This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Conditioning > Operant Conditioning – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Operant Conditioning Quiz 20 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An athlete signs a contract whereby her salary increases are renegotiated every three years. This is an example of a ..... schedule of reinforcement. A) Fixed ratio. B) Fixed interval. C) Variable ratio. D) Variable interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fixed interval. 2. Giving extra credit points for turning in homework on time increases the likelihood that students will submit their assignments on time. This is an example of ..... A) Backward conditioning. B) Stimulus discrimination. C) Positive reinforcement. D) Observational conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive reinforcement. 3. When Liam misbehaves, his parents take his television away for a period of time. This is an example of A) Punishment. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Positive reinforcement. D) Response cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Response cost. 4. Learning where a neutral stimulus is paired with an Unconditioned stimulus and creates a conditioned response. A) Associative Learning. B) Classical Conditioning. C) Disassociative Learning. D) Operant Conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Classical Conditioning. 5. Putting on a coat when it is cold would be an example of A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Punishment. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative Reinforcement. 6. A consequence that increases the likelihood that the behavior happens again (strengthens) A) Reinforcement. B) Punishment. C) Latent. D) Insight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reinforcement. 7. Amy removes dessert from her diet in order to lose more weight. The results she sees on the scale causes her to start eating more fruits and vegetables as well. A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Punishment. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative Reinforcement. 8. Unlike operant conditioning, what does classical conditioning involve? A) Stimulus generalisation. B) Stimulus discrimination. C) Voluntary responses. D) Reflexive responses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reflexive responses. 9. Your English teacher is angry at you for not doing your essay. You do your homework for all your teachers after that. This is an example of: A) Stimulus discrimination. B) A behaviour. C) A consequence. D) Stimulus generalisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stimulus generalisation. 10. Being assigned extra chores for fighting with your siblings A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Punishment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punishment. 11. ..... is when you take away a pleasant stimulus to stop a behavior. A) Negative Punishment. B) Positive Punishment. C) Negative Reinforcement. D) Positive Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative Punishment. 12. Getting a spanking for throwing toys at your brother. A) Positive reinforcement. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Positive punishment. D) Negative punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive punishment. 13. IN CLASSICAL CONDITIONING, WHAT IS THE INITIAL STAGE, WHEN ONE LINKS A NEUTRAL STIMULUS AND AN UNCONDITIONAL STIMULUS SO THAT THE NEUTRAL STIMULUS BEGINS TRIGGERING THE CONDITIONED RESPONSE? A) REINFORCEMENT. B) EXTINCTION. C) ACQUISITION. D) SHAPING. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ACQUISITION. 14. Behavior:Trisha whines non-stop on twitterConsequence:She loses hundreds of followers A) Positive reinforcement. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Positive punishment. D) Negative punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative punishment. 15. Jennifer edits manuscripts for a publisher and is paid $ 5 for every three pages she edits. Jennifer is reinforced on a ..... schedule. A) Fixed-interval. B) Fixed-ratio. C) Variable-interval. D) Variable-ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fixed-ratio. 16. You are speeding. You get pulled over and get a ticket. You do not speed again, for a while anyways:) A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Punishment. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive Punishment. 17. What is the Process of Transferring Thoughts or Ideas from our Short Term Memory to our Long-Term Memory Storage? A) Encoding. B) Retrieving. C) Punishment. D) Classical Conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Encoding. 18. Simone is grounded by her parents for getting bad grades. She has lost her freedom! A) Positive reinforcement. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Punishment. D) Response cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Response cost. 19. Having to remain quiet for 10 minutes before you are allowed to go back out and play is a A) Fixed ratio. B) Variable ratio. C) Fixed interval. D) Variable interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fixed interval. 20. The reinforcer, such as food, that gets the organism to continue a behavior is called ..... A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Primary Reinforcer. C) Secondary Reinforcer. D) Classical Conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary Reinforcer. ← 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