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What is the primary contribution of operant conditioning?
What is the primary contribution of operant conditioning?
- Therapeutic interventions for individuals with special needs, mental or emotional disabilities, and eating disorders (correct)
- Understanding of human behavior in general
- Development of observational learning
- Understanding of punishment and reinforcement
What is the primary goal of punishment in operant conditioning?
What is the primary goal of punishment in operant conditioning?
- To maintain a neutral behavior
- To remove a positive reinforcer
- To decrease a response (correct)
- To strengthen a desired behavior
What is the result of intermittent reinforcement?
What is the result of intermittent reinforcement?
- A response is never reinforced
- A response becomes more prone to extinction
- A response becomes more resistant to extinction (correct)
- A response is always continuous
What type of reinforcement is necessary for shaping and establishing a new response?
What type of reinforcement is necessary for shaping and establishing a new response?
What is the primary reason why continuous reinforcement is an inefficient use of the reinforcer?
What is the primary reason why continuous reinforcement is an inefficient use of the reinforcer?
What is the primary characteristic of positive reinforcement?
What is the primary characteristic of positive reinforcement?
What is the term for the initial learning stage in Classical Conditioning, during which the CR comes to be elicited by the CS?
What is the term for the initial learning stage in Classical Conditioning, during which the CR comes to be elicited by the CS?
What is the term for the weakening of a CR in the absence of an US?
What is the term for the weakening of a CR in the absence of an US?
According to Skinner's theory of personality, what happens to behaviors that are punished?
According to Skinner's theory of personality, what happens to behaviors that are punished?
What is the type of behavioral learning in which a neutral stimulus gains power to produce the same response previously elicited by another stimulus?
What is the type of behavioral learning in which a neutral stimulus gains power to produce the same response previously elicited by another stimulus?
What is the term for the reappearance of a CR without further conditioning?
What is the term for the reappearance of a CR without further conditioning?
What is the process of changing behavior in which reinforcement (or punishment) is contingent on the occurrence of a particular behavior?
What is the process of changing behavior in which reinforcement (or punishment) is contingent on the occurrence of a particular behavior?
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