RBT Reinforcement Principles and Schedules 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which term describes delivering reinforcement only when a behavior meets a specific quality standard?
- Differential reinforcement (Correct answer)
- Noncontingent reinforcement
- Extinction
- Satiation
Correct answer: Differential reinforcement
Differential reinforcement involves reinforcing responses that meet a criterion while withholding reinforcement for those that do not.
Question 2: Sensory stimulation that a learner produces through their own behavior (e.g., hand-flapping that feels good) is classified as:
- Positive punishment
- Automatic reinforcement (Correct answer)
- Negative reinforcement
- Conditioned reinforcement
Correct answer: Automatic reinforcement
Automatic reinforcement occurs when the behavior itself produces the reinforcing stimulus without social mediation.
Question 3: A previously neutral stimulus (a clicker) is paired with food until the clicker alone increases behavior. The clicker is now a:
- Unconditioned reinforcer
- Conditioned reinforcer (Correct answer)
- Generalized conditioned reinforcer
- Negative reinforcer
Correct answer: Conditioned reinforcer
A conditioned reinforcer acquires its reinforcing value by being paired with an already-effective (unconditioned) reinforcer.
Question 4: Which motivating operation (MO) makes a reinforcer more valuable and increases behavior that has produced that reinforcer?
- Abolishing operation
- Establishing operation (Correct answer)
- Discriminative stimulus
- Punisher
Correct answer: Establishing operation
An establishing operation (EO) increases the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus and increases relevant behavior.
Question 5: When a learner has had so much access to a reinforcer that it temporarily loses its effectiveness, this is called:
- Extinction
- Satiation (Correct answer)
- Habituation
- Abolishing operation effect
Correct answer: Satiation
Satiation occurs when a learner has received so much of a reinforcer that it temporarily loses its motivating value.
Question 6: Which of the following is an example of a generalized conditioned reinforcer?
- Food
- Water
- Money (Correct answer)
- Escape from a loud noise
Correct answer: Money
Money is a generalized conditioned reinforcer because it has been paired with many other reinforcers and can purchase a wide variety of them.
Question 7: Reinforcement provided after a behavior regardless of what the learner is doing is called:
- Differential reinforcement
- Noncontingent reinforcement (Correct answer)
- Fixed time delivery
- Scheduled reinforcement
Correct answer: Noncontingent reinforcement
Noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) delivers a reinforcer on a time-based schedule independent of any specific behavior.
RBT Reinforcement Principles and Schedules 4
Which term describes delivering reinforcement only when a behavior meets a specific quality standard?