Gimme the Skinny (B.F.)
Reinforcements Have Arrived
Alternatives to Punishment
I'll Check my Schedule
Like the Dodos, this Behavior is...
100

How many birds worked together to steer the Pigeon-Guided Bombs in WWII?

Three

100

What type of reinforcement provides a reward for good behavior?

Positive Reinforcement

100

What form of Punishment is most commonly confused as Negative Reinforcement? 

Positive Punishment

100

When shaping a new behavior, the recommended Schedule of Reinforcement is:

Continuous, or after every goal behavior

100

Withholding reinforcement to extinguish a behavior is known as

Extinction

200

What was the name of Skinner's favorite ray with whom he practiced Shaping?

Pliny

200

What type of reinforcement is an alarm clock an example of?

Negative Reinforcement
200

What alternative to punishment provides reinforcement for other behaviors than the undesired one?

Differential Reinforcement

200

What schedule is described as requiring a specific number of responses before earning one reinforcer?

Fixed Ratio

200

After Extinction, a behavior may reappear if given reinforcement once again. What term is applied to this surge in behavior?

Spontaneous Recovery

300

Skinner's baby daughter Deb learned to wave her arm in a big arc. Why?

To get her dad to turn on the lamp

300

This type of reinforcer is not instinctive, and must be learned

Secondary Reinforcer

300

Use of too strong of a punisher may lead to this common reaction which is similar to the Freeze Response

Cessation of ALL behavior

300

The process of expanding the number of responses required to earn a reinforcer is called

Stretching the Schedule
300

What artefact of behavior occurs when a subject undergoing Extinction increases behavior in an attempt to earn a reinforcer?

Extinction Burst

400

In Skinner's Radical Behaviorism, what is essentially an illusion, since all behavior is shaped by its consequences?

Free Will

400

The popular name given to reinforcement models that use cumulative reinforcers such as sticker charts is

Token Economies

400

Overuse of smaller punishers may increase this feeling/emotion, leading to an increase in aggressive behavior

Frustration

400

What schedule has the most consistent response rate on a Cumulative Record graph with little to no post-reinforcement-pauses?

Variable Interval

400

If done properly, Extinction training can eliminate the need for what other Consequence category of Learning?

Punishment

500

What was the real intention of the "baby in a box" invention?

An open-air crib to help Mom keep baby safe while working around the home

500

What natural physical outcome produces a loss of effectiveness for primary reinforcers like food?

Satiety/Satiation

500

This reinforcement model eliminates bad behavior by reinforcing one that cannot be done at the same time as the target behavior

Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior

500

A well-learned behavior is resistant to what major change in reinforcement scheduling

Extinction
500

Extinction, as its own form of learning, is distinct from this other common effect of Memory

Forgetting (or Memory Decay)

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