B.F. Skinner's Operant Conditioning

What were the three types of responses?

• Neutral operants, Reinforcers, and Punishers.

• Neutral operants, Food, or Electric shock.

• Nothing, Love or Hate.

• Nothing, Rewards, or Punishments.

What is operant conditioning?

• When you learn from rats.

• When you learn by getting snacks and electric shocks.

• When you learn by using reinforcements and punishers.

• When you learn from compliments or lectures.

What is an example of a positive reinforcement?

• When a child earns nothing for doing their chores.

• When a child earns $5 for doing their chores.

• When a child feels good about getting their chores done.

• When a child is punished for doing their chores.

What is an example of negative reinforcement?

• A child never does his chores and gets punished for it.

• A child gets $5 every time he does his chores right.

• A child gets ice cream for doing his chores wrong, despite being told multiple times how to do it.

• When a child is punished everyday for not doing their chores right, despite never being taught.

What is the purpose of a reinforcement?

• To strengthen a behavior.

• To decrease a behavior.

• To keep an equal amount of strengthening and decreasing.

• To stop a behavior entirely.

Was Skinner's theory successful?

• I don't know.

• No, it wasn't.

• Yes, it was.

• Not really.

What kind of animals did Skinner use in his experiments?

• Rats and parrots.

• Cats and pigeons.

• Pigeons and mice.

• Rats and pigeons.

What is the Behaviorism theory?

• That all behaviors are learned through food.

• That all behaviors are learned through step-by-step reinforcements and conditioning.

• That all behaviors are learned through compliments and love.

• That all behaviors are learned by punishments.

What is the Skinner box?

• The box where Skinner placed an animal inside and used either a lever/button to give them food, or electric shocks.

• The box where he kept the pigeons and the rats for the experiment and pulled them out when it was time to study.

• The box full of the food for the animals.

• The box where the animals would use the bathroom.

Using a reward of candy when students get answers right is an example of positive reinforcement? True or false.

• True

• False