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WorksheetsQUIZ #5 REVIEW
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 19mins
What is operant conditioning?
Learn to associate behavior with its consequence
Learn behavior by imitating
Learn to associate stimuli and anticipate events
None of these
What is another name for operant conditioning?
Pavlovian conditioning
Observational learning
Skinnerian conditioning
Classical conditioning
True or False: Operant conditioning regards behavior controlled by its consequences
True
False
Any stimulus that increases the likelihood of repeating the target behavior is...
both
punishment
none
reinforcement
Which is an example of primary reinforcement?
praise
money
warmth
all of these
Which of these is a secondary reinforcement?
praise
all of these
money
tokens
True or False: Punishment is any stimulus that REDUCES the likelihood of the target behavior
True
False
True or False: Reinforcement = Extinction
True
False
In extinction, the target behavior...
stays
fades away
increases
none
In a ___________, reinforcers are given after a fixed number of responses
fixed ratio
fixed interval
variable ratio
variable interval
In a ___________, reinforcers are given after a variable number of tries around some average.
variable interval
variable ratio
fixed ratio
fixed interval
In __________, reinforcers are given after a variable amount of time has passed.
variable ratio
fixed interval
fixed ratio
variable interval
True or False: In fixed interval, reinforcers given for a first response after fixed (set) interval of time has passed
True
False
Gambling is an example of...
variable interval
fixed interval
variable ratio
fixed ratio
A positive reinforcement adds a...
desirable stimulus
undesirable stimulus
Reinforcements always DECREASE behavior
True
False
A negative reinforcement adds a...
desirable stimulus
undesirable stimulus
In Skinner's Box, why was a food pellet given to the rat?
every time the rat danced
every time the rat pressed the lever
every time the rat jumped
all of the above
What is shaping?
reward successive approximations of a target behavior
behaviors are broken down into many small, achievable steps
reinforce the response that even more closely resembles the desired behavior
all of these
