Question

.Emiko’s cat often meows for food. Emiko decides to eliminate the behavior by feeding the cat only when it does not meow. Over the next few weeks, she sometimes ignores the cat when it meows. Other times, she feeds the cat when it meows. Which of the following is the most reasonable prediction to make about the cat’s meowing for food?

Answer 1

Answer:

It will increase due to a variable-interval schedule of reinforcement

Explanation:

In operant conditioning, there are four types of reinforcement schedule.

Variable-interval schedule: In psychology, the term variable-interval schedule is a reinforcement schedule in operant conditioning process, whereby reinforcement is being given to a particular response after every specific period that has been elapsed i.e, unpredictable time yet the 'specific time' is on a variable schedule.

In the question above, the cats' meowing for the food will increase due to a variable-interval schedule of reinforcement.

Answer 2

Answer:

The meowing will increase.

Explanation:

Emiko fed the when it didn't meow, but failed to ignore the cat. She fed the cat when it meowed. The cat will take this as the same we it always has. Meow=food=happy She wanted to eliminate the amount of meowing. She did not want it to meow for the food. She fed the cat sometimes when it meowed. She interfered with the experiment. "Over the next few weeks, she sometimes ignores the cat when it meows. Other times, she feeds the cat when it meows."