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#1. A behavior analyst is working to establish praise as a reinforcer for a client. To achieve this, she systematically pairs praise, which is initially a neutral stimulus, with highly preferred dark chocolate, a known primary reinforcer for the client. The goal of this pairing procedure is for praise alone to acquire reinforcing properties and function as a conditioned reinforcer that can be effective across various situations and with different motivating operations. What specific type of reinforcer is the behavior analyst attempting to create through this systematic pairing?

A conditioned reflex

An unconditioned stimulus

A generalized conditioned reinforcer

A discriminative stimulus

The text describes the process of pairing it with dark chocolate to give it reinforcing properties and to create a generalized conditioned reinforcer A generalized conditioned reinforcer GCR is a stimulus that has been paired with many other reinforcers both primary and conditioned Because it signals the availability of various forms of reinforcement a GCRs effectiveness is not dependent on a single motivating operation or the deprivation state of a particular reinforcer Praise tokens and money are common examples of GCRs This process involves operant conditioning not respondent conditioning so conditioned reflex is incorrect An unconditioned stimulus naturally elicits a response without prior learning which is not what praise is initially or becoming A discriminative stimulus signals the availability of reinforcement for a particular behavior but the primary aim here is to make praise a reinforcer itself not just a cue for another reinforcer

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