This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Conditioning > Operant Conditioning – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Operant Conditioning Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tim is a snowboard salesman. For every 15 snowboards he sells, his company gives him a monetary bonus. What schedule of reinforcement describes Tim's bonus arrangement? A) Fixed interval. B) Fixed ratio. C) Variable ratio. D) Variable interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fixed ratio. 2. Putting the ball away when the dog brings it back A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Punishment. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative Punishment. 3. What is another name for an Operant Chamber? A) Puzzle Box. B) Skinner Box. C) Operant Box. D) Thorndike Box. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skinner Box. 4. Nguyen's dog, Yap, barks whenever he sees a cat. Nguyen yells at the dog.Nguyen is hoping to change the dog's behaviour through applying A) Punishment. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Positive reinforcement. D) Observational learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Punishment. 5. Losing marks for handing an essay in late. A) Positive reinforcement. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Punishment. D) Response cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Response cost. 6. Procedure in which reinforcers (like food) gradually guide an animal's actions toward a desired behavior. A) Counterconditioning. B) Flooding. C) Conceptualizing. D) Shaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shaping. 7. The schedules of reinforcement (FI, VI, FR, VR) are all examples of: A) Continuous reinforcement. B) Primary reinforcement. C) Secondary reinforcement. D) Partial reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Partial reinforcement. 8. Angie's speeding ticket was $ 250. Now she drives the speed limit! A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Negative Punishment. D) Positive Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Positive Punishment. 9. John's parents give him $ 5 for allowance every time he finishes doing 2 loads of laundry. This is an example of which kind of reinforcement schedule? A) Fixed ratio. B) Variable interval. C) Continuous. D) Variable ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed ratio. 10. The conditioned response (CR) is the usually the same as the A) CS. B) UCS. C) UCR. D) CR. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) UCR. 11. Child trashes his sister's room and mom told him he couldn't go camping with friends A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Punishment. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative Punishment. 12. In the drama of classical conditioning, what was the conditioned stimulus? A) Nothing. B) The word "This won't hurt a bit.". C) Injection phobia. D) Being unafraid of injection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The word "This won't hurt a bit.". 13. Treating yourself to Starbucks after checking off 5 tasks on your to do list A) Fixed ratio. B) Variable ratio. C) Fixed interval. D) Variable interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed ratio. 14. Justin is caught using Facebook on his work computer and is reprimanded by his team leader. Justin no longer accesses Facebook on his work computer because of A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Punishment. D) Response Cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Response Cost. 15. Who created the Operant Conditioning Chamber for mice? A) Edward Tolman. B) John Garcia. C) BF Skinner. D) Ivan Pavlov. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BF Skinner. 16. When shaping a behavior, you would couple a treat with, "good dog" to get your pet to sit. The "good dog" is considered ..... A) Negative Reinforcement. B) Primary Reinforcer. C) Secondary Reinforcer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secondary Reinforcer. 17. In operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses: A) Fixed-ratio. B) Variable-ratio. C) Fixed-interval. D) Variable-interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed-ratio. 18. It's all about the consequences ..... A) B.F. Skinner. B) Ivan Pavlov. C) Sigmund Freud. D) John B. Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B.F. Skinner. 19. What kind of reinforcement is money and grades? A) Secondary reinforcer. B) Primary reinforcer. C) Negative reinforcer. D) Positive punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secondary reinforcer. 20. Having to wait 30 minutes until you have a new life on a game. A) Fixed ratio. B) Variable ratio. C) Fixed interval. D) Variable interval. 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