stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Operant Conditioning Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Operant Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
16 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
7 plays
Operant conditioning quiz for psychology
Flashcards
16 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
16
Answers
1
Not knowing when your boss will check on you.
fixed interval
fixed ratio
variable ratio
variable interval
2
Which is NOT true of Positive Reinforcement and Negative Reinforcement?
NR discourages a behavior
Both encourage a behavior
NR encourages a behavior
PR encourages a behavior
3
What is it called when a behavior is no longer reinforced?
Shaping
Variability
Extinction
Inhibition
4
Reinforcing a behavior after a specific number of responses has occured is called
Fixed Ratio schedule
Variable Interval schedule
Variable Ratio schedule
Fixed Interval schedule
5
Who is the father of Operant Conditioning?
E.B. Titchener
B.F. Skinner
Willhelm Wundt
Chad Patterson
6
What is it called when a desirable stimulus is removed after a behavior occurs?
Primary Reinforcement
Negative Punishment
Secondary Reinforcement
Positive Punishment
7
A teacher scolds a student after talking out of turn. This is an example of
Negative Reinforcement
Positive Punishment
Positive Reinforcement
Negative Punishment
8
Fly fishing is one cast of the line after another until a fish takes the bait.
variable ratio
fixed interval
fixed ratio
variable interval
9
Fouling out of a game on the fifth foul.
variable ratio
fixed interval
variable interval
fixed ratio
10
Reinforcement is a consequence that increases the likelihood of a behavior
False
True
11
Positive punishment adds a negative stimuli following a negative behavior
True
Maybe True
False
Probably False
12
Behavior is controlled by consequences
False
True
13
Reinforcing a behavior with rewards which satisfy an instinctual desire is called
Secondary Reinforcement
Primary Reinforcement
14
Get paid every Friday or having a quiz every Monday.
fixed ratio
variable interval
variable ratio
fixed interval
15
A teacher takes away recess from a student. This is an example of
Negative Reinforcement
Positive Punishment
Positive Reinforcement
Negative Punishment
16
An owner packs a bowl of catnip for his cat every time it does a trick. What is this called?
Partial Reinforcement
Continuous Reinforcement
Secondary Reinforcement
Primary Reinforcement
