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Michael frequently visits thrift stores looking for good used books.  This is enjoyable because he never knows when he might make some great finds.  What schedule of reinforcement is illustrated here?

An event which, when presented immediately following a behavior, causes the behavior to decrease in frequency is referred to as a

Reinforcers work best if individualized based on the preferences of the subject.  

Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?  

A reinforcer which is not originally reinforcing but which acquires reinforcing power through association with something that is naturally reinforcing is called:

Leslie’s mother has been giving Leslie attention whenever she throws a tantrum.  Now Leslie’s mother has decided to ignore her when she throws a tantrum.  After several instances, Leslie:

In Pavlov’s experiment, the conditioned response was _______________.

Classical conditioning does not produce new behaviors.

Which of the following is not true of intermittent reinforcement?        

Five-year-old Mackenzie has been disrespecting her parents.  Suppose that Mackenzie’s mother took our advice and ignored her daughter whenever she talked back to her.  However, Mackenzie’s behavior is not getting any better.  What could be the reason that the extinction did not work?