Unit 3 Gen Quiz Review

Ivan Pavlov's experiments with dogs yielded information about which of the following?

• Operant Conditioning

• Counterconditioning

• Classical Conditioning

• Latent Learning

Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?

• A person is shocked when they touch an electric fence

• Someone who becomes too warm in the sun moves into the shade

• Children receive points for earning good grades and the points can be exchanged for snacks.

• Star athletes who do not achieve the required grades are removed from the team.

Tamara normally feeds her cat canned cat food. She noticed that every time she uses her electric can opener, her cat comes to the kitchen. What is the conditioned stimulus?

• The cat food

• The sound of the electric can opener

• The cat coming to the kitchen

• Tamara

Whenever Michel's students behave well, she reduces their amount of homework for that night. This is an example of what aspect of operant conditioning?

• Fixed interval

• Positive reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

• Variable interval

A rabbit is in a cage with a red button. Regardless of how the rabbit behaves, a trap door releases a food pellet every 20 minutes. This reinforcement schedule would be classified as...

• fixed interval

• variable interval

• fixed ratio

• variable ratio

Michel is in the habit of offering extra-credit points on the next exam to students who contribute to class discussions. What kind of reinforcement strategy is Michel using to encourage class participation?

• Positive reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

• Punishment

• None of these

Mia's dad takes away her cell phone after she fails a test for the first time. Taking away her phone best represents which of the following aspects of operant conditioning?

• Positive reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

• Punishment

• None of these

Which of the following best represents a fixed interval schedule of reinforcement?

• A random number generator dispenses a food pellet into a pigeon's cage on either every third, fifth, or seventh press of a button.

• A student receives an A after studying for 3 hours the night before a test

• An office worker receives a biweekly paycheck for $630.

When a child hears a loud noise, they cry. The family's dog often barks loudly. Each time the child sees the dog, they cry. What is the conditioned response?

• the dog

• the loud noise

• the crying

• the barking

According to Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, which of the following is NOT one of the proposed intelligence types?

• Linguistic intelligence

• Spatial intelligence

• Emotional intelligence

• Musical intelligence