AP Psych CH 5

Jake is training his dog to sit on command. Jake gives his dog a treat every time the dog sits. Which type of reinforcement schedule is Jake displaying.

• Partial reinforcement

• Continuous reinforcement

• Fixed-interval reinforcement

• Variable-interval reinforcement

• Variable-ration reinforcement

Lian has an intense phobia of birds. Her psychologist believes that in order to alleviate her phobia, Lian must be placed in a room where she is surrounded by birds. Lian's therapist believes in the effectiveness of what type of phobia-reduction technique?

• Systematic desensitization

• Counterconditioning

• Flooding

• Second-order Conditioning

• Stimulus generalization

Students in Mr. Winn's class receive a gold star each time they answer a question correctly. After a student receives ten gold stars, he or she earns a pencil. Mr. Winn is using an operant conditioning technique known as

• Fixed-interval

• Fixed-ratio

• Variable-interval

• Variable-ratio

• Sequence reinforcement

Julie works at a shoe factory and is paid based on the number of shoes she produces in a day. This is an example of which type of schedule of reinforcement?

• Fixed-intercal

• Fixed-ration

• Variable-interval

• Variable-interval

• Sequence reinforcement

Jillian was out past her curfew on Saturday. As a result, her parents took away her driving privileges. Jillian no longer stays out past curfew. According to Skinner, which type of punishment did Jillian experience?

• Negative punishment (omission)

• Positive punishment

• Negative reinforcement

• Positive reinforcement

• Continuous reinforcement

Which of the following is considered a primary reinforcer?

• Receiving $20 for every for every A on a report card

• Receiving praise for a job well done

• Inventing a new product

• Drinking a class of water

• Discovering a buried treasure

When Zach was 8 years old, he ate a piece of shrimp that caused him to become ill. Now Zach is 17 and becomes nauseous whenever he smells shrimp. Zach has experienced what principle of classical conditional?

• Negative reinforcement

• Systematic desensitization

• higher-order conditioning

• Latent learning

• Condition taste aversion

In operant conditioning, a _______ is any stimulus that increases behavior; a ________ is any stimulus that decreases behavior.

• punishment; reinforcement

• punishment; punishment

• reinforcement; reinforcement

• reinforcement; punishment

• higher-order punishment; conditioned stimulus

Every time Rachel's parents leave her with Lisa, the babysitter, Rachel cries. Lisa came to Rachel's third birthday party, which caused Rachel to cry. According to the principles of classical conditioning, what is the conditioned stimulus?

• Rachel's parents' leaving

• Rachel crying

• Rachel seeing Lisa at her house

• Lisa leaving Rachel's house

• People singing at Rachel's birthday party

A rat receives a food pellet after a certain desired behavior is performed after an elapsed time of 45 seconds. Which of the following correctly ID's which schedule of reinforcement the rat has been placed on?

• Fixed-interval

• Fixed-ratio

• Variable-interval

• Variable-ratio

• Continuous reinforcement