Operant Conditioning and B.F. Skinner Quiz

What is the main focus of the video?

• Cognitive psychology and Jean Piaget

• Humanistic psychology and Carl Rogers

• Operant conditioning and B.F. Skinner

• Classical conditioning and Ivan Pavlov

What unusual project did B.F. Skinner work on for the U.S. government?

• A dog training program

• A human behavior prediction model

• A psychological warfare strategy

• A pigeon-controlled guided bomb

According to B.F. Skinner, what determines behavior?

• Cognitive processes

• Genetic predispositions

• Consequences

• Environmental factors

In Skinner's experiments, what happened when a rat pressed a lever and received a food pellet?

• The rat stopped pressing the lever

• The rat pressed the lever more frequently

• The rat became aggressive

• The rat ignored the lever

What is positive reinforcement?

• Removing something to decrease a behavior

• Adding something to decrease a behavior

• Removing something to increase a behavior

• Adding something to increase a behavior

What is an example of positive punishment?

• Giving a child a gold star for good behavior

• Taking away a child's toy for bad behavior

• Scolding a child for misbehaving

• Allowing a child to skip chores for good behavior

What is an example of negative reinforcement?

• Taking away a toy for bad behavior

• Giving a child candy for doing homework

• Removing a chore as a reward for good behavior

• Scolding a child for not doing homework

What is the main difference between positive and negative reinforcement?

• Positive reinforcement adds something, negative reinforcement removes something

• Negative reinforcement adds something, positive reinforcement removes something

• Positive reinforcement is always better than negative reinforcement

• There is no difference between positive and negative reinforcement

What is extinction in operant conditioning?

• When a behavior is punished

• When a behavior stops being reinforced

• When a behavior is partially reinforced

• When a behavior is reinforced continuously

How does partial reinforcement affect behavior?

• It makes behavior less resistant to extinction

• It has no impact on behavior

• It makes behavior more resistant to extinction

• It stops behavior immediately