This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Conditioning > Operant Conditioning – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Operant Conditioning Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do we call the type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer? A) Operant conditioning. B) Classical conditioning. C) Shaping. D) Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Operant conditioning. 2. Fixed Interval schedules are based on: A) Time passing between responses. B) Time passing between a response and a consequence. C) The frequency of responses. D) The number of consequences that are given for one response. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time passing between responses. 3. Any consequence that increases the future likelihood of a behavior is called: A) Punishment. B) Conditioned stimulus. C) Reinforcement. D) Unconditioned stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reinforcement. 4. WHAT IS AN OPERANT CONDITIONING PROCEDURE IN WHICH REINFORCERS GUIDE BEHAVIOR TOWARD CLOSER AND CLOSER APPROXIMATIONS? A) OPERANT BEHAVIOR. B) RESPONDENT BEHAVIOR. C) SHAPING. D) STIMULUS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SHAPING. 5. Blake is a carpet installer who wants to be paid for each square foot of carpet he lays rather than with an hourly wage. Blake prefers working on a ..... schedule of reinforcement. A) Fixed-ratio. B) Fixed-interval. C) Variable-interval. D) Variable-ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed-ratio. 6. As a punishment for getting bad grades, Simone is grounded by her parents. What else should her parents do to help improve her grades? A) Take away TV/Computer privileges. B) Reinforce good study habits. C) Make her break up with her boyfriend. D) Make her clean the garage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reinforce good study habits. 7. Gambling devices are an example of the schedule that is most resistant to extinction (longest-lasting). These are an example of ..... A) FR. B) VR. C) FI. D) VI. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) VR. 8. This takes away a desirable stimulus A) Positive punishment. B) Time out. C) Primary reinforcement. D) Negative reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time out. 9. A ..... is a stimulus or event that increases the odds of repeating a behavior. A) Reinforcer. B) Punishment. C) Positive stimulus. D) Negative stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reinforcer. 10. Hit dog on the nose for barking at the table A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Punishment. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive Punishment. 11. An involuntary and unlearned response to a naturally occurring or unconditioned stimulus. In Pavlov's dogs, the salivation to the food. A) Unconditioned Response. B) Conditioned Stimulus. C) Conditioned Response. D) Neutral Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unconditioned Response. 12. Your grandpa pinches your ear (hard) until you apologize to your little brother. A) Positive reinforcement. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Punishment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative reinforcement. 13. In ..... the learner is active. A) Operant conditioning. B) Classical conditioning. C) Both operant and classical conditioning. D) Neither operant nor classical conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Operant conditioning. 14. Lisa is a rude and unruly student, who wagged the assembly in the MGH by hiding out in the breezeway loos. She got caught and was given a detention! A) Positive reinforcer. B) Negative reinforcer. C) Punishment. D) Response cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punishment. 15. Any event of stimulus, that when following a response, increased the probability that the response will occur again. A) Reinforcement. B) Punishment. C) Extinction. D) Spontaneous Recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reinforcement. 16. What is a similarity between classical and operant conditioning? A) Consequence comes after the behaviour. B) Nature of the response is involuntary in both types of conditioning. C) They are both a result of the repeated association of two events. D) Learners are both active. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are both a result of the repeated association of two events. 17. Which schedule of reinforcement is being used? Studying for a class that has pop quizzes A) Fixed ratio. B) Variable ratio. C) Fixed interval. D) Variable interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Variable interval. 18. Imitating others, or copying their behavior, is called: A) Modeling. B) Observing. C) Stimulus generalization. D) Stimulus discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modeling. 19. Give food to dog a the the table if he is quiet A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Punishment. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive Reinforcement. 20. A person stops teasing his girlfriend about a certain issue after she gives him a silent treatment. (She does this so he does not tease her any further.) A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Punishment. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative Punishment. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesOperant Conditioning Quiz 1Operant Conditioning Quiz 2Operant Conditioning Quiz 3Operant Conditioning Quiz 4Operant Conditioning Quiz 5Operant Conditioning Quiz 6Operant Conditioning Quiz 8Operant Conditioning Quiz 9Operant Conditioning Quiz 10Operant Conditioning Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books