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Operant Conditioning Quiz 10 (25 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following would be a secondary reinforcer for a rat?
2. The dog gets a treat for playing dead.
3. What were the three types of responses?
4. Behavior:Zane has his phone out in classConsequence:He gets it taken away.The consequence is an example of
5. Psychologists call behavior that receives feedback in the form of a reinforcing or punishing consequence _____ behavior.
6. Maggie cries and throws a temper tantrum at the store and her mother buys her a candy bar. Maggie is more likely to have a tantrum the next time she is at the store because that behaviour was:
7. Selling Girl Scout cookies door-to-door is reinforced on a _____ schedule.
8. Response cost is also known as
9. Learning a complicated sequence of behaviors in steps.
10. A dog receives a treat after obeying a command.
11. When Fido the dog sits, he gets a treat.Identify which learning theory was most likely used to establish this behaviour:
12. The scientific approach that limits the study of psychology to observable behavior.
13. Which of these is a primary reinforcer?
14. If a caveman starts to fear big furry animals that growl (like a lion) but knows not to be afraid of a small furry animal (like a mouse), what Classical Conditioning concept is occurring?
15. If every correct response is reinforced, _____ is being used.
16. For an individual to experience observational learning, he or she must
17. A rat getting food for pressing a lever
18. Any event or situation that evokes a response is known as?
19. Which of the following is NOT learned through operant conditioning?
20. The tendency to respond to a stimulus that is only similar to the original conditioned stimulus with the conditioned response.
21. A test subject received a slight electric shock when they get the wrong answer
22. Putting on a coat when it is cold
23. Innate reinforcers such as food and water that diminish a biological need to know are known as
24. After James missed curfew for the third time, he was grounded for a month.
25. Throwing the ball in hopes of getting a strike in bowling is reinforced on a _____ schedule.
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