Ethics -- 9.5.23

What is the basic principle of operant conditioning?

• Behavior is shaped by the pre-existing tendencies of the individual.

• Behavior is shaped by the consequences that follow it.

• Behavior is shaped by positive reinforcement only.

• Behavior is shaped by punishment only.

What is shaping?

• Gradual reinforcement of successive approximations of a desired behavior

• Training an individual to recognize and label different objects

• Rewarding an individual for completion of a task

• Punishing an individual for non-compliance

What is stimulus control?

• The extent to which a behavior is influenced by environmental cues

• The extent to which stimuli are used as reinforcement for a behavior

• The extent to which a behavior is shaped through shaping procedures

• The extent to which behavior is solely determined by genetic factors

__________ _________ : A response is followed by the presentation of

a stimulus that results in similar responses occurring more often.

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Punishment

• Positive Punishment

__________ is a group of responses of varying topography, all of which produce the same

effect on the environment.

• Response Class

• Response Topography

• Response

• Repertoire

Matt burns his hand when touching a hot stove. In the future, he is less likely to touch the

hot stove. What is this an example of?

• Negative Punishment

• Positive Punishment

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

    _________ is defined as the number of responses per unit of time.

• Repeatability

• Latency

• Duration

• Rate

________ _________ ________ records whether the target behavior occurred at the moment the time interval ends.

• Whole interval recording

• Partial interval recording

• Momentary time sampling

• None of the above

An example of stimulus control is which of the following?

• A teacher saying chill and the student stands back and crosses his arms each time they say chill.

• A teacher saying chill and the student didn’t stop or change behavior.

• A teacher saying chill and the student reacts differently each time

• A teacher saying chill and the student seems to not hear the teacher.

Stimulus that share common physical forms of structures or common relative relationships are considered _________________.

• Response Prompts

• Stimulus prompts

•   Feature stimulus class

• Arbitrary stimulus class