Question

Which statement about autoshaping is wrong?

a.
It is likely to reflect conditioned responses
Incorrect

b.
Autoshaped behavior seems to reflect the conditioning of a system of species-typical behaviors commonly related to the reward.

c.
The paradigm involves the delivery of a reinforcer only after a specific response.

d.
Nowadays this term is used to refer to any situation in which an animal produces some distinctive behavior in response to a signal that precedes and predicts an upcoming reinforcer

e.
It can be described as a biological constraint on pure operant conditioning.

Answer 1

Statement a is incorrect. Autoshaping behavior does not necessarily reflect conditioned responses, but rather, it is the acquisition of a behavior that occurs in the absence of explicit conditioning. Autoshaping occurs when an animal forms an association between a neutral stimulus, such as a light or a tone, and a subsequent reward. This association leads to the animal exhibiting a behavior, such as a key peck or lever press, that has not been explicitly reinforced.