Operant Conditioning Practice Question

In Operant Conditioning, the specific object or event that influences a behavior is the:

• Response

• Stimulus

• Consequence

A student act as if she passed out an hour before their midterm examination starts.

• Extinction

• Avoidance Behavior

• Escape Behavior

• Omission Training

A mother ignoring her daughter’s tantrums.

• Extinction

• Avoidance Behavior

• Escape Behavior

• Omission Training

On the first day of class, Derek draws an obnoxious picture on the blackboard and the entire class laughs. As a result of the attention from the other students, Derek draws an obnoxious picture on the blackboard for the rest of the week. His behavior is the result of:

• Negative Punishment

• Positive Punishment

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

This type of learning occurs when an already existing stimulus is removed to decrease the likelihood of a behavior.

• Negative Punishment

• Positive Punishment

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

A parent scolds a child for slamming the door.

• Negative Punishment

• Positive Punishment

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

Your instructor praise you when you answer a question correctly.

• Negative Punishment

• Positive Punishment

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

A child cried at night, a parent went in and picked up the child, and the child stopped crying. Now the parent picks up the child whenever the child cries out at night. The change in the parent's behavior is an example of___________.

• Negative Punishment

• Positive Punishment

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement