Operant Conditioning Quiz 12 (20 MCQs)

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1. Behaviour's learned through operant conditioning, when compared with behaviour's learned through classicalconditioning, are more likely to be
2. The gradual disappearance of a conditioned response in the presences of a conditioned stimulus is
3. Every time someone flushes a toilet in the apartment building, the shower becomes very hot and causes the person to jump back. Over time, the person begins to jump back automatically after hearing the flush, before the water temperature changes.
4. Which of the following terms, coined by Albert Bandura, refers to the process of observing and imitating behaviors performed by others?
5. Ivan Pavlov is famous for his contributions to psychology, he was actually a
6. In Pavlov's studies with dogs, what did the sound of the bell serve as?
7. The best example of secondary reinforcement is:
8. Using an umbrella when it's raining
9. Fido the dog normally comes running when the electric can-opener is used however today he came running at the sound of the blender. This is known as
10. Who proposed the theory of Operant Conditioning?
11. Which of the following would be a secondary reinforcer for a rat?
12. The dog gets a treat for playing dead.
13. What were the three types of responses?
14. Behavior:Zane has his phone out in classConsequence:He gets it taken away.The consequence is an example of
15. Psychologists call behavior that receives feedback in the form of a reinforcing or punishing consequence ..... behavior.
16. Maggie cries and throws a temper tantrum at the store and her mother buys her a candy bar. Maggie is more likely to have a tantrum the next time she is at the store because that behaviour was:
17. Selling Girl Scout cookies door-to-door is reinforced on a ..... schedule.
18. Response cost is also known as
19. Learning a complicated sequence of behaviors in steps.
20. A dog receives a treat after obeying a command.