| 31. | The reinforcers let the animal know when they have done the desired behavior you wanted them to achieve.
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| 32. | So when teaching an individual a response, you need to find the most potent reinforcer for that person.
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| 33. | They demonstrated that reinforcers could be delivered on schedules, and further that organisms behaved differently under different schedules.
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| 34. | Prior to starting the staff decides how many tokens have to be paid for each back-up reinforcer.
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| 35. | In the specific experiment, the short-term positive reinforcer was earning points that applied to class credits.
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| 36. | When the ratio is equal, the " cost " of each reinforcer is the same for both alternatives.
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| 37. | The procedure of testing the efficacy of a pharmacological agent as a reinforcer would soon become a standard assay.
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| 38. | A discriminative stimulus signals the availability of reinforcement, while a motivating operation changes the effectiveness of a reinforcer.
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| 39. | Not only do certain drugs stimulate this dopamine reward pathway, but so do natural reinforcers like sex and food.
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| 40. | It is important to note that a reinforcer is anything that increases the likelihood that a behavior will happen again.
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