This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Conditioning > Operant Conditioning – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Operant Conditioning Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Pavlov's experiment, what is the bell/ticking sound? A) Unconditioned stimulus. B) Unconditioned response. C) Conditioned stimulus. D) Conditioned response. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conditioned stimulus. 2. Behavior:Sally doesnt do her assignmentConsequence:She fails the assignment so is made to do extra chores at home.The consequence is an example of A) Positive reinforcement. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Punishment. D) Response cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punishment. 3. According to this scenario, Akira is most likely to A) Cry only when he is very tired and hungry. B) Cry more often when he is near his mother. C) Cry very rarely when he is near his mother. D) Continue to cry even after he is picked up by his mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cry more often when he is near his mother. 4. Who was it that showed that a a reflex that responds to a natural stimulus could also be trained to respond to a neutral stimulus? A) Ivan Pavlov. B) Sigmund Freud. C) BF Skinner. D) Watson Weatherly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ivan Pavlov. 5. My dad puts on his seatbelt to make his car stop beeping A) Positive reinforcement. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Conditioned reinforcement. D) Unconditioned reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative reinforcement. 6. In Skinner's original experiments, the behaviour of an animal when first placed in an operant chamber was A) Instrumental. B) Random. C) Reinforced. D) Punished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Random. 7. The crowd laughs at the comedians jokes. A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Punishment. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive Reinforcement. 8. In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, infants develop a fear of books after books are repeatedly presented with a loud noise. In this fictional example, the loud noise is a(n): A) Conditioned response. B) Conditioned stimulus. C) Unconditioned response. D) Unconditioned stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unconditioned stimulus. 9. A student falls asleep in class and the teacher yells at them in the hopes they will not continue this behavior is an example of A) Positive reinforcement. B) Negative reinforement. C) Positive punishment. D) Negative punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive punishment. 10. Phobias are best defined as: A) A casual fear of a person, action, or thing. B) General sum of all our fears. C) A fear of things that most people seem to fear. D) A sometimes debilitating fear that can damage a person's quality of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A sometimes debilitating fear that can damage a person's quality of life. 11. Anything that follows a behavior and decreases the tendency to produce the behavior. A) Positive reinforcement. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Punishment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punishment. 12. (Blank)-Any Event or Stimulation that Evokes a Response A) Response. B) Conflict. C) Reinforcement. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stimulus. 13. Who developed the "law of effect, " which influenced B.F. Skinner and his studies of reinforcement? A) Edward Thorndike. B) Ivan Pavlov. C) Albert Bandura. D) John B. Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edward Thorndike. 14. Thorndike's principle that behaviors follwed by favorable consequences become more likely is know as what? A) Operant Conditioning. B) Shaping. C) Law of effect. D) Respondent behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Law of effect. 15. Getting your mouth washed out with soap for swearing. A) Positive reinforcement. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Positive punishment. D) Negative punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive punishment. 16. Provides a reinforcement after a set NUMBER of responses A) Fixed ratio. B) Variable ratio. C) Fixed interval. D) Variable interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed ratio. 17. Who developed the "law of effect? " A) Edward Thorndike. B) Ivan Pavlov. C) B. F. Skinner. D) John B. Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edward Thorndike. 18. The concept of "conditioning" is best described as the process of A) Learning associations. B) Discrimination. C) Generalization. D) Voluntary behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Learning associations. 19. Going to a walk in clinic and not having any idea how long it will be before you see a doctor. A) Fixed ratio. B) Variable ratio. C) Fixed interval. D) Variable interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Variable interval. 20. This type of reinforcement promotes correct actions by taking away an unpleasant stimulus when the performer does it right. A) Punishment. B) Positive. C) Negative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negative. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesOperant Conditioning Quiz 1Operant Conditioning Quiz 2Operant Conditioning Quiz 3Operant Conditioning Quiz 4Operant Conditioning Quiz 5Operant Conditioning Quiz 6Operant Conditioning Quiz 7Operant Conditioning Quiz 8Operant Conditioning Quiz 9Operant Conditioning Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books