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A response that leads to the removal of an unpleasant stimulus is one being _____________________?

July 19, 2021April 23, 2021 by admin

A response that leads to the removal of an unpleasant stimulus is one being _____________________?

A. positively reinforced
B. negatively reinforced
C. punished
D. extinguished

For most people, personal insults, fines, and headaches serve as ________________?

July 19, 2021April 23, 2021 by admin

For most people, personal insults, fines, and headaches serve as ________________?

A. negative reinforces
B. positive reinforces
C. either a or b depending on the discriminative stimulus
D. punisher but not reinforces

In Pavlov’s experiments, the dog’s salivation triggered by the sound of the bell was a/an _________________?

July 19, 2021April 23, 2021 by admin

In Pavlov’s experiments, the dog’s salivation triggered by the sound of the bell was a/an _________________?

A. conditioned response
B. unconditioned response
C. unconditioned stimulus
D. conditioned stimulus

When an operant response stops occurring because it is no longer reinforced, which of the following has taken place?

July 19, 2021April 23, 2021 by admin

When an operant response stops occurring because it is no longer reinforced, which of the following has taken place?

A. an avoidance response
B. generalization
C. extinction
D. negative reinforcement

Which of the following learning mechanism does B.F. Skinner see as being the major means by which behavior is learned?

July 19, 2021April 23, 2021 by admin

Which of the following learning mechanism does B.F. Skinner see as being the major means by which behavior is learned?

A. classical conditioning
B. operant conditioning
C. observational learning
D. insight learning

A student who has never studied decides to try it and is delighted to receive a B on the exam rather than the usual D. The student starts studying more regularly as a result of __________________?

July 19, 2021April 23, 2021 by admin

A student who has never studied decides to try it and is delighted to receive a B on the exam rather than the usual D. The student starts studying more regularly as a result of __________________?

A. classical conditioning
B. habituation
C. positive reinforcement
D. b and c

Any process that increases the likelihood that a particular operant response will occur again is called ________________?

July 19, 2021April 23, 2021 by admin

Any process that increases the likelihood that a particular operant response will occur again is called ________________?

A. reinforcement
B. punishment
C. discrimination
D. chaining

Pavlov’s initial discovery of what is now called classical conditioning emerged from his earlier studies of __________________?

July 19, 2021April 23, 2021 by admin

Pavlov’s initial discovery of what is now called classical conditioning emerged from his earlier studies of __________________?

A. mating behavior in dogs
B. operant behaviors in dogs
C. digestive reflexes in dogs
D. neurological damage in dogs

The process of reinforcing successively closer approximations to a desired behavior is called ___________________?

July 19, 2021April 23, 2021 by admin

The process of reinforcing successively closer approximations to a desired behavior is called ___________________?

A. shag
B. partial reinforcement
C. secondary reinforcement
D. modeling

In Pavlov’s experiments, the dog’s salivation triggered by the taste of food was a/an __________________?

July 19, 2021April 23, 2021 by admin

In Pavlov’s experiments, the dog’s salivation triggered by the taste of food was a/an __________________?

A. conditioned response
B. unconditioned stimulus
C. unconditioned response
D. conditioned stimulus