Reinforcement Part 1

What is reinforcement?

• way of identifying things that motivate and engage a child

• procedure that makes a behaviour MORE likely to happen again in the future

• variables that change the impact of stimuli, events, and objects

• procedure that makes a behaviour LESS likely to happen again in the future

What is it called when you remove a stimulus after a desired behaviour occurs to increase the likelihood of that behaviour occurring again in the future?

• Positive reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

• Preference assessment

• Capturing motivation

Tokens, money, and praise are all examples of what?

• Preferences

• Unconditioned reinforcers

• Generalized reinforcers

• Punishers

Jason is on a VR2 schedule of reinforcement for tokens at the table. When should he get a token?

• After exactly 2 minutes

• After an average of 2 minutes

• After exactly 2 responses

• After an average of 2 responses

Which of the following is the best example of an unconditioned reinforcer?

• Drinking hot chocolate on a cold day

• Going to the movies with friends

• Playing with your pets

• Buying a new pair of shoes

Cleo loves chips. You have been giving Cleo chips for staying at the table, but she keeps running away. In this scenario, chips are an example of a reinforcer for staying at the table.

• True

• False

Heidi gets a token after every 30 seconds of staying at the table. What type of reinforcement schedule is being used?

• Variable interval

• Fixed interval

• Variable ratio

• Fixed ratio

You were late to work 4 times last month, so you decide to set your alarm to go off at 7:00 am every morning and leave the alarm clock on the other side of the room. Today, your alarm sounds, and you get out of bed to turn it off before getting ready to go to work. So far this month, you have not been late to work. In this example, the alarm sound is an example of...

• Positive reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

• Fixed schedule of reinforcement

• Intermittent schedule of reinforcement