Operant Conditioning Quiz

What are two examples of negative reinforcement?

• Escape

• Avoidence

• Removal

• Punishment

Positive Reinforcement is...?

• Adding something positive

• Taking away something negative

• Showing excitement

• Giving a reward

What is negative reinforcement?

• Stopping or removing a negative outcome or aversive stimulus

• Displaying disdain towards a behavior to avoid it

• Inflicting punishment to correct a negative outcome

• Adding or increasing a negative outcome

What is reinforcement?

• Decreasing a behavior

• Increasing a behavior

• Rewarding a behavior

• Ignoring a behavior

What is punishment?

• How to correct a behavior

• Physical harm inflicted because of a behavior

• Increasing a behavior

• Decreasing a behavior

Is the following an example of positive or negative reinforcement?:

Giving a treat to a dog when it sits on command.

• Positive

• Negative

Associative learning modified through reinforcement or punishment...

• Operative Conditioning

• Training

• Operant Conditioning

• Psychology

Who is the father of Operant Conditioning?

• B.F Skinner

• Frued

• Carl Rogers

• Ivan Pavlov

The experiment which entailed putting pigeons in a box by using levers and keys to provide treats --> positive reinforcement

• The Skinner Box

• Bird Box

• The Skit Box

• The Adler Box

Examples of Operant Conditioning Include...

• A child being reprimanded over failing his test

• A dog being sent to its crate after chewing up its owner's shoe

• Teacher giving student detention for being late

• All of these