Question

1. A pigeon responds more on key “A” than on key “B.” The relative rate of responding to key “A” could be _____.

a.	5
b.	0.79
c.	0.5
d.	0.3

2. A duck responds less on key “A” than on key “B.” The relative rate of responding to key “A” could be _____.                                                                                               

a.	5
b.	0.79
c.	0.5
d.	0.3

                                                                                   

3. The relative rate of responding on key “A” is 0.5. From this, you know

a.	the animal has a higher rate of responding to A than to B.
b.	the animal has a higher rate of responding to B than to A.
c.	the animal is responding to A and B at the same rate.
d.	nothing without knowledge of the relative rates of reinforcement.

4. A pigeon pecks at key “A” 10 times a minute. It pecks key “B” 5 times a minute. The relative rate of responding to key “B” is _____.

5. A rat lever presses bar “A” 30 times a minute. It lever presses bar “B” 6 times a minute. The relative rate of responding to key “A” is _____

6. A pigeon earns food from key “A” 2 times a minute. It earns food from key “B” 6 times a minute. The relative rate of reinforcement to key “A” is _____.

7. A rat earns a cocaine infusion from lever “A” 10 times per hour. It earns cocaine from lever “B” 6 times per hour. The relative rate of reinforcement to lever “B” is _____.

8. The relative rate of responding to key “B” is 0.4. According to the matching law, the relative rate of reinforcement on key “B” is very likely _____.

9. A rat lever presses bar “A” 35 times an hour. It lever presses bar “B” 80 times an hour. The relative rate of responding to key “B” is _____.

10. A pigeon pecks key “A” 12 times a minute and pecks key “B” 5 times a minute. The relative rate of responding to key “B” is _____.

Answer 1

You should break these questions and then post it.

1. B (0.79) using the concept from relative rate of responding we know that behavior (l or r)/ behavior (l or r) + behavior (l or r). Will give us the value we need and here it is 0.79.
2. D (0.3) using the same concept, we know that the value won’t exceed more than 1. If we are taking 0.79 for more to A than the reaming would be for less. Hence 0.3.
3. C the animals are responding to A and B at the same rate. Which is a fact hence it is

The rest below are in order so the 10 pecks question is labeled as D and so on.

4. 0.33 This can be calculated by the formula we learned above. ra/(ra+rb).