30 Questions
Which term refers to a procedure where a previously reinforced behavior is no longer reinforced with either positive or negative reinforcement?
Extinction
What is the term for a procedure where a behavior is followed by the removal of an aversive stimulus, thereby increasing the original behavior's frequency?
Negative reinforcement
What is the term for a procedure where a behavior is followed by an aversive stimulus?
Positive punishment
What is the term for a procedure where a behavior is followed by the removal of a stimulus?
Negative punishment
What is the term for the increase in the probability of a behavior that is rewarding or followed by another rewarding stimulus?
Positive reinforcement
What is the term for the decrease in the probability of a behavior that is followed by an aversive stimulus?
Positive punishment
Which term refers to the reduction in the probability of a behavior that is followed by the removal of a stimulus?
Negative punishment
What is the term for a schedule of reinforcement where reinforcement occurs following the first response after a fixed time has elapsed after the previous reinforcement?
Fixed interval schedule
What is the term for a schedule of reinforcement where reinforcement occurs after a fixed number of responses?
Fixed ratio schedule
What is the term for a schedule of reinforcement where the time or number of responses required for reinforcement varies?
Variable ratio schedule
Operant conditioning is a learning process where behaviors are modified through the association of stimuli with reinforcement or punishment.
True
Who originated the concept of operant conditioning?
Edward Thorndike
According to Thorndike's law of effect, behaviors arise as a result of whether their consequences are satisfying or discomforting.
True
Reinforcements are stimuli that decrease behaviors.
False
Operant conditioning is a voluntary process that depends on the consequences of a behavior.
True
Classical conditioning is a process where stimuli are paired with biologically significant events to produce involuntary and reflexive behaviors.
True
Operant conditioning and classical conditioning are both forms of voluntary learning.
False
Operant conditioning has been applied to the study of social psychology to clarify certain phenomena such as the false consensus effect.
True
Operant conditioning is a process where behaviors are modified through the association of stimuli with reinforcement or punishment.
True
Behaviorist psychologists believed that much, if not all, of mind and behavior can be explained as a result of environmental conditioning.
True
Who is often referred to as the Father of operant conditioning?
B.F. Skinner
What did Thorndike observe in his experiments with cats and puzzle boxes?
Cats taking a long time to escape the boxes
According to Thorndike's law of effect, which behaviors are more likely to be repeated?
Behaviors followed by satisfying consequences
What did Skinner reject in his analysis of operant conditioning?
Unobservable mental states
What did Skinner invent to measure response rates in his experiments?
Cumulative recorder
What did Skinner's book 'Walden Two' focus on?
The application of operant conditioning to human behavior
What did Skinner's book 'Verbal Behavior' extend the principles of operant conditioning to?
Language
How is operant behavior said to be 'emitted'?
It occurs without a specific stimulus
What does the text compare the origin of operant behavior to?
Variation and selection in bodily structures
What variations can occur in operant behavior?
All of the above
Test your knowledge on operant conditioning and its principles with this quiz. Explore the concepts of reinforcement, punishment, and the conditioning of behaviors in this fascinating learning process. Challenge yourself to understand the foundations of operant conditioning and its impact on shaping behavior.
Make Your Own Quizzes and Flashcards
Convert your notes into interactive study material.
Get started for free
