Operant Conditioning

Operant Conditioning

Multiple Choice

To increase a behavior, we add a....

• Reinforcement

• Punishment

Multiple Choice

To decrease a behavior, we add a....

• Reinforcement

• Punishment

Multiple Choice

If we are adding in something (a stimuli of some sort) it is...

• positive

• negative

Multiple Choice

If we are removing something (a stimuli of some sort) it is...

• positive

• negative

Multiple Choice

Your teacher is trying to condition you to get good grades, so she gives you “A” on exam that you studied real hard for.

Adding/Removing :

• Adding

• Removing

Multiple Choice

Your teacher is trying to condition you to get good grades, so she gives you “A” on exam that you studied real hard for.

Increasing/Decreasing

• Increasing

• Decreasing

Multiple Choice

Your teacher is trying to condition you to get good grades, so she gives you “A” on exam that you studied real hard for.

What type of Operant Conditioning is this?

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

Multiple Choice

Brie’s parents are conditioning her to clean her room. So, Brie cleans her room to keep her parents from yelling at her.

Adding/Removing :

• Adding

• Removing

Multiple Choice

Brie’s parents are conditioning her to clean her room. So, Brie cleans her room to keep her parents off her back.

Increasing/Decreasing

• Increasing

• Decreasing

Multiple Choice

Your boss is conditioning you to come to work and work hard. At the end of the two weeks, she gives you a pay check.

What type of Operant Conditioning is this?

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

Multiple Choice

Ms. Pikaart wants to condition her students to answer questions correctly. When a student answers a question incorrectly, the student is hit with a ruler on the wrist.

What type of Operant Conditioning is this?

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

Multiple Choice

Wakefield High School offers Pride Time as a way for students to make up assignments. A student who is failing the class must go to Pride Time to make up their work.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment