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Question 1

A generalized reinforcer:

Question 1 options:

Is classically associated with one primary reinforcer

Is classically associated with many primary reinforcers

All of the other answers are correct

Is the same as a primary reinforcer

Question 2

Hadar trains her dog to come when she snaps her fingers. In this example, finger snapping is a(n)

Question 2 options:

conditioned stimulus

punisher

discriminative stimulus

primary reinforcer

Question 3

Yvette dated two people. One was often unkind, and had brown hair. The other was kind, and had reddish-brown hair. Now Yvettle only approaches potential partners with bright red hair. This could be considered an example of:

Question 3 options:

peak shift

extreme generalization

modeling

resurgence

Question 4

Discrimination training involves

Question 4 options:

resurgence

continual exposure to one stimulus only.

reinforcing a behavior in the presence of one stimulus and not another.

random rewarding of many different stimuli.

Question 5

When Rachel finds that she will soon lose her job due to cutbacks, the tasks involved suddenly become more interesting. This is best described as an example of

Question 5 options:

differential reinforcement

positive contrast

anticipatory contrast

peak shift

Question 6

Over a period of a few weeks, Samuel changed from complying with each of his father’s requests to complying with every other request, then every third request. The father’s behavior of making requests has been subjected to a procedure known as

Question 6 options:

post-reinforcement pause

burn out

papier mache

stretching the ratio

Question 7

Skinner is known for:

Question 7 options:

Recognizing why puzzle boxes worked

Child abuse

Inventing classical conditioning

Automation of many aspects of conditioning experiments

Question 8

In a programmed learning text, the earliest quizzes contain many explicit hints which guarantee making a correct response, while later quizzes contain fewer and fewer hints. This is most similar to the process of

Question 8 options:

errorless discrimination training

negative reinforcement

generalization training

differential reinforcement

Question 9

To train a rat to spin in a circle the rat is given a food reward for turning, first 15°, then 30°, then 45°, and so on, until the rat makes complete 360° turns. This process is known as:

Question 9 options:

preparedness

punishment

shaping

latent learning

Question 10

In gambling, sometimes one only gets reinforced for a very large and unpredictable number of responses. This is a type of ____ schedule

Question 10 options:

DRH

Question 11

On a generalization gradient, a flatter line indicates

Question 11 options:

more discrimination

less generalization

more generalization

zero generalization

Question 12

Your adored partner arrives home every evening at 6 PM. Every so often, you take a quick glance at the clock to see if it is now 6 PM. As 6 PM approaches, the rate of your glancing will _____, because you are on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

Question 12 options:

faster; VI

slower; FI

faster; FI

slower; VI

Question 13

When Barney’s daughter was 2, she used to bite and scratch if she did not get what she wanted. Barney successfully extinguished that behavior. When she was 3, she began having screaming tantrums if she did not get what she wanted. Barnaby stopped paying attention to his daughter’s tantrums, and, weirdly, she started biting and scratching when she did not get her way. What phenomenon did Barnaby’s daughter display?

Question 13 options:

peak shift

a CRF schedule

spontaneous recovery

resurgence

Question 14

Thorndike is responsible for _____ which states that our behavior is a result of its consequences.

Question 14 options:

The Stop-Action Principle

The Law of Effect

The 3-Term Contingency

The Little Albert experiment

Question 15

A natural reinforcer:

Question 15 options:

Happens as an automatic consequence of performing a behavior

Is a contrived reinforcer

Is always a primary reinforcement

Is always a generalized reinforcement

Question 16

When talking about the four basic contingencies, the word “positive”:

Question 16 options:

two of the other answers are correct

means a stimulus will be presented

can only apply to reinforcement

means a stimulus will be pleasant

Question 17

Earning $10 for every five people you sign up to a new Internet sales club is an example of what kind of schedule?

Question 17 options:

FR10

VR5

FR5

FI10

Question 18

A discriminative stimulus:

Question 18 options:

Signals that a behavior will result in a consequence

Signals that a behavior will not result in a consequence

All of the above answers are correct

Signals the change from one consequence for a behavior to another

Question 19

In animal training, animals are often trained to touch their nose, or fin, or paw, to an object. Then, that object can be used as an aid in conditioning other behaviors. This procedure is know as:

Question 19 options:

random reinforcement

the Nariz effect

taming

targeting

Question 20

Extinction can occur more rapidly if:

Question 20 options:

it is done with an animal who has not eaten in a long time

it is done with an animal who has never gone through extinction before

it is done with a distinctive signal that extinction is in effect

it is done without any warning

Question 21

Guthrie & Horton conducted experiments that showed that the behavior occurring at the moment of reinforcement is likely to reoccur. From this they devised their idea that the behavior that is occurring at the moment of reinforcement is the behavior that will be repeated. They called this idea:

Question 21 options:

The Puzzle Box

The Stop-Action Principle

The Law of Effect

The 3-Term Contingency

Question 22

An increase in the rate of reinforcement on one schedule is likely to lead to ____ in behavior on a different, simultaneously presented, schedule.

Question 22 options:

a decrease

an unpredictable change

no change

an increase

Question 23

When Cherise stopped paying attention to her daughter’s tantrums, they were pretty much gone by the end of the day. However, according to the process of _____, we might expect them to reappear the next morning.

Question 23 options:

errorless discrimination

disinhibition

spontaneous recovery

stimulus generalization

Question 24

What does the word “contingency” mean in behaviorism?

Question 24 options:

it means the same thing as conditioning.

it means that there is no predictability.

there is no definition of contingency in behavioral psychology.

it means that a specific consequence depends upon a behavior being performed

Question 25

When a stimulus follows a behavior, that behavior decreases. This contingency is known as:

Question 25 options:

Positive Punishment

Negative Reinforcement

Negative Punishment

Positive Reinforcement

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