Operant Conditioning

A rat getting food for pressing a lever

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

Employee is habitually late for work so he loses the privilege to listen to music at work

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

A test subject received a slight electric shock when they get the wrong answer

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

WHAT IS THE TYPE OF BEHAVIOR THAT OPERATES ON THE ENVIRONMENT, PRODUCING CONSEQUENCES?

• BEHAVIORISM

• RESPONDENT BEHAVIOR

• ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING

• OPERANT BEHAVIOR

A customer loyalty program in which you receive a 40% off after accumulating 5,000 points is an example of a _____ reinforcement schedule.

• fixed variable

• fixed ratio

• variable ratio

• variable interval

Every employee who achieves their yearly KPI would receive a salary increases every two years. This is an example of a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

• fixed ratio

• fixed interval

• variable ratio

• variable interval

Buying lottery ticket is reinforced on a _____ schedule.

• fixed ratio

• fixed interval

• variable ratio

• variable interval

Pop quizzes reinforce reading and studying on a _____ schedule.

• fixed ratio

• variable ratio

• fixed interval

• variable interval

The result of reinforcement is to

• cause a behavior to stop

• cause a behavior to diminish.

• cause a behavior to continue.

• cause a behavior to occur for only a limited amount of time.

Which of the following describes negative reinforcement?

• A mother gives her son praise for doing homework

• Sarah studies hard because it earns her "A" grades in English

• Dennis used to walk to school but does not do so anymore because he was attacked by a dog in the neighborhood last month.

• Bob washes the dishes in order to stop his mother's nagging