WorksheetsBF Skinner Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
When was BF Skinner born?
January 8, 1902
March 20, 1904
May 6, 1856
June 15, 1902
What theory did BF Skinner create?
Operant conditioning
Classical Conditioning
Unconditioned Stimulus
Avoidance Conditioning
What animals did BF skinner use to test these experiments?
Dog
Cat
Hamster
Rat
What was BF Skinner known for?
Developed a unique way of understanding the human psyche and its functioning
Pioneering work on experimental psychology and advocated behaviorism
Development of cognition and intelligence in children and cognitive ability
Developed an experiment testing the concept of the conditioned reflex
What was the Skinner box?
A box to analyze how an animal communicates via behavior
To condition an animal's food proportion sizes and how much it eats
To record an animal's behavior based on desirable behavior and reward
To record the process of an animal's ability to deal with trial and error
What is positive reinforcement?
The act of rewarding a positive behavior in hopes of it happening again
The act of rewarding a positive behavior in hopes of it not happening again
The act of encouraging a behavior through unpleasant experiences
The act of encouraging behavior that causes an unpleasant event to stop
What is negative reinforcement?
To strengthen a positive outcome by removing negative behavior
To decrease a behavior by taking away a positive outcome
To decrease a conditioned response that results in a behavior disappearing
To strengthen a behavior by removing a negative outcome
What BF Skinner goal for the treatment?
To predict and control an organism's behavior from its current stimulus situation and its history of reinforcement
To overcome feelings of inferiority and increase social connectedness with others
To fully understand what your true problems are and how to resolve them to the greatest extent possible
To understand the personality through levels of awareness and mental state
When did Skinner first discover his theory?
1928
1938
1956
1921
What award did Skinner win?
Nobel Peace Prize
The Wolf Prize
National Medal of Science
The Grammys
