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Modus Operant Conditioning Quiz

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

 Tim thinks he is sneaky and tries to text in class. He is caught and given a long, boring book to read.

a)

Positive Reinforcement

b)

Negative Reinforcement

c)

Positive Punishment

d)

Negative Punishment

2.

The teacher moves a student away from her friend because she was talking during a test.

a)

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

b)

NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT

c)

POSITIVE PUNISHMENT

d)

NEGATIVE PUNISHMENT

3.

If the employees meet a production goal they won’t have to spend as much time at work.

a)

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

b)

NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT

c)

POSITIVE PUNISHMENT

d)

NEGATIVE PUNISHMENT

4.

Nathan tells a good joke and all of his friends laugh.

a)

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

b)

NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT

c)

POSITIVE PUNISHMENT

d)

NEGATIVE PUNISHMENT

5.

A man with DUI has his license revoked.

a)

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

b)

NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT

c)

POSITIVE PUNISHMENT

d)

NEGATIVE PUNISHMENT

6.

Jennie decided to wash the dishes in her sink so that the smelly odor will go away.

a)

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

b)

NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT

c)

POSITIVE PUNISHMENT

d)

NEGATIVE PUNISHMENT

7.

Tom drives over the speed limit through a school zone. As a result, he gets pulled over by a police officer and receives a ticket.

a)

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

b)

NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT

c)

POSITIVE PUNISHMENT

d)

NEGATIVE PUNISHMENT

8.

Nathan stays out past his curfew and now does not get to use the car for a week.

a)

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

b)

NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT

c)

POSITIVE PUNISHMENT

d)

NEGATIVE PUNISHMENT

9.

You wear your favorite cap to class but are reprimanded by your instructor for violating the school’s dress code.

a)

 

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

b)

NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT

c)

POSITIVE PUNISHMENT

d)

NEGATIVE PUNISHMENT

10.

A teacher is smiling as she reads your work.

a)

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

b)

NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT

c)

POSITIVE PUNISHMENT

d)

POSITIVE PUNISHMENT

11.

What is a NOT component of conditioning?

a)

Classical Conditioning

b)

Observational Conditioning

c)

Operant Conditioning

12.

All are theorist of behaviorism theory except one

a)

John B. Watson

b)

Ivan Pavlov

c)

Jean Piaget

d)

Burrhus Frederic Skinner

13.

What law of Edward Thorndike also known as rewarding behavior?

a)

Law of Effect

b)

Law of Readiness

c)

Law of Primacy

d)

Law of Intensity

14.

What do you call a reduction of appetitiveness and exception can happen to a reinforcing stimulus?

a)

Deprivation

b)

Prize

c)

Satiation

d)

Contingency

15.

A behavior that brings the instructor and the students closer together in terms of perceived distance.

a)

Contingency

b)

Immediacy

c)

Deprivation

d)

Prize

16.

What is a type of partial reinforcement that involve reinforcing behavior after a varied number of responses?

a)

Continuous Reinforcement

b)

Fixed-Interval Schedules

c)

Variable-Ratio Schedules

d)

Fixed-Ratio Schedules

17.

What is a type of Partial Reinforcement that responses are reinforced only after a specific number of responses have occurred?

a)

Variable-Ratio

b)

Variable-Interval

c)

Fixed-Interval

d)

Fixed-Ratio

18.

What partial reinforcement occurs only after a certain interval of time has elapsed?

a)

Fixed-Interval

b)

FIxed-Ratio

c)

Variable-Ratio

d)

Variable-Interval

19.

the amount of the consequence is high enough to be worth the effort, the consequence will be more effective upon the behavior.

a)

Immediacy

b)

Contingency

c)

Prize

d)

Deprivation

20.

B.F. Skinner born in what state in USA?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

Texas

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Florida

21.

The teacher moves a student away from her friend because she was talking during a test.

a)

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

b)

NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT

c)

POSITIVE PUNISHMENT

d)

NEGATIVE PUNISHMENT