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Operant Conditioning Quiz 3 (25 MCQs)

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1. Putting up an umbrella to escape the rain
2. In Pavlov's original experiments with dogs, the sound of the bell served as the:
3. Squirting a cat with a spray bottle for eating plants.
4. A hotel maid takes a 15-minute break after cleaning 10 rooms
5. An expected outcome for an event is called a _____ in operant conditioning
6. Consequences that strengthen responses due to escape from or avoidance of unpleasant stimuli are _____ reinforcers.
7. Using an umbrella when it's raining would be an example of
8. Having your cell phone taken away because you have not done your chores is
9. Behavior:Tyler cries when doing homework Consequence:His parents don't make him do it
10. You are teaching your dog to sit. As soon as the dog sits, you give them a treat. The dog sits quicker on command in the future.
11. TO PSYCHOLOGISTS, LEARNING IS?
12. Stimulus or event that increases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated.
13. Skinner demonstrated that organisms tend to repeat responses that are followed by favourable consequences.Skinner termed these favourable consequences
14. The man who studied man's best friend _____
15. Many of Skinner's original experiments used
16. Many employers will randomly drug test their workers. The workers never know when it will occur so they refrain from taking drugs.
17. In operant conditioning, the procedure for eliminating a response by ceasing reinforcement is called
18. Telemarketers or selling Girl Scout cookies door-to-door is an example of a(n)
19. When you put a child in time out until they decrease their aggressive behavior. What is this an example of?
20. In Pavlov's classical conditioning study, the neutral stimulus that was presented to the dog was _____
21. Excusing you from a homework assignment for having perfect attendance
22. Behavior:John spits on the floorConsequence:His mother makes him clean it up
23. Assigning a student a detention for texting
24. WHAT IS A BENEFICIAL HABIT?
25. Behavior:Marcy posts drunken picsConsequence:She loses her job
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