ABAT Quiz

The main difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning is:

• Classical conditioning does not include conditioned stimulus.

• Operant conditioning focuses on the stimulus-stimulus pairing.

• Classical conditioning does not include “consequence.”

• Both are the same.

“The belief or attitude that all events in the universe are orderly, lawful, predictable, and determined by physical causes and that behaviour does not spontaneously occur.” – Which one is this statement describing?

• Applied

• Analysis

• Determinism

• Technical

“A consequence that happens after the occurrence of a behaviour that makes the behaviour occur more often in the future.” This statement is describing…

• Extinction

• Reinforcement

• Punishment

• Spontaneous Recovery

“A stimulus that has previously been paired to associate with another stimulus.” This statement is referring to…

• unconditioned stimulus

• classical conditioning

• conditioned stimulus

• operant conditioning

Which one is an example of conditioned reinforcement?

• drinking water

• sleep

• money

• all of the above

“Jenny loves her mother. Whenever she does the silly dance, her mother will always smile and hug her. Jenny does the silly dance at least twice a day last week and at least four times a day this week, especially when her mother is busy working on her stuff.” This scenario is possibly describing…

• negative punishment

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• positive reinforcement

Which schedule of reinforcement produces post-reinforcement pause?

• fixed interval and fixed ratio

• variable interval and variable ratio

• fixed ratio and variable interval

• fixed interval and variable ratio

“Constantly checking and attending to emails that need your prompt attention because you don’t want to miss out on the email from your boss.” This scenario is possibly describing which schedule of reinforcement?

• fixed ratio

• fixed interval

• variable ratio

• variable interval

Which one is included in the antecedent?

• motivating operation

• establishing operation

• discriminative stimulus

• all of the above

“The pre-requisite skills that allow a child to learn larger skills.” Which one is this statement describing?

• behaviour cusps

• pivotal behaviour

• verbal behaviour

• active behaviour