or more quizzes have been completed

D. 

1 bonus point awarded every now and then (about 2 weeks on average) if 2 or more quizzes have been completed recently

68. 

A variable-ratio schedule is a schedule:

A. 

by which reinforcement is given only after a specific number of responses are made.

B. 

by which reinforcement occurs after a fluctuating number of responses rather than after a fixed number.

C. 

that provides reinforcement for a response only if a fixed time period has elapsed, making overall rates of response relatively low.

D. 

by which the time between reinforcements varies around some average rather than being fixed.

69. 

Dr. Arceneaux has developed several alternative plans to increase the number of online practice quizzes his students complete. Which plan below is INCORRECTLY matched with the related schedule?

A. 

1 bonus point for every two online practice quizzes completed—fixed-ratio

B. 

1 bonus point awarded every 2 weeks if two or more quizzes have been completed—fixed-interval

C. 

1 bonus point awarded every now and then (about 2 weeks on average) if two or more quizzes have been completed recently—variable-ratio

D. 

1 bonus point awarded randomly, either for every 2 online quizzes taken or 2 bonus points for all those students taken within the first week—variable-interval

70. 

Imagine that you graphed the cumulative number of bar-press responses over time of four rats, each reinforced on a different one of the four schedules of intermittent reinforcement. Each rat’s behavior is graphed on a separate line. The line with the greatest slope should be that displaying the behavior of the rat reinforced on the _____ schedule.

A. 

fixed-ratio

B. 

fixed-interval

C. 

variable-interval

D. 

variable-ratio