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