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WorksheetsC2. FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIOR
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 22mins
What does it mean by positive reinforcement ?
Reward
Punishment
Dessert
Reward and punishment
Teacher Nurin praises her students with encouraging words such as "Good job!" and gives her students stickers as rewards. What kind of reinforcement has been applied in her classroom?
Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Who is the behaviorist that introduce classical conditioning?
Jean Piaget
F. Skinner
Ivan Pavlov
Erik Erikson
Fill in the blanks with the correct answer. “Throughout the course of three distinct phases, the associated stimulus is known as __ and learned behaviour is known as __.”
conditioned response, conditioned stimulus
conditioned stimulus, conditioned response
stimulus conditioning, response conditioning
response conditioning, stimulus conditioning
________________ is learning in which a behavior is made more or less likely to recur regularly because of the presence of a reinforcer.
Example: Very good. . . Fantastic . . . I’m impressed . . . This is the best paper you’ve ever written . . .
a. Cognitive
b. Operant Conditioning
c. Classical Conditioning
d. Brain Processing Style
Behavior: Molly finishes her homework
Consequence: She gets to go out with friends
Positive Reinforcement
Negative Reinforcement
Positive Punishment
Negative Punishment
Behavior: Amy ran away
Consequence: Her parents changed the locks
+ reinforcement
-- reinforcement
+ punishment
-- punishment
Behavior: Joy smiles at everyone
Consequence: She makes a lot of friends
+ reinforcement
-- reinforcement
+ punishment
-- punishment
Behavior: Zane has his phone out in class
Consequence: He gets it taken away
+ reinforcement
-- reinforcement
+ punishment
-- punishment
A frequent flyer program in which you receive a free flight after accumulating 5,000 flight miles is an example of a _____ reinforcement schedule.
fixed variable
fixed ratio
variable ratio
variable interval
The result of reinforcement is to
cause a behavior to stop
cause a behavior to diminish.
cause a behavior to continue.
cause a behavior to occur for only a limited amount of time.
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
