Operant Condiioning Quiz

Question 1

Relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs through experience

Answer 1

Learning

Question 2

Reward/punishment.

The consequences of a behavior, change the probability of the behaviors occurrence

Answer 2

Operant conditioning

Question 3

When a response is followed by satisfaction that response is more likely to occur the next time the stimulus is present

Answer 3

Law of Effect

Question 4

What is the difference between Operant and classical conditioning?

Answer 4

Operant: reward/punishment
Classical: pairing something that doesn’t have meaning to something that does

Question 5

Adding a positive. The frequency of a response increases because it is followed by a rewarding stimulus.

Answer 5

Positive reinforcement

Question 6

Removing a negative. The frequency of a response increases because it is followed by the removal of an unpleasant stimulus

Answer 6

Negative reinforcement

Question 7

Adding a negative. An unpleasant stimulus following a behavior decreases the likelihood that behavior will occur again.

Answer 7

Punishment

Question 8

Example of positive reinforcement

Answer 8

Giving your child a piece of candy for washing their hands

Question 9

Example of Negative reinforcement

Answer 9

The ding in your car to put on your seatbelt

Question 10

Example of punishment

Answer 10

Spanking your child

Question 11

Example of negative punishment

Answer 11

Hitting your sibling and getting grounded for a month

Question 12

Modern educational psychology. Lived in William James’s basement

Answer 12

El Thorndike

Question 13

Behavioralist that developed the theory of operant conditioning training pigeons and rats

Answer 13

B.F. Skinner