Ch 7 Learning & Behavior Practice

In the middle of Pavlov’s experiment, the dogs began salivating at the ring of a bell, even before food was presented. At this point in the experiment, the bell would be considered a(n) ___________.

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Conditioned stimulus

• Neutral stimulus

• I have no idea

At the end of Pavlov’s experiment, the dogs heard the bell but no longer salivate to the sound. This is due to ___________.

• Punishment

• Rewards

• Extinction

• Reinforcement

B.F. Skinner would say that ___________ is involved in learning.

• Reinforcement / punishment

• Pairing stimuli together with behavior

• Imitation

• Intelligence

1. To be given a cupcake is a __________, to be given extra chores is a _________. 

• Positive reward, negative reward

• Positive reward, positive punishment

• Positive reward, negative punishment

• Positive reward, positive reward

A professor is no longer letting their students take notes on the computer due to too many students watching netflix during class, they must now all take notes by hand. This is an example of ____.

• Positive punishment

• Negative punishment

• Positive reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

In operant conditioning, punishment is to ___ a behavior and reinforcement is to _____ a behavior.

• Increase, decrease

• Decrease, increase

In operant conditioning, negative means something is ______ and positive means something is _____  to the situation.

• Removed, added

• Added, removed

In operant conditioning, positive reinforcement will add to a stimulus to _______ the frequency of a desirable behavior.

In operant conditioning, _________ reinforcement suggests you should remove a stimulus to increase the frequency of a desirable behavior.

• Negative
• Positive

In operant conditioning, positive punishment will add to the stimulus to ___________ the frequency of a behavior.