Module 27 Operant Conditioning

How is operant conditioning different from classical conditioning?

• In operant conditioning, reinforcement is paired and presented with an unconditioned stimulus
•  In operant conditioning, reinforcement is presented before the subject responds
• In operant conditioning, reinforcement is presented only when the subject responds
• All of the above

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

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

Parents say, “I’m taking away your phone because you failed Chemistry.”  Parents are using           

• positive punishment
• negative punishment
• positive reinforcement
• classical conditioning

Money is this type of reinforcer

• primary
• secondary
• positive
• negative

In operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses:

• Fixed-ratio
• Variable-ratio
• Fixed-interval
• Variable-interval

John loves to fish. He puts his line in the water and leaves it there until he feels a tug. On what reinforcement schedule is he rewarded?

• continuous reinforcement
• variable interval
• fixed ratio
• variable ratio

Shaping is

• a pattern of responses that must be made before classical conditioning is completed
• rewarding behaviors that get closer and closer to the desired goal behavior
• completing a set of behaviors in succession before a reward is given
• inhibition of new learning by previous learning

Thorndike’s Law of Effect said that animals will learn responses that are

• Rewarded 
• Reflexive 
• Prompted
• Preceded by a neutral stimulus

The crowd laughs at the comedians jokes.

• Positive Reinforcement
• Negative Reinforcement
• Positive Punishment
• Negative Punishment

You put on your seatbelt to make your car stop beeping

• positive reinforcement
• negative reinforcement
• conditioned reinforcement
• unconditioned reinforcement