Operant Conditioning Quiz

You are teaching your dog to sit. As soon as the dog sits, you give them a treat. The dog sits quicker on command in the future.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

A kid is acting a fool in class, trying to make all his friends laugh. The teacher sends him to the "think it out" spot away from his friends. He misses out on a fun activity, and he does not act up in class again.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

You are speeding. You get pulled over and get a ticket. You do not speed again, for a while anyways :)

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

You have a headache. You take an Advil and the pain goes away.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

The child screamed in the store for a candy bar. Dad gave them the candy bar. The next time they went to the store, the child screamed for candy. The child's behavior ...

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

Owner plays with puppy even though he bites

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

When you put a child in time out until they decrease their aggressive behavior. What is this an example of ?

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

If a stimulus is added it is negative.

• True

• False

Negative reinforcement is the same as punishment.

• True

• False

Procedure in which reinforcers gradually guide an animal’s actions toward a desired complex behavior is called?

• Extinction

• Positive Punishment

• Shaping

• None of the Above