What is reinforcer relativity

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Chapter 8

1. Theories and research on operant conditioning

2. What is a reinforcer? Is there a way to classify a reinforcer vs a non reinforcer?

3. What is the need reduction theory? Know the examples and exceptions on this theory.

4. What is the drive reduction theory of reinforcement? Know its problems and example.

5. Know the Trans-situational theory.

6. Know all about Behavioral regulation and the antecedents.

7. What is the consummatory-response theory and its critical features.

8. Know all about the differential probability principle (examples from class and what it says about reinforcers).

9. What is reinforcer relativity?

10. Know about the reciprocal contingency

11. What is the response deprivation theory? How is it different from Premack? What is the hypothesis of the response deprivation theory and how does it work?

12. What is behavioral economics? What is microeconomics?

13. Know about the optimization theory

14. What does optimization and behavior ecology mean?

15. What is elasticity and inelasticity of demand? How does it overlap with operant conditioning?

16. What is elasticity of demand?

17. Know about the demand curve and peak output

18. What are the 3 major factors influencing schedule constraints? Think of the examples in class, why is it important?

19. What is the progressive ratio and breakpoint and how are they important?

Chapter 13

1. What are e measures of choice behavior?

2. What is relative rate of responding? How do you calculate it and what does the calculation mean?

3. What are concurrent schedules and how are they important?

4. What is the relative rate of reinforcement? Know how to calculate it and what the calculation means

5. What is the matching law? How is it measured? How does it work (equation)? What does the calculation mean and why is it important? Know the "other experiments" on the matching law

6. What is undermatching, overmatching, and bias? What do they tell us? Why do they matter?

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