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Operant Conditioning

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Law of Effect is best credited by which scientist?

a)

B.F. Skinner

b)

Edward Thorndike

c)

Carl Rogers

d)

Sigmund Freud

2.

What is the Law of Effect?

a)

Responses followed by negative stimuli is likely to increase behaviour

b)

Responses followed by a neutral stimulus is likely to remain neutral

c)

The effects stimulated on others are likely to reciprocate, causing a chain of negative or positive interactions.

d)

Responses followed by satisfaction (positive) are likely to increase behaviour and make it more likely to occur again and again.

3.

Timmy has learned his lesson and his mother gives him his toys back. This is an example of

a)

Positive Punishment

b)

Negative Punishment

c)

Positive Reinforcement

d)

Negative Reinforcement

4.

Billy's mom took away his punishment once he proved that he learned his lesson. This is an example of?

a)

Negative Punishment

b)

Positive Punishment

c)

Negative Reinforcement

d)

Positive Reinforcement

5.
Learning to tie one’s shoes is most likely acquired via the process of:
a)
Operant conditioning
b)
Spontaneous recovery
c)
Classical conditioning
d)
Learned helplessness
6.
The Law of Effect states that _____ lead to the _____ of the association between the stimulus and a response.
a)
Reinforcers; weakening
b)
Punishers; strengthening
c)
Satisfying events; strengthening 
d)
Unsatisfying events; strengthening
7.
Danny’s skill at hitting a baseball gradually improves as his attempts produce more frequent & longer-distance hits. This is an example of:
a)
Shaping
b)
Stimulus generalization
c)
Extinction
d)
Stimulus discrimination
8.
Micah really enjoyed his mom’s homemade apple pie, and he would have a huge slice every time she baked it. When he went to visit a friend, he tried a piece of apple pie that his friend’s mom had made. Unfortunately, it was terrible. Now Micah will only eat his mom’s apple pie; if anyone else offers him a piece of pie he politely turns them down. Micah’s behavior toward apple pie illustrates the concept of:
a)
Stimulus discrimination
b)
Stimulus generalization
c)
Noncontingent reinforcement
d)
Observational learning
9.
Assuming that the reinforcer is the sound of a rattle, Johnny’s shaking of the rattle is reinforced according to which of the following schedules?
a)
Continuous reinforcement
b)
Fixed-interval
c)
Variable-interval
d)
Variable-ratio
10.
Negative reinforcement _______ the rate of a response; punishment ______ the rate of a response.
a)
Increases; decreases
b)
Decreases; increases
c)
Decreases; decreases
d)
Increases; does not affect
11.
The behavior that would be most difficult to extinguish would be the one that was:
a)
Reinforced every time it occurred 
b)
Shaped
c)
Reinforced intermittently
d)
Reinforced by your parents
12.
The newest winning numbers in the state lottery are announced on the local television station every Saturday night, at the end of the news hour. People who are watching for the lottery numbers will have their “watching” reinforced on:
a)
A fixed-ratio schedule
b)
A fixed-interval schedule
c)
A variable-ratio schedule
d)
A variable-interval schedule
13.
______ is to operant conditioning as ______ is to classical conditioning.
a)
Skinner; Pavlov
b)
Bandura; Pavlov
c)
Pavlov; Skinner
d)
Pavlov; Thorndike
14.
Parents say, “I’m taking away your phone because you failed Chemistry.”  Parents are using           
a)
positive punishment
b)
negative punishment
c)
positive reinforcement
d)
classical conditioning
15.
You could receive a text message at any random time.  You are reinforced on a ______- schedule of reinforcement
a)
fixed ratio
b)
variable ratio
c)
variable interval
d)
fixed interval
16.
Which form of learning would be studied in a Skinner box?
a)
classical conditioning
b)
operant conditioning
c)
observational learning
d)
latent learning
17.
Frequent flyer program: getting a free flight after accumulating 1000 flight miles.
a)
Fixed Interval
b)
Fixed Ratio
c)
Variable Interval
d)
Variable Ratio
18.
A slot machine at a casino operates on this schedule:
a)
Fixed Interval
b)
Fixed Ratio
c)
Variable Interval
d)
Variable Ratio
19.
Selling Girl Scout cookies door to door
a)
Fixed Interval
b)
Fixed Ratio
c)
Variable Interval
d)
Variable Ratio
20.
A toddler is given a cookie after saying “please”
a)
Positive Reinforcement
b)
Positive Punishment
c)
Negative Reinforcement
d)
Negative Punishment
21.

When you reinforce the the steps used to reach the desired behavior such as learning to wash your hands after using the restroom this would be:

a)

shaping

b)

chaining

c)

The Premack Principle

d)

The Law of effect

22.

When we are taught a number of responses in order to get a reward for example learning how to dance the Salsa this is:

a)

Shaping

b)

Chaining

c)

The Premack Principle

d)

The Law of Effect

23.

The idea that the reinforcing property is determined by the situation is an example of:

a)

Positive Reinforcement

b)

Stimulus Generalization

c)

The Premack Principle

d)

The Law of Effect

24.

Taking Tylenol for a headache would be an example of:

a)

Immediate Reinforcer

b)

Delayed Reinforcer

c)

Partial Reinforcement

d)

Fixed Ratio

25.

Drinking a Coca-Cola on a hot day would be an example of:

a)

Primary Reinforcer

b)

Conditioned Reinforcer

c)

Variable Interval

d)

Fixed Interval