Domjan, M. (2014).The principles of learning and behavior. Nelson Education (p. 155-166)

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1. What are schedules of reinforcement? How do they help us with learning?

1. Compare and contrast between continuous and intermittent schedules of reinforcement.

1. What are ratio schedules of reinforcement? Define postreinforcement pause and a ratio run and how they can be found in ratio schedules of reinforcement.

1. What is ratio strain? Describe how you would go about to avoid this. Provide an original example to illustrate your response.

1. What are the four basic schedules of intermittent reinforcement?

1. A scallop(s) are more prevalent in which type of schedule? Why is this the case?

1. What is a limited hold and how is this related to interval schedules? Can we apply this to ratio schedules? Why or why not?

1. Explain the difference between short and long inter-response times with regards to response rates.

1. What are progressive schedules of reinforcement and when would you use this type of schedule?

1. Compare and contrast between discriminated and non-discriminated schedules of reinforcement.

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Gulotta, K. B., & Byrne, T. (2015). A progressive-duration schedule of reinforcement.Behavioural Processes,121, 93-97.

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1. What were the researchers investigating in their study with rats? What were the IV and the DV in the study?

1. What are breaking points?

1. Describe the procedure used by Gulotta and Byrne. Would you have used a similar procedure or would you have made modifications?

1. What were the major findings that the researchers found? Did they note any limitations or implications to their study?

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MacAleese, K. R., Ghezzi, P. M., & Rapp, J. T. (2015). Revisiting conjugate schedules.Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior,104(1), 63-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. What is a conjugate schedule of reinforcement, provide an example?

1. Provide two different areas of research where you can use conjugate schedules of reinforcement?

1. What was the purpose of this study, and objectives for Experiment 1 and 2?

1. Describe the procedure used in Exp. 1 and Exp. 2.

1. What are the main findings of both experiments?