CH 7-10 and more Review

What is a reinforcer?

• Anything that decreases the occurrence of a behavior

• Anything that the subject likes 
• Anything that the subject will work for 
• Anything that follows a behavior and increases the occurrence of a behavior

What is punishment?

•  Anything that the subject will work to avoid
  
•  Any unpleasant stimulus
  
•  Anything that the subject dislikes
  
•  Anything that decreases the frequency of a behavior
  

Getting a soft drink after putting money into a vending machine

• Positive Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Reinforcement

• Negative Punishment

My dad puts on his seatbelt to make his car stop beeping

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• conditioned reinforcement

• unconditioned reinforcement

In general, ______ positive behavior is more effective than punishment of negative behavior.

• modeling

• guiding

• reinforcing

• ignoring

Correction Strategies include...

• specifying rules clearly

• ignoring disruptive behavior

• praising the children for following rules

• all of the above

WHAT IS THE TYPE OF BEHAVIOR THAT OPERATES ON THE ENVIRONMENT, PRODUCING CONSEQUENCES?

• BEHAVIORISM

• RESPONDENT BEHAVIOR

• ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING

• OPERANT BEHAVIOR

WHAT IS AN OPERANT CONDITIONING PROCEDURE IN WHICH REINFORCERS GUIDE BEHAVIOR TOWARD CLOSER AND CLOSER APPROXIMATIONS?

• OPERANT BEHAVIOR

• RESPONDENT BEHAVIOR

• SHAPING

• STIMULUS

PAVLOV'S DOG SALIVATING EXPERIMENT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT TYPE OF CONDITIONING?

• CLASSICAL

• OPERANT

Tamara normally feeds her cat canned cat food. She noticed that every time she uses her electric can opener, her cat comes to the kitchen. What is the conditioned stimulus?

• The cat food
• The sound of the electric can opener
• The cat coming to the kitchen
• Tamara