3.8b APP

^{Ms Gordon uses reinforcement with her wiener dogs to cause a behavior to}

• stop

• weaken

• continue

• occur for only a limited amount of time

Which of the following scenarios best demonstrates negative reinforcement?

• J stops fouling other players in basketball because his coach benches him when he does

• B studies hard because it earns him an A in math

• C often does yoga, because he feels less anxious after doing yoga

• O stopped walking by his neighbor's house because a dog growls at him each time he walks by

Dr. Big Forehead studies how behaviors followed by a favorable consequence become more likely to be repeated. BF studies Thorndike's principle called

• the law of effect

• operant conditioning

• shaping

• respondent behavior

Which of the following is a conditioned reinforcer?

• rats are rewarded with food in a Skinner box

• Becca drinks cold water on a hot day

• Xavier earns a high score on an exam after studying

• Marco receives a big hug from his mother

Rey's chore in her home is to feed the dog. Her mother wanted Rey to remember to feed the dog each day, so she tested some methods to try to ensure that Rey fed the dog every day. For 2 weeks, she gave Rey $1 each time Rey fed the dog (method A). For another two weeks, she gave Rey $5 if she remembered to feed the dog at least once in the last week (method B). her moher tracked how each method affect Rey's dog-feeding behavior. Which schedule of reinforcement corresponds to method B?

• fixed-ratio

• fixed-interval

• Variable-Ratio

• variable-interval