Psych 1 Chapter 6 Midterm Reviewer: Learning Topics
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Which type of reinforcer requires no learning to become pleasurable?

  • Negative punishment
  • Secondary reinforcer
  • Positive punishment
  • Primary reinforcer (correct)

What is the characteristic of a secondary reinforcer?

  • Innate satisfaction
  • Requires no learning
  • Acquired reinforcing power through experience (correct)
  • Decreases the chance of behavior recurrence

Which type of punishment involves presenting an aversive stimulus after a response?

  • Secondary reinforcer
  • Positive punishment (correct)
  • Continuous reinforcement
  • Negative punishment

What effect does negative punishment have on the likelihood of a response recurring?

<p>Decreases chances (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which reinforcement schedule means that every occurrence of the operant response results in the delivery of the reinforcer?

<p>Continuous reinforcement (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the defining characteristic of a primary reinforcer?

<p>Innately satisfying (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what way does positive punishment aim to influence behavior?

<p>Decrease chance of response recurrence (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of reinforcer acquires its reinforcing power through experience?

<p>Secondary reinforcer (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What defines a negative punishment?

<p>Removing a reinforcing stimulus after a response (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which schedule determines how and when the occurrence of a response will be followed by a reinforcer?

<p>Reinforcement schedule (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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