WorksheetsQLD Unit 3 Operant Conditioning
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 23mins
When Fido the dog sits, he gets a treat.
Identify which learning theory was most likely used to establish this behaviour:
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Observational learning
Social learning theory
Your car has a red, flashing light that blinks annoyingly if you start the car without buckling the seat belt.
You become less likely to start the car without buckling the seat belt.
Identify the theory which best describes how this behaviour was learnt.
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Observational learning
Social learning theory
Which of the following researchers is NOT generally associated with conditioning?
Skinner
Watson
Pavlov
Freud
Maggie cries and throws a temper tantrum at the store and her mother buys her a candy bar.
Maggie is more likely to have a tantrum the next time she is at the store because that behaviour was:
punished
reinforced
discriminated
shaped
Elise's car has an annoying buzzer that sounds until the seat belt is snapped into place.
Elise always puts on her seatbelt as soon as she gets in the car.
She has learned this behaviour through:
conditioned response
negative reinforcement
positive reinforcement
punishment
As a punishment for getting bad grades, Simone is grounded by her parents.
What else should her parents do to help improve her grades?
take away TV/Computer privileges
reinforce good study habits
make her break up with her boyfriend
make her clean the garage
Identify the theory which best describes how the following behaviour was learnt:
Your car has a red, flashing light that blinks annoyingly if you start the car without buckling the seat belt. You become less likely to start the car without buckling the seat belt.
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Observational learning
Social learning theory
A researcher conditions a dog to salivate at the sound of a bell. This is then followed by food. After some time, the sound of the bell alone (that is, without food), no longer leads to salivation.
The conditioning principle demonstrated here is:
spontaneous recovery
extinction
acquisition
stimulus generalisation
WHAT'S THE BEST CONCISE DEFINITION OF OPERANT CONDITIONING?
Explains how circumstances lead to changes in involuntary behavior
A philosophical tool used to aide discussions around behavior modification
Explains how consequences lead to changes in voluntary behavior
The study of how rules are easily broken
Which of the following describes negative reinforcement?
A mother gives her son praise for doing homework
Sarah studies hard because it earns her "A" grades in English
Dennis used to walk to school but does not do so anymore because he was attacked by a dog in the neighborhood last month.
Bob washes the dishes in order to stop his mother's nagging
My dad puts on his seatbelt to make his car stop beeping
positive reinforcement
negative reinforcement
conditioned reinforcement
unconditioned reinforcement
After Lee refused to clean his room, his mother took away his smart phone, Lee's mom is making use of
positive reinforcement
negative reinforcement
positive punishment
negative punishment
