Operant Conditioning- What have you learned from the reading?

What is operant conditioning?

• A type of learning in which we make an association between two events by repeated exposure.

• A type of learning about the relationship between behavior and its consequences This relationship affects our future actions.

Which of the following is NOT an example of operant conditioning?

• Child crying in the store gets a candy bar

• You are paid $100 for completing a job

• You are shocked by your toaster- and now fear toasters

• You do not clean your room- you have your phone taken away

Thorndike's principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely to be repeated is known as

• law of effect

• operant conditioning

• shaping

• Premack principle

This psychologist is most well known for his work on operant conditioning.

• B.F. Skinner

• Ivan Pavlov

• John Watson

• John Garcia

The result of reinforcement is to

• cause a behavior to stop

• cause a behavior to diminish.

• cause a behavior to continue.

• cause a behavior to occur for only a limited amount of time.

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
  

If the behavior increases, then it is reinforcement.

• True

• False

If a worker continues to work hard on the job and thus avoids the boss's criticism, _______________ reinforcement is occurring.

• positive

• negative

• punishment

• extinction

I take my vitamins every day to avoid getting sick

• Positive Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Reinforcement

• Negative Punishment

Watching your favorite TV show after doing all of your homework.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Reinforcement

• Negative Punishment