This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Conditioning > Operant Conditioning – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Operant Conditioning Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Behaviour's learned through operant conditioning, when compared with behaviour's learned through classicalconditioning, are more likely to be A) Passive. B) Deliberate. C) Reflexive. D) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deliberate. 2. The gradual disappearance of a conditioned response in the presences of a conditioned stimulus is A) Modeling. B) Extinction. C) A token economy. D) Cognitive learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extinction. 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. A) Classical. B) Operant. C) Observational. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Classical. 4. Which of the following terms, coined by Albert Bandura, refers to the process of observing and imitating behaviors performed by others? A) Conditioning. B) Shaping. C) Modeling. D) Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modeling. 5. Ivan Pavlov is famous for his contributions to psychology, he was actually a A) Botanist. B) Zoologist. C) Physiologist. D) Historian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physiologist. 6. In Pavlov's studies with dogs, what did the sound of the bell serve as? A) Conditioned stimulus. B) Conditioned response. C) Unconditioned stimulus. D) Unconditioned response. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conditioned stimulus. 7. The best example of secondary reinforcement is: A) Money. B) Food. C) Water. D) Attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Money. 8. Using an umbrella when it's raining A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Punishment. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative Reinforcement. 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 A) Stimulus discrimination. B) Stimulus generalisation. C) Extinction. D) Spontaneous recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stimulus generalisation. 10. Who proposed the theory of Operant Conditioning? A) Edward Thorndike. B) Ivan Pavlov. C) B.F. Skinner. D) John B. Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B.F. Skinner. 11. Which of the following would be a secondary reinforcer for a rat? A) The opportunity to escape a shock by pressing a lever. B) Food. C) Water. D) Freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The opportunity to escape a shock by pressing a lever. 12. The dog gets a treat for playing dead. A) Positive reinforcement. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Positive punishment. D) Negative punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive reinforcement. 13. What were the three types of responses? A) Neutral operants, Reinforcers, and Punishers. B) Neutral operants, Food, or Electric shock. C) Nothing, Love or Hate. D) Nothing, Rewards, or Punishments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neutral operants, Reinforcers, and Punishers. 14. Behavior:Zane has his phone out in classConsequence:He gets it taken away.The consequence is an example of A) Positive reinforcement. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Punishment. D) Response cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Response cost. 15. Psychologists call behavior that receives feedback in the form of a reinforcing or punishing consequence ..... behavior. A) Respondent. B) Classical. C) Operant. D) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Operant. 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: A) Punished. B) Reinforced. C) Discriminated. D) Shaped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reinforced. 17. Selling Girl Scout cookies door-to-door is reinforced on a ..... schedule. A) Fixed ratio. B) Fixed interval. C) Variable ratio. D) Variable interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Variable ratio. 18. Response cost is also known as A) Negative punishment. B) Positive punishment. C) Positive reinforcement. D) Negative reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative punishment. 19. Learning a complicated sequence of behaviors in steps. A) Chaining. B) Shaping. C) Primary. D) Secondary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chaining. 20. A dog receives a treat after obeying a command. A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Punishment. D) Negative Punishment. 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