1. Identify the three elements of a schedule of reinforcement.

2. Explain the observed response patterns when every response on a fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement is shocked. What happens when the schedule is changed to a fixed-time schedule of reinforcement?

3. Identify two characteristics of behavior on a CRF schedule.

4. Identify and discuss two meanings for PRP. What factors determine the length of the PRP on FR schedules?

5. Identify three reasons discussed in the text for why human adults don't typically produce the FI "scallop" pattern.

6. How might a researcher use a progressive ratio schedule to explore the reinforcement efficacy of a particular drug?

7. What is ratio strain? How are the IRI and PRP involved in ratio strain?

8. What is the primary difference between molecular and molar accounts of schedule performance?

9. Identify two problems with the interresponse time (IRT) account of rate differences on ratio and interval schedules.

10. According to Poling (2010), what are some issues with the use of PR schedules to evaluate reinforcer potency, generally and with applied populations specifically?

11. How do behavior analysts define the following: (1) choice and (2) preference?

12. Why are concurrent ratio schedules not typically used to study choice behavior?

13. How does steady-state performance on concurrent fixed-interval (FI) schedules differ from concurrent VI schedules?

14 What did Herrnstein's proportional matching equation say about the distribution of responses across concurrent choices?

15. What is Herrnstein's quantitative law of effect?

16. What is the difference between maximizing and melioration?

17. How do behavior analysts define self-control and impulsive behavior? How can a commitment response increase self-control?