Strategy
Session
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Topic: Roman Numeral
Strategy |
Which of the following types of operant conditioning increases
the probability of a particular response?
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I. |
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Positive reinforcement |
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II. |
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Negative reinforcement |
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III. |
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Punishment |
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(A) |
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I only |
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(B) |
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II only |
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(C) |
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III only |
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(D) |
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I and II only |
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(E) |
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II and III only |
Relax. Even if you don't know the answer, there's a proven
method to solve this problem called the Roman Numeral
Strategy.
Only positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement
increase the probability of a particular response. The key to
correctly answering this question was to remember that negative
reinforcement is not the same as punishment and that in
negative reinforcement the response removes something, or the
threat of something, that is undesirable to the behaver. Roman
numeral options I and II both increase the probability of a
particular response, and answer choice (D) is the correct
one.
If you did not know the correct answer, you could have used
Roman Numeral Strategy to help you eliminate answer choices. In
other words, consider those answer choices which do
include options you are sure should be included in the correct
choice and eliminate those answer choices that include options
you are sure should not be included to narrow down your
choices.
Topic: Answer
the easiest questions first
Easy questions are worth as many points as hard questions. On
your first pass through th test, answer all the questions that
are easiest for you. Understand which areas you know best, and
seek out theses questions right from the start. Skip questions
that are tough or time-consuming during your first pass through
the test.
Topic: Make
(at least) two passes through the test
This means making the quick decision to skip those questions
that give you trouble. When you come across a tough question,
circle in in your test booklet, and move on. Don't waste valuable
time on hard questions early in the exam, especially when there
may be easier questions ahead that you have not seen yet. The
time you waste on one tough or confusing question could be better
spent answering three or four easy questions that appear later in
the test. Once you've knocked down all the easy questions and
banked those points, you can return to the trickier questions on
your second pass through the test.