Unit 4: Learning AP Review

A teenager feels annoyed when she hears her mom's car pull into the driveway. She becomes annoyed because for the last 3 years she has heard the sound of the car's engine immediately before her mom walks into the house to ask the teen to do household chores.

According to John B. Watson, which of the following best represents the teen's annoyance for having to do chores?

• Punishment

• Unconditioned response

• Conditioned stimulus

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Conditioned response

A teenager feels annoyed when she hears her mom's car pull into the driveway. She becomes annoyed because for the last 3 years she has heard the sound of the car's engine immediately before her mom walks into the house to ask the teen to do household chores.

Which of the following best represents the sound of the car entering the driveway?

• Conditioned response

• Unconditioned response

• Conditioned stimulus

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Punishment

A teenager feels annoyed when she hears her mom's car pull into the driveway. She becomes annoyed because for the last 3 years she has heard the sound of the car's engine immediately before her mom walks into the house to ask the teen to do household chores.

Which of the following best represents the voice of her mom telling her to do chores?

• Conditioned response

• Unconditioned response

• Conditoned stimulus

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Punishment

Whenever the dog, Rudy, whines, his owners give him a doggie treat to stop his whining. As a result, Rudy is a very noisy and whiny dog. Rudy is responding to which of the following schedules of reinforcement?

• Variable-interval schedule of reinforcement

• Variable-ration schedule of reinforcement

• Fixed-interval schedule of reinforcement

• Fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement

• Continuous reinforcement

Bart placed his alarm clock across the room from his bed to help him wake up in the morning. In order for him to stop the screeching sound of the alarm going off, he must physically get out of bed to turn it off. Which of the following operant principles is demonstrated in this situation?

• Bart is obtaining positive reinforcement by turning off his alarm.

• Bart is obtaining negative reinforcement by turning off his alarm.

• Bart is suffering from positive punishment from the loud noise.

• Bart is suffering from negative punishment from the loud noise.

• Bart has associated the loud noise with waking up.

Reinforcers _____ and punishers _____ the future occurrence of the behavior that led to these repetitive consequences.

• increase; increase

• decrease; decrease

• increase; decrease

• decrease; increase

• relate; associate

Sheila wants to teach her new puppy to come to her on command, so she rewards the puppy when it looks at her. She then rewards the puppy when it takes one step toward her, even though it has not yet walked to Sheila. Which of the following training methods is Sheila using?

• Positive punishment

• Differential reinforcement

• Reflexive conditioning

• Negative reinforcement

• Negative punishment