Operant Conditioning Quiz 14 (30 MCQs)

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1. Getting a spanking for throwing toys at your brother.
2. 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?
3. Behavior:Trisha whines non-stop on twitterConsequence:She loses hundreds of followers
4. Jennifer edits manuscripts for a publisher and is paid $ 5 for every three pages she edits. Jennifer is reinforced on a ..... schedule.
5. You are speeding. You get pulled over and get a ticket. You do not speed again, for a while anyways:)
6. What is the Process of Transferring Thoughts or Ideas from our Short Term Memory to our Long-Term Memory Storage?
7. Simone is grounded by her parents for getting bad grades. She has lost her freedom!
8. Having to remain quiet for 10 minutes before you are allowed to go back out and play is a
9. The reinforcer, such as food, that gets the organism to continue a behavior is called .....
10. 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:
11. 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
12. Which schedule of reinforcement? Your mom pays you $ 10 each week for allowance.
13. Child hits sibling and has to stand in the corner
14. Learning that results from unpleasant consequences
15. When something desirable is added to the environment and is an encouragement to repeat behavior this is called:
16. You apply sunscreen to prevent a sunburn.
17. Which of the following researchers is NOT generally associated with conditioning?
18. A child who has to give up screen time as a result of poor performance on their homework.
19. A teacher scolds a student for their cell phone going off in the middle of class.
20. A wife brings home flowers to her husband because of the special dinner he cooked for her.
21. A gradual creation of a new behavior through reinforcement of successive approximations.
22. During operant conditioning, the learner is ..... ; whereas during classical conditioning the learner is .....
23. 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?
24. 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?
25. The technique of conditioning that involves learning from the consequences of one's actions.
26. Pavlov's initial interest in classical conditioning was stimulated when he observed his research dogs salivating at
27. Joe was hit with a baseball last week during practice and now refuses to play.
28. Kid gets money for getting an excellent report card
29. Reinforcement will lead to ..... change in behavior than punishment.
30. Behavior:Andre blows a bubble with his chewing gumConsequence:His girlfriend yells at him to be quietThis consequence is an example of