Operant condition Application

Question 1

What is discriminative stimulus?

Answer 1

A discriminative stimulus is a stimulus that signals
whether a certain response or behaviour is likely to be
rewarded, ignored, or punished.

Question 2

Reinforcement and punishment have the power to generate 3 kinds of learning in both animals and humans. What are they?

Answer 2

1. escape learning
2. avoidance learning
3. learned helplessness

Question 3

What is escape learning?

Answer 3

Learning to perform a behaviour because it prevents or
terminates an aversive event. This reflects the power
of negative reinforcement.

Question 4

What is avoidance learning?

Answer 4

Learning to avoid events or conditions associated with aversive consequences or phobias

Question 5

What is learned helplessness?

Answer 5

A passive resignation to aversive conditions that is
learned through repeated exposure to inescapable
or unavoidable aversive events.

Question 6

What are some applications of classical conditioning?

Answer 6

1. animal training
2. biofeedback
3. breaking bad habits
4. behaviour modification

Question 7

What is the importance of applied behaviour analysis or behaviour modification?

Answer 7

1. increasing behavior
2. Using prompts and shaping
3. Decreasing undesirable behaviour

Question 8

How do we increase desirable behaviour?

Answer 8

1. choosing effective reinforcers
2. making the reinforcement contingent and timely
3. using the best schedule of reinforcement
4. contracting
5. using negative reinforcement effectively

Question 9

What is a prompt?

Answer 9

It is defined as an added stimulus or cue that is given just before a response will occur

Question 10

How do you decrease undesirable behavior?

Answer 10

1. Use differential reinforcement
2. terminate reinforcement
3. remove desirable stimuli
4. Present aversive stimuli

Question 11

Raffles and draws are based on what type of learning?

Answer 11

They are based on operant learning