Behavioural Learning Quiz

All of the following are processes in classical conditioning EXCEPT ______.

• Extinction

• Generalization

• Prompting

• Discrimination

“Billy likes to campout in the backyard Billy likes to campout in the backyard. He camped-out on every Friday during the month of June. The last time he camped out, some older kids snuck up to his tent while he was sleeping and threw a bucket of cold water on him. Billy has not camped-out for three weeks.”

What behavior was changed?

Was the behavior strengthened or weakened?

Was the consequence added or subtracted?

In Pavlov’s classical conditioning experiment, the ringing of the bell demonstrates which idea?

• How a neutral stimulus becomes an unconditioned stimulus

• How a neutral stimulus becomes ineffective through extinction

• How a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus

• How an unconditioned stimulus produces an unconditioned response

An example of a negative reinforcement is when a teacher says

• If you get an A on tomorrow's test, you won't have to do homework the rest of the week

• If you do your homework, you may choose a prize

• If you do your homework, you may be very successful

• If you get an A on tomorrow's test, you will be a member of the A club

To be an effective punisher, an unpleasant consequence

• Does not reduce the frequency of the behavior

• Reduces the frequency of the behavior

• Reduces the behavior at least one time

• Reduces the behavior but causes other problems

Four-year-old Emma has a chore chart that includes such behaviors as making her bed, getting dressed, brushing her teeth, and taking her breakfast plate to the sink. If she completes her chores, she earns a sticker on her chore chart. Once she has five stickers, she gets to pick what the family will have for dessert.

Four-year-old Emma has a chore chart that includes such behaviors as making her bed, getting dressed, brushing her teeth, and taking her breakfast plate to the sink. If she completes her chores, she earns a sticker on her chore chart. Once she has five stickers, she gets to pick what the family will have for dessert.

If a high school student is late to school more than three times in a educational psychology period, he or she will earn a detention and have to stay after school. School officials hope that the possibility of having to serve time in detention will encourage students to arrive at school on time. This is the example of:

Cynthia is a problem student. She doesn't do her homework, and when she does, it's only half-finished. She acts out in class, refusing to follow the rules and cracking jokes at the teacher's expense. Her teacher, Mr. Greene, is at his wit's end. How can he deal with Cynthia?

apply behavioral principles to deal the case.