Operant conditioning

Who is regarded as the father of operant conditioning?

• Thorndike

• Skinner

• Pavlov

• Watson

Operant conditioning is a learning method that has to do with

• Reinforcement

• Imitation

• Little Albert experiment

• Punishment

Which animal was put into the Skinner box?

• Cat

• Mouse

• Rat

• Dog

Positive reinforcement...

• makes someone more likely to repeat an action in the future

• hinders someone from repeating an action in the future

• strenghtens a behaviour

• eliminates a response

Negative reinforcement....

• icludes some kind of punishment

• strenghtens behaviour

• icludes the removal of an unpleasant stimuli

• weakens behaviour

Punishment...

• encourages a person to repeat an action in the future

• weakens bahaviour

• tells a person what to do

• works by directly applying an unpleasant stimulus

• works by removing a pleasant stimulus

Token economy is...

• a system in which inappropiate bahaviours are punished

• can be used in school

• a system in which targeted behaviours are reinforced with tokens and later replaced by rewards

• is effective in manaing psychiatric patients

What was Skinner's study of bahaviour in rats?

• A field study

• Conducted under carefully controlled laboratory conditions

• A bahaviouristic approach

• Similar to Thorndike's puzzle box

How is learning created in operant conditioning?

On the first day of school, Tim draws a displeasing picture on the blackboard and the whole class laughs. As a result, he draws a displeasing picture on the board every morning for the rest of the week. His behaviour is a result of...

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement