Operant Conditioning

The exciting benefit of a Boost Juice Bar loyalty card is that customers are rewarded with 1 point for every drink purchased. After accumulating 10 points, customer gets to redeem a free drink. This is an example of a _______ reinforcement schedule.

• Fixed Interval

• Variable Interval

• Fixed Ratio

• Variable Ratio

A negative reinforcement is used when

• removing a behavior

• removing something unpleasant

• increasing reward

• reducing rewards

A father is frustrated because his teenage daughter has started to curse frequently. He has decided to temporarily decrease her allowance each time she curses. He is going to continue doing this until she has stopped cursing. His plan uses

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

Getting an A after submitting an assignment is an example of

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

Switching off the alarm clock is an example of

• Positive reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

Giving pop/sudden quizzes to a class would reinforce reading and studying on a ___________ schedule

• Fixed Ratio

• Fixed Interval

• Variable Ratio

• Variable Interval