Operant Conditioning Quiz

A___________is anything that increases behavior

• Punishment
• Response 
• Reinforcer
• Negative punishment 

 the addition of something unpleasant

• Postive reinforcement
• Negative Reinforcement
• Positive Punishment
• Neutral Stimulus

Removal of something pleasant 

• positive reinforcement
• negative reinforcement
• negative punishment
• positive punishment

Negative reinforcement is 

• the removal of something unpleasant
• the addition of something unpleasant
• the removal of the conditioned stimulus
• the addition of acquisition 

the addition of something pleasant is

• Positive punishment
• negative reinforcement
• positive reinforcement
• negative punishment 

Provides a reinforcement after a set NUMBER of responses

• fixed ratio
• variable ratio
• fixed interval
• variable interval

Variable ratio provides

• reinforcement after a set number of trial 
• reinforcement after a random number of responses
• reinforcement after a random amount of trials
• reinforcement after acquisition 

This requires a SET amount of time to elapse before giving the reinforcement

• Variable interval
• fixed ratio
• variable ratio 
• fixed interval

requires a random amount of time to elapse before giving the reinforcement

• Variable ratio
• Variable interval
• fixed ratio 
• fixed interval 

this psychologist ran a study with children and modeled behavior using a bobo-doll.

• Albert Schlansky
• John Watson
• Edward Toleman 
• Albert Bandura