Deprivation refers to:
a. withholding a reinforcer for a period of time in order to increase the
effectiveness of the reinforcer
b. the response being combined with reinforcers from a behavioral chain
c. the behavior being modified
d. the gradual removal of discriminative stimuli
Question 2
Maria's parents ignore her if she cries after she's been put to bed. Maria hasn't cried in six nights. On the night seven, she starts to cry when put to bed. What principle may be responsible for Melvin's crying reappearing?
a. ratio strain
b. differential reinforcement
c. ordinal proximity
d. spontaneous recovery
e.
forgetting