Operant applications

Question 1

Goldiamond’s Paradox

Answer 1

When you adopt bizarre behaviours to obtain some kind of reinforcement, and you need to keep the bizarre behaviour going, so the person reinforcing you do not notice you are ‘cheating’ to get the reinforcer.

Question 2

Constrain-induced movement therapy

Answer 2

Constraining the working limb to ‘force’ the paralyzed limb to do the job.
Reinforces movement of a defective limb

Question 3

The person who developed the first teaching machine was:

Answer 3

Skinner

Question 4

Ivar Lovaas was perhaps the first person to use punishment to suppress_______

Answer 4

Self-injury