Operant Conditioning Quiz 21 (20 MCQs)

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1. A person no longer parks in a spot where fines are usually enforced. After parking becomes allowed there, the person begins to park there every day. This is an example of:
2. Another strategy Maryanne used was to keep the students indoors, when they wanted to play outside, until theyused the words 'please' and 'thank you'. This is an example of
3. Which schedule of reinforcement? Your mom pays you $ 10 each week for allowance.
4. Child hits sibling and has to stand in the corner
5. Learning that results from unpleasant consequences
6. When something desirable is added to the environment and is an encouragement to repeat behavior this is called:
7. You apply sunscreen to prevent a sunburn.
8. Which of the following researchers is NOT generally associated with conditioning?
9. A child who has to give up screen time as a result of poor performance on their homework.
10. A teacher scolds a student for their cell phone going off in the middle of class.
11. A wife brings home flowers to her husband because of the special dinner he cooked for her.
12. A gradual creation of a new behavior through reinforcement of successive approximations.
13. During operant conditioning, the learner is ..... ; whereas during classical conditioning the learner is .....
14. Your romantic partner always uses the same shampoo. Soon, the smell of that shampoo makes you feel happy. In this situation, what is the neutral stimulus?
15. Your teacher is trying to condition you to get good grades, so she gives you "A" on exam that you studied real hard for.What type of Operant Conditioning is this?
16. The technique of conditioning that involves learning from the consequences of one's actions.
17. Pavlov's initial interest in classical conditioning was stimulated when he observed his research dogs salivating at
18. Joe was hit with a baseball last week during practice and now refuses to play.
19. Kid gets money for getting an excellent report card
20. Reinforcement will lead to ..... change in behavior than punishment.