Chapter 6 Quiz

A  negative reinforcement

B  positive reinforcement

C  punishment

D  punishment reinforcement

A  reflexive

B  instinctive

C  processual

D  associational

A  acquisition

B  learning

C  reinforcement

D  shaping

A  conditioned response

B  unconditioned response

C  unconditioned stimulus

D  conditioned stimulus

A  rewarding a child for finishing his oatmeal mush and counting how many times the child needs to be rewarded before he finishes his oatmeal voluntarily

B  determining how long it takes someone to learn how to fish if he is only allowed to watch other people fishing

C  blindfolding someone and timing him to see how long it takes him to estimate the size of a room

D  pairing a puff of air to the eye with seeing the color red in order to find out how many repetitions it will take for someone to blink when he sees the color red

A  after dreaming about having a fight with their parents

B  after seeing a television character being punished for taking violent action against another character

C  after seeing a television character receive a reward for taking violent action against another character

D  after dreaming they were on television

A  continuous

B  primary

C  partial

D  secondary

A  Learning can occur by watching others and modeling what they do or say.

B  Organisms cannot learn if they do not receive immediate reinforcement.

C  Fear is a conditioned response.

D  Learning is the result of reinforcing desired behavior at fixed intervals.

A  determining how long it takes a person to learn how to knit if he is only allowed to watch YouTube videos of people knitting

B  rewarding a boy for finishing his vegetables with ice cream and counting how many nights of reinforcement are required before he voluntarily eats his vegetables

C  knowing that a student fears exams, the instructor wears a bright red shirt only on exam day, every exam day, to see how long it is before the red shirt becomes an object of fear to the student

D  blindfolding someone and timing him to see how long he takes to find a button hidden in a room

A  The word “conditioning” should be changed to the word “reinforcement.”

B  The word “repeatedly” should be changed to the word “never.”

C  The word “repeatedly” should be changed to the word “rarely.”

D  The word “operant” should be changed to the word “classical.”