Operant Conditioning Quiz 15 (20 MCQs)

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1. Your cat jumps on the counter as soon as she hears the can opener operating.What used to be the NS?
2. A learned response to a conditioned stimulus. In Pavlov's dogs, when the dog salivates at the sight of the bowl, even when it's empty.
3. To increase seat belt use, car manufacturers have an annoying ding that will not turn off until you put on your seat belt!
4. James ignored his barking dog and he eventually stopped.
5. In the three-phase model of operant conditioning, the antecedent condition is also known as the
6. When Kyle spends too much time playing video games, his dad unplugs his X-box and takes the cord away.
7. When a bad stimulus is added to the environment to decrease a behavior this is called:
8. What may occur in classical conditioning once an unconditioned stimulus no longer follows a conditioned stimulus? It also may occur in operant conditioning once a response is no longer reinforced.
9. Najida's mother decided she would withdraw Najida from her favourite weekend activity every time Najida did not do her homework.
10. A student volunteers to answer a tough question in class and the teacher comments favorably on the quality of the student's answer.
11. Nam forgot to do laundry, so he had to wear dirty clothes to class. After being isolated by the classmates, he has been doing his laundry more often. How is Nam being conditioned?
12. In the morning, your alarm clock rings. You press the 'off' button and the alarm stops ringing. This is an example of
13. Which of the following is an example of operant conditioning?
14. A dog is thirsty and goes outside where it finds a bowl of water
15. A teacher awards her pupils with a gold star every time they answer 5 questions. The type of schedule the pupils are on is called
16. The relearning of a conditioned response after extinction is known as:
17. Giving a child a sticker for going potty on the toilet
18. Jerry goes on the weekend boat trip as his friends insist he comes. He vomits everywhere and they make him clean it up himself.
19. Random drug testing; worker refrains from taking drugs.
20. Who discovered classical conditioning through his dog experiments?