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SPCE 609 - QUIZ 2 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Molecular Interpretations of Pausing - correct answer -1.) pausing
occurs because the organism/animal is maximizing local rates of
reinforcement
2.) based on run of responses (or amount of work that precedes
reinforcement)- holds that the previously experienced run of
responses regulates the length of the PRP by altering the value of
the next scheduled reinforcer. Therefore, the harder one works for
reinforcement, the less valuable the next reinforcer is, and
therefore the longer it takes to start working again
Behavioral Dynamics - correct answer -An area of research that
attempts to analyze schedule effects in terms of a few basic
processes.
-PRP and IRT
-involves feedback processes that move the system (organism)
from an unstable, transitional state toward a steady state
equilibriu,
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Respondent vs Operant Behavior - correct answer --Respondent
(Pavlovian) Behavior is elicited by events that precede it
-Operant Behavior is strengthened (or weakened) by
consequences that follow it
-in most cases, both occur at the same time
_______________ procedures are often embedded in
__________________ contingencies of reinforcement - correct
answer -respondent, operant
behavioral flexibility - correct answer --the ability to alter behavior
to adapt to new situations and to relate in new ways when
necessary
-evolve by operant learning; animals with such are more likely to
survive and produce offspring
Breland and Breland - correct answer --Discovered and studied
instinctual drift
-studied raccoons with coins
-trained animals
-documented # of instances in which "species specific" behavior
interfered with operant conditioning
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instinctual drift - correct answer --The tendency for an animal to
drift back from a learned operant response to an innate,
instinctual response to an object.
-behaviors become increasingly invasive during training
-suggests conflict between nature and nurture- however, bx is
always appropriate to the operating environmental contingencies
sign tracking (autoshaping) - correct answer --movement toward
and possibly contact with a stimulus that signals a biologically
relevant event
-ex: dog approaching a signal/light instead of immediately to food
-respondent bx seems to confound operant control in these
situations
Autoshaping - correct answer --respondent conditioning
procedure that generates skeletal response
-produces respondent bx that can be reinforced as operant bx
incentive salience - correct answer -acquisition of motivational
value by the sign or cue (CS+) predicting the US
ex: rats and brain injections
SPCE 609 - QUIZ 2 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Molecular Interpretations of Pausing - correct answer -1.) pausing
occurs because the organism/animal is maximizing local rates of
reinforcement
2.) based on run of responses (or amount of work that precedes
reinforcement)- holds that the previously experienced run of
responses regulates the length of the PRP by altering the value of
the next scheduled reinforcer. Therefore, the harder one works for
reinforcement, the less valuable the next reinforcer is, and
therefore the longer it takes to start working again
Behavioral Dynamics - correct answer -An area of research that
attempts to analyze schedule effects in terms of a few basic
processes.
-PRP and IRT
-involves feedback processes that move the system (organism)
from an unstable, transitional state toward a steady state
equilibriu,
, Page | 2
Respondent vs Operant Behavior - correct answer --Respondent
(Pavlovian) Behavior is elicited by events that precede it
-Operant Behavior is strengthened (or weakened) by
consequences that follow it
-in most cases, both occur at the same time
_______________ procedures are often embedded in
__________________ contingencies of reinforcement - correct
answer -respondent, operant
behavioral flexibility - correct answer --the ability to alter behavior
to adapt to new situations and to relate in new ways when
necessary
-evolve by operant learning; animals with such are more likely to
survive and produce offspring
Breland and Breland - correct answer --Discovered and studied
instinctual drift
-studied raccoons with coins
-trained animals
-documented # of instances in which "species specific" behavior
interfered with operant conditioning
, Page | 3
instinctual drift - correct answer --The tendency for an animal to
drift back from a learned operant response to an innate,
instinctual response to an object.
-behaviors become increasingly invasive during training
-suggests conflict between nature and nurture- however, bx is
always appropriate to the operating environmental contingencies
sign tracking (autoshaping) - correct answer --movement toward
and possibly contact with a stimulus that signals a biologically
relevant event
-ex: dog approaching a signal/light instead of immediately to food
-respondent bx seems to confound operant control in these
situations
Autoshaping - correct answer --respondent conditioning
procedure that generates skeletal response
-produces respondent bx that can be reinforced as operant bx
incentive salience - correct answer -acquisition of motivational
value by the sign or cue (CS+) predicting the US
ex: rats and brain injections
