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What is the difference between punishment and negative reinforcement?
a.
punishment weakens undesirable behaviours; negative reinforcement weakens desirable behaviours
b.
punishment strengthens undesirable behaviours; negative reinforcement weakens undesirable behavious
c.
there is no difference between punishment and negative reinforcement in their effects on behaviour
d.
punishment weakens behaviour; negative reinforcement strengthens behaviour
Which of the following is NOT an example of punishment?
a.
nagging a child until they pick up their toys
b.
taking away a child’s TV privileges for one week after a bad report card
c.
laughing at a classmate when they ask a question in class
d.
making a child sit in the corner for 10 minutes following rudeness
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positive reinforcement negative reinforcement positive punishment negative punishment
A child cries when her mother is brushing their teeth, and their mother stops brushing. As a result the child is more likely to cry when they gets they teeth brushed. This is an example of blank
A child holds a baseball card out the window as he is riding in a car, and the card flies away. As a result, he never holds a baseball card out the window of the car again. This is an example of blank
A woman waiting for a bus opens up her umbrella when it rains. The umbrella keeps the rain from hitting her. Now she always opens up her umbrella when it rains. This is an example of blank
At parties, Kevin used to make jokes about his wife’s cooking and got a lot of laughs from his friends. At first, his wife smiled at his jokes, but eventually she got upset; whenever Kevin made a joke about her cooking, she gave him an icy stare. As a result, Kevin stopped joking about his wife’s cooking. This is an example of blank
A child cries at night after being put to bed and her parents come to her room to comfort her and calm her down. As a result, the child now cries more often at bedtime. For the parents this is an example of
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John Watson conditioned “Little Albert” to be afraid of a white rat. Identify the unconditioned stimulus (UCS), the neutral stimulus (NS), the conditioned stimulus (CS), the unconditioned response (UCR), and the conditioned response (CR) in this classic experiment.
NS: blank
UCS: blank
CS: blank
UCR: blank
CR: blank
white rat Watson wearing a mask rabbit loud noise fear
Dr. Watson is trying to encourage her children (Indie and Rhyme) to clean up their rooms. Explain how she can use the following to teach this behaviour:
Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Vicarious reinforcement
Positive punishment
Negative punishment
Emily always talks out in class, often interrupting the teacher and causing disruptions. In order to deal with these interruptions, Emily’s teacher has started to criticize Emily for her lack of control each time she speaks without raising her hand. If Emily’s disruptive behaviour increases, then the teacher’s methods constitute which type of contingency?
a.
positive reinforcement
b.
negative punishment
c.
negative reinforcement
d.
positive punishment
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When Alek does not complete his homework in time, his mother takes away the power cord for his video game system. What does this example illustrate?
a.
negative punishment
b.
corporal punishment
c.
negative reinforcement
d.
vicarious reinforcement
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If you give your dog a treat every time he jumps through a hoop, what method are you using?
a.
observational learning/modelling
b.
classical conditioning
c.
operant conditioning
d.
latent learning
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In Pavlov’s principle experiment, what was the unconditioned stimulus?
a.
meat
b.
a light
c.
salivation
d.
a tone
