Behavioral Psychology Quiz

What is operant conditioning?

• A method to teach involuntary actions.

• A consequence that decreases behavior frequency.

• Something you teach someone that they can do voluntarily.

• A gradual weakening of a response.

What does reinforcement do?

• Decreases the frequency of a behavior.

• Increases the frequency of a behavior.

• Has no effect on behavior frequency.

• Weakens a response over time.

What is the effect of punishment on behavior?

• Increases the frequency of a behavior.

• Has no effect on behavior frequency.

• Decreases the frequency of a behavior.

• Strengthens a response over time.

What is a Skinner Box used for?

• To teach involuntary actions.

• To study the effectiveness of patterns of reinforcement.

• To increase the frequency of a behavior.

• To decrease the frequency of a behavior.

What does acquisition refer to in behavioral terms?

• The disappearance of a response.

• The organism shows a new behavior.

• Reinforcing a behavior occasionally.

• The first response after a fixed interval.

What does extinction mean in behavioral terms?

• Reinforcing a behavior occasionally.

• The gradual weakening and disappearance of a response.

• Increasing a response by adding a pleasurable consequence.

• Reinforcing a behavior each time it is shown.

What is resistance to extinction?

• An organism stops responding after reinforcement ends.

• An organism continues to make a response after delivery of the reinforcer has been terminated.

• Reinforcing a behavior occasionally.

• The first response after a variable interval.

What is continuous reinforcement?

• Reinforcing a behavior occasionally.

• Reinforcing a behavior each time the behavior is shown.

• Reinforcing a behavior after a fixed number of responses.

• Reinforcing a behavior after a variable number of responses.

What is intermittent reinforcement?

• Reinforcing a behavior each time it is shown.

• Reinforcing a behavior occasionally.

• Reinforcing a behavior after a fixed interval.

• Reinforcing a behavior after a variable interval.

What is a fixed-ratio schedule?

• The reinforcer is given after a fixed number of nonreinforced responses.

• The reinforcer is given after a variable number of responses.

• The reinforcer is given for the first response after a fixed interval.

• The reinforcer is given for the first response after a variable interval.