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BF Skinner Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was BF Skinner born?

a)

January 8, 1902

b)

March 20, 1904

c)

May 6, 1856

d)

June 15, 1902

2.

What theory did BF Skinner create?

a)

Operant conditioning

b)

Classical Conditioning

c)

Unconditioned Stimulus

d)

Avoidance Conditioning

3.

What animals did BF skinner use to test these experiments?

a)

Dog

b)

Cat

c)

Hamster

d)

Rat

4.

What was BF Skinner known for?

a)

Developed a unique way of understanding the human psyche and its functioning

b)

Pioneering work on experimental psychology and advocated behaviorism

c)

Development of cognition and intelligence in children and cognitive ability

d)

Developed an experiment testing the concept of the conditioned reflex

5.

What was the Skinner box? 

a)

A box to analyze how an animal communicates via behavior

b)

To condition an animal's food proportion sizes and how much it eats

c)

To record an animal's behavior based on desirable behavior and reward

d)

To record the process of an animal's ability to deal with trial and error

6.

What is positive reinforcement?

a)

The act of rewarding a positive behavior in hopes of it happening again

b)

The act of rewarding a positive behavior in hopes of it not happening again

c)

The act of encouraging a behavior through unpleasant experiences

d)

The act of encouraging behavior that causes an unpleasant event to stop

7.

What is negative reinforcement?

a)

To strengthen a positive outcome by removing negative behavior

b)

To decrease a behavior by taking away a positive outcome

c)

To decrease a conditioned response that results in a behavior disappearing

d)

To strengthen a behavior by removing a negative outcome

8.

What BF Skinner goal for the treatment?

a)

To predict and control an organism's behavior from its current stimulus situation and its history of reinforcement

b)

To overcome feelings of inferiority and increase social connectedness with others

c)

To fully understand what your true problems are and how to resolve them to the greatest extent possible

d)

To understand the personality through levels of awareness and mental state

9.

When did Skinner first discover his theory?

a)

1928

b)

1938

c)

1956

d)

1921

10.

What award did Skinner win?

a)

Nobel Peace Prize

b)

The Wolf Prize

c)

National Medal of Science

d)

The Grammys