Discussion
"Any activity can be a reinforcer if a contingency schedule constrains an animal's access to that activity." This is known as
Answer: B
The statement that any activity can be a reinforcer if a contingency schedule restricts access to it is the disequilibrium hypothesis (Timberlake and Allison). An activity becomes reinforcing when the schedule prevents the animal from engaging in it at its preferred level.
The Premack principle is the earlier idea that a more probable behaviour reinforces a less probable one, instinctual drift is the return of instinctive behaviour to learned responses, and a concurrent schedule is a pair of schedules in operation at once. So the disequilibrium hypothesis is the one stated.
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