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What is a reinforcer?

• Anything that decreases the frequency of a behaviour

• Anything that the subject likes 
• Anything that the subject will work for 
• Anything that follows a behaviour and increases the likelihood of a behaviour occurring

What is punishment?

•  Anything that the subject will work to avoid
  
•  Any unpleasant stimulus
  
•  Anything that the subject dislikes
  
•  Anything that decreases the likelihood of a behaviour occurring

When is behaviour determined by anticipation of what follows it?

• Classical Conditioning

• Operant Conditioning

When is behaviour determined by what comes before it?

• Classical Conditioning

• Operant Conditioning

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 behaviour and its consequences This relationship affects our future actions.

Negative reinforcement is the same as punishment.

• True

• False

Reinforcement tells you what to do and punishment does not.

• True

• False

If the behavior increases, then it is reinforcement.

• True

• False

An student is yelled at by a teacher for being late

• Positive Reinforcement
• Positive Punishment
• Negative Reinforcement
• Negative Punishment

A frequent flyer program in which you receive a free flight after accumulating 5,000 flight miles is an example of a _____ reinforcement schedule.

• fixed variable

• fixed ratio

• variable ratio

• variable interval