GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
OPERANT CONDITIONING
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Question
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The opportunity to escape a shock by pressing a lever
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Food
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Water
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Freedom
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Detailed explanation-1: -Some examples of secondary reinforcers include: verbal praise, highly preferred activities, stickers, toys, and edibles. An example of pairing is saying to a toddler, “You did it!” and then the toddler gets a chance to play with a toy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of secondary reinforcers are money, grades and tokens earned for good behavior, as they lead to primary reinforcers essential to the survival of the species. Money is arguably humans’ most powerful secondary reinforcer, as it can be exchanged for almost any biological need.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fixed-Interval Schedules This schedule causes high amounts of responding near the end of the interval but slower responding immediately after the delivery of the reinforcer. An example of this in a lab setting would be reinforcing a rat with a lab pellet for the first bar press after a 30-second interval has elapsed.
Detailed explanation-4: -Primary reinforcers are biological. Food, drink, and pleasure are the principal examples of primary reinforcers. But, most human reinforcers are secondary, or conditioned. Examples include money, grades in schools, and tokens.