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Operant Conditioning and Reinforcement

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  1. 1What is operant conditioning?
    1. Alearning behaviors through conditioning and practice
    2. Blearning voluntary behavior through pleasant and unpleasant consequences
    3. Clearning reinforcement through various trials of consequences
  2. 2That Psychologist began the use of the term operant conditioning?
    1. AThornlike
    2. BB.F Skinner
    3. CPavlov
    4. DWatson
  3. 3What experiment was used to test opernant conditioning?
    1. Asalivating dogs
    2. BBobo the Dog
    3. CSkinner box
    4. DLittle Albert
  4. 4Law of Effect is a law stating that is an action followed by a pleasurable consequence, it will tend to be repeated, and if followed by an unpleasant consequence, it will tend to not be repeated.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  5. 5 Forcing a child to sit down, is an example of operant conditioning.

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  6. 6[blank_start]Thorndike's[blank_end] experiment of [blank_start]operant conditioning[blank_end], tested cat's ability to voluntarily escape a [blank_start]Puzzle Box[blank_end] in order to escape a confined space. Rubbing against the lever, or [blank_start]stimulus[blank_end] in the experiment would lead to a pleasurable [blank_start]consequence[blank_end] of opening the door. However, the experiment took several attempts to teach the cats to [blank_start]voluntarily[blank_end] rub against the lever, creating a connection of behavior and consequence.
    1. AThorndike's
    2. Boperant conditioning
    3. CPuzzle Box
    4. Dstimulus
    5. Econsequence
    6. Fvoluntarily
  7. 7Reinforcement is a event or stimulus that when following a response, decreases the possibility that the response will occur again.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  8. 8Are the following examples of Punishment, Positive Reinforcement, or Negative Reinforcement?

    1. Giving a homeless person man a dollar is an example of [blank_start]positive reinforcement.[blank_end]
    2. Getting paid for working the entire week is an example of [blank_start]positive reinforcement[blank_end].
    3. Taking a drunk driver's license away is a an example of [blank_start]punishment.[blank_end]
    4. Being good around Christmas to get more presents is an example of [blank_start]positive reinforcement[blank_end].
    5. A child being back by curfew to avoid getting grounded is an example of [blank_start]negative reinforcement[blank_end].
    1. Apositive reinforcement.
    2. Bpositive reinforcement
    3. Cpunishment.
    4. Dpositive reinforcement
    5. Enegative reinforcement
  9. 9According to the Law of Effect, if John is yelled at for asking for a pet, he is most likely to...
    1. Acontinue asking for a pet, because he was not punished
    2. Bnot ask for a pet again because his parents yelled at him
    3. Cask for a pet again because his parents yelling at him was used to being yelled at
  10. 10John a Psychology student wrote the following facts about operant conditioning, which are true and which are false.

    1. Responses are voluntary. [blank_start]True[blank_end]
    2. The stimuli in the experiment forms the association. [blank_start]False[blank_end]
    3. Reinforcement occurs before the unconditioned stimulus. [blank_start]False[blank_end]
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
    3. CFalse

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