Operant Conditioning Quiz

What is positive reinforcement?

• A technique used in psychology to discourage and weaken desired behavior by providing punishments or penalties.

• A technique used in psychology to ignore and neglect desired behavior.

• A technique used in psychology to encourage and strengthen desired behavior by providing rewards or incentives.

• A technique used in psychology to manipulate and control behavior by force or coercion.

Give an example of positive reinforcement.

• Giving a child a sticker for completing their homework

• Giving a child a toy for completing their homework

• Giving a child a candy for not completing their homework

• Giving a child a punishment for completing their homework

What is negative reinforcement?

• A behavior is strengthened by the removal or avoidance of an unpleasant stimulus.

• A behavior is weakened by the removal or avoidance of an unpleasant stimulus.

• Negative reinforcement is the same as punishment.

• A behavior is strengthened by the addition of an unpleasant stimulus.

Provide an example of negative reinforcement.

• Completing homework to impress classmates.

• Completing homework to improve academic performance.

• Completing homework to avoid getting scolded by a teacher.

• Completing homework to receive a reward from a teacher.

What is punishment in operant conditioning?

• The application of a negative consequence to increase the likelihood of a behavior occurring again.

• The application of a negative consequence to decrease the likelihood of a behavior occurring again.

• The removal of a positive consequence to decrease the likelihood of a behavior occurring again.

• The application of a positive consequence to increase the likelihood of a behavior occurring again.

Give an example of punishment in operant conditioning.

• Time-out

• Grounding

• Verbal reprimand

• Electric shock

What is shaping in operant conditioning?

• Technique used to immediately modify behavior by reinforcing the desired behavior.

• Technique used to punish undesired behavior.

• Technique used to reinforce random behaviors.

• Technique used to gradually modify behavior by reinforcing successive approximations of the desired behavior.

Explain the concept of shaping with an example.

• Shaping is a technique used in operant conditioning to gradually teach a desired behavior by reinforcing successive approximations of the behavior.

• Shaping is a technique used in observational learning to reinforce desired behaviors.

• Shaping is a technique used in operant conditioning to punish undesired behaviors.

• Shaping is a technique used in classical conditioning to teach a desired behavior.

What are primary reinforcers?

• Primary reinforcers are stimuli that are learned through conditioning and do not have any natural rewarding properties.

• Primary reinforcers are stimuli that are only rewarding for certain individuals and not universally rewarding.

• Primary reinforcers are stimuli that are only rewarding in specific situations and not in general.

• Primary reinforcers are stimuli that are naturally rewarding and do not require any learning or conditioning to be considered reinforcing.

Provide examples of primary reinforcers.

• shelter

• sleep

• food, water, sex

• money