“The ability of hooded crows to pass relational matching-to-sample (RMTS) tests suggests that they form emergent stimulus relations without explicit reinforcement.”

Contingency-shaped behavior is primarily influenced by experiences rather than verbal descriptions.

Pliance refers to rule-following primarily because:

Which situation best illustrates automatic reinforcement maintaining rule-followed behavior?

According to delay-reduction theory, a stimulus is more valuable if it signals a larger reduction in delay to reinforcement.

Which of the following best describes the peak shift effect?

Match the following models of delay discounting with their descriptions:

“Language comprehension depends on conditional discrimination, as word meaning varies by sentence context.”

Scenario: At a workplace, employees are given a new company manual stating that “all personal phone calls must be limited to 5 minutes during work hours.” Employees read the rule but do not experience any immediate consequences for violating it. Nevertheless, most employees limit their calls. In contrast, in another department, workers receive small bonuses if they are observed limiting calls; violations are met with minor reprimands.  Question: Analyze the two departments and explain whether employees’ behavior is more rule-governed or contingency-shaped, and why.

“The peak shift phenomenon occurs when the highest response rate shifts away from Sᴰ after discrimination training with an SΔ.”