Psy320 exam 2 stuvia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Training rats to run a maze for food is an instrumental paradigm because the researcher is: A. Constraining the opportunity to respond to reinforcement B. Presenting a CS without a UCS C. Unable to observe what is taking place in the maze D. Conditioning the rats in an unusual environment - ANSWERSA. Constraining the opportunity to respond to reinforcement According to Skinner, a positive reinforcer is an event occurring after a response that: A. Decreases the probability of the respons...