1. Make sure that you understand Skinner's approach  to a Law of Effect vs Hull's approach vs Meehl's approach.

2.  Understand how to apply Skinner's technique to label a change in behavior.  Use the web site examples to practice labeling.

3. Be practiced in using the 3-step sequence in analyzing concrete cases.

4.  Understand how the technique of shaping by successive approximations works. What speeds shaping? What slows shaping?  Whys is shaping a big deal?

5.  How does Skinner's definition of an Operant differ from the standard definition of a response?

6.  How does Skinner's definition of a Discriminative Stimulus differ from the standard Hull/Pavlov description of a stimulus?

7. Be able to define how FR, VR, FI, and VI schedules of reinforcement operate.

8. Be able to recognize and describe the patterns of responding that develop under FR, VR, FI, and VI schedules of reinforcement as they would appear on a cumulative record.

9. Be able to identify the schedule of reinforcement in operation in concrete situations and make predictions about the expected patterns of behavior.

10. It is all about the Law of Effect. Know the differences in  approach of Hull, Skinner, and Meehl to the issue of prediction of whether and why an event/activity will function as a reinforcer.

11. It is all about application to real life.  Know how to apply the approaches of Hull, Skinner, and Meehl to concrete situations.