Five-year-old Tommy is helping to get ready for a family reunion at Thanksgiving by polishing the good silverware. If his mother gives him a dime for every three pieces he polishes, what kind of reinforcement schedule is she using?
A. A fixed-interval schedule
B. A fixed-ratio schedule
C. A variable-interval schedule
D. A variable-ratio schedule
Answer: B
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a. nutrition b. food avoidant c. starvation d. dieting
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a. ?irreducible b. ?reducible c. ?potentially observable d. ?responses to verbal test items e. ?indicative of higher cognitive processes
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A) an aversion to the suffering of other people. B) caring behaviour taught by primary caregivers. C) an emotional experience caused by a preconventional morality. D) the moralistic shift from prescriptions to principles.
When two equally strong motives are in conflict and are inhibiting each other, what type of behavior is likely to occur?
a. displacement b. redirected behavior c. simultaneous ambivalent behavior d. successive ambivalent behavior