Katrina is trying to put a dollar bill into a vending machine in her office. Sometimes the machine will take a dollar bill on the first try, other times it can take up to five or six tries before the dollar bill is finally accepted. In this example, inserting a dollar bill into the vending machine is reinforced on
a. a continuous reinforcement schedule.
b. a noncontingent reinforcement schedule.
c. an intermittent reinforcement schedule.
d. a short-delay reinforcement schedule.
C
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A researcher is interested in how individuals in a certain city feel about the chance of their becoming victims of a crime. To investigate this question, she randomly selects 12 city blocks and then randomly selects a certain number of people from each block. This method of sampling is known as
a. stratified random sampling b. cluster sampling c. purposive sampling d. nonprobability sampling
If schizophrenia were exclusively a genetic disorder,
A) numerous cures would now be available. B) marrying a schizophrenic would not increase the likelihood of developing schizophrenia. C) the concordance rate for dizygotic twins would be 100%. D) anyone with schizophrenia in their family history would develop schizophrenia.
When a VR schedule of reinforcement is in place, the reinforcer occurs after the
a. final response in a fixed number of responses (for example, 5). b. final response in a variable number of responses. The schedule is designated by the average number of responses that is required (for example, 5 responses). c. first response after a variable length of time has transpired. The schedule is designated by the average length of time that is required (for example, 5 minutes). d. first response after a constant interval of time (for example, 5 minutes) has occurred.