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