Child Tantrums and Intermittent Reinforcement

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What is the main difference between escape and avoidance?

Escape involves doing it to remove yourself from the undesirable situation, while avoidance is done to prevent the undesirable situation. (correct)

Escape involves reacting after the undesirable situation, while avoidance involves acting before the undesirable situation.

Escape involves taking preventive actions, while avoidance involves reactive actions.

Escape involves doing it to prevent the undesirable situation, while avoidance is done to remove yourself from the undesirable situation.

What is Discriminated Avoidance Conditioning?

Involves learning to enjoy aversive stimuli.

Involves learning to tolerate aversive stimuli without reacting.

Involves learning to predict and avoid an aversive stimulus before it arrives. (correct)

Involves learning to react after an aversive stimulus has been encountered.

What type of behavior is contingency-shaped behavior?

Behavior learned through observational learning.

Behavior learned through verbal instructions.

Behavior learned through genetic predisposition.

Behavior learned through direct experience with the consequences of actions. (correct)

In Antecedent Control, what is contingency-shaped behavior primarily based on?

Direct experience with the consequences of actions. Signup and view all the answers

Which action exemplifies avoidance behavior according to the provided text?

Checking the weather app and putting on a coat to avoid being cold. Signup and view all the answers

What is the goal of Differential Reinforcement of Zero responding (DRO)?

To reduce a desirable behavior to nothing Signup and view all the answers

Which type of reinforcement involves presenting a reinforcer only if the response does not occur within a normal interval?

Differential Reinforcement of Zero responding (DRO) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible responses (DRI)?

Reinforcing behaviors that are not compatible with the target behavior Signup and view all the answers

In Differential Reinforcement of Alternate behavior (DRA), what type of behavior is reinforced?

Behaviors that are similar to the target behavior Signup and view all the answers

What is involved in the Extinction technique for reducing undesirable behaviors?

Reinforcement of another dissimilar behavior Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of a reprimand according to the text?

Being sent to another room as punishment Signup and view all the answers

Which type of punishment involves harmful effects like aggressive behaviors and crying?

Pain-inducing punishment Signup and view all the answers

What is the key difference between escape conditioning and avoidance conditioning?

Avoidance conditioning uses aversive stimuli, escape conditioning does not Signup and view all the answers

What could be a potential downside of continued use of punishment according to the text?

Development of aggressive behaviors and negative emotional effects Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true about response cost as a form of punishment?

It delays the punishment for some time after the behavior Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential risk associated with modeling punishment according to the text?

Children imitating the use of punishment on others Signup and view all the answers

What is another term for learning from immediate consequences, such as getting burned?

Trial and error learning Signup and view all the answers

When a behavior is controlled by following instructions or established rules, it is known as:

Rule-governed behavior Signup and view all the answers

What type of operations temporarily decrease the effectiveness of reinforcers or punishers?

Motivating abolishing operations (MAO) Signup and view all the answers

Which is an example of an Unconditioned MAO according to the text?

Ate a big breakfast and not wanting a cookie Signup and view all the answers

What behavior-influencing technique involves presenting a sample behavior to induce a similar behavior in an individual?

Modeling Signup and view all the answers

Which category of situational inducement involves changing the time of activity to influence behavior?

Changing the time of activity Signup and view all the answers

What is Limited Hold in the context of reinforcement schedules?

The finite time period during which a reinforcer is available after a response. Signup and view all the answers

How are Short Limited Holds different from Variable Ratio schedules?

Short Limited Holds result in behaviors similar to Fixed Ratio schedules. Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of using VI with Limited Hold in reinforcement scheduling?

To achieve ratio-like behavior without counting each instance of behavior. Signup and view all the answers

In the context of reinforcement, what does Stimulus Control refer to?

The degree of correlation between stimulus and subsequent response. Signup and view all the answers

What is Antecedent in the context of behavior?

Events or interactions that happen before the behavior occurs. Signup and view all the answers

How does Discrimination differ from Generalization in behavior settings?

Discrimination involves learning to emit specific behaviors only in certain contexts. Signup and view all the answers