PSY/420 Week 4 DRO Contingency Worksheet

Decide which of the following concepts are most applicable to each scenario: differential reinforcement of other behavior, avoidance contingency, and punishment by prevention of reinforcer, punishment by loss of reinforcer, or avoidance of loss.

PSY 420 Week 4 Schedules of Reinforcement Paper

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper discussing the four different schedules of reinforcement. Include the following:

Describe the four schedules of reinforcement.

Apply the schedules to specific scenarios.

Describe the behavior patterns that result from the various schedules from both the experimental literature and human application.

Explain if avoidance training would be beneficial or not, and describe why.

Include at least 2-4 sources.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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PSY 420 Week 4 DRO Contingency Worksheet

Complete the DRO Contingency Worksheet.

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DRO Contingency Worksheet

Decide which of the following concepts are most applicable to each scenario: differential reinforcement of other behavior, avoidance contingency, punishment by prevention of reinforcer, punishment by loss of reinforcer, or avoidance of loss.

Defend your answer in 2–3 sentences each, using citations as needed.

Sally, a 13-year-old teenager, is tired of having her mom nag her about her bedroom. Her mom nags about the clothes on the floor, the bed being unmade, and the trashcan spilling over in her bathroom. Sally comes home from school in a bad mood and the last thing she wants to hear is her mom’s nagging voice. To get around the expected response from her mom, she cleans her room, makes her bed, and empties her trashcan.

Sally makes the 7th-grade track team by finishing before another girl by less than 0.05 seconds in her event—the 400 meter relay. Sally is proud of making the team but needs to work harder in the practices that follow. The first track meet does not go well. Out of the four girls on the relay team, she has the slowest time, so her track coach removes her from the team, and makes her sit as an alternate

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Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, including a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.

One or two-sentence responses, simple statements of agreement, or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’s level and deduct points accordingly.

As Masters’s level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.