A) evaluative conditioning
B) escape learning
C) reflexive conditioning
D) observational learning
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) operant conditioning.
B) primary reinforcement.
C) Skinnerian conditioning.
D) classical conditioning.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) a conditioned response.
B) an unconditioned stimulus.
C) an unconditioned response.
D) a conditioned stimulus.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) salivation.
B) meat powder.
C) light.
D) tone.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) behavior modification.
B) cognitive engineering.
C) modeling.
D) insight training.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) classical conditioning.
B) higher-order conditioning.
C) observational learning.
D) operant conditioning.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) a conditioned stimulus.
B) a discriminative stimulus.
C) secondary reinforcers.
D) an unconditioned stimulus.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) most species respond to classical conditioning, but only mammals show operant conditioning.
B) most species respond to operant conditioning, but only mammals show classical conditioning.
C) differences in the adaptive challenges faced by various species have led to some species-specific learning tendencies.
D) because all species face the same adaptive challenges, species-specific learning tendencies will disappear as a species evolves.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) spontaneous recovery.
B) second-order conditioning.
C) extinction.
D) avoidance.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) the sound of a tone.
B) salivation elicited by a tone.
C) the presentation of meat powder following a tone.
D) salivation elicited by meat powder.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) operant behavior is automatically strengthened when it is followed by desirable consequences.
B) people actively reason out the relations between responses and the outcomes that follow.
C) there are species-specific predispositions to form certain types of associations.
D) on concurrent schedules of reinforcement, organisms emit responses that maximize the total number of reinforcers they will receive.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) gather baseline data.
B) specify the antecedents.
C) specify the target behavior.
D) design a program.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) mediation.
B) maturation.
C) learning.
D) conditioning.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) a variable-interval schedule.
B) a fixed-ratio schedule.
C) a fixed-interval schedule.
D) a variable-ratio schedule.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) the more violence children watch on TV the more aggressive they tend to be at home and school.
B) the more violence children watch on TV the less aggressive they tend to act at home and school.
C) no consistent relationship exists between how much violence children watch on TV and aggressive behavior.
D) watching violence on TV causes relatively nonaggressive children to become more aggressive but does not increase the level of aggression of relatively aggressive children.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) a negative reinforcer for using a sunscreen.
B) a positive reinforcer for using a sunscreen.
C) a conditioned stimulus for using a sunscreen.
D) an unconditioned stimulus for using a sunscreen.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) after a fixed number of nonreinforced responses.
B) after a variable number of nonreinforced responses.
C) for the first response that occurs after a fixed amount of time has elapsed.
D) for the first response that occurs after a variable amount of time has elapsed.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) classical conditioning.
B) positive reinforcement.
C) punishers.
D) negative reinforcement.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) punish the child when she fails to say "please" and "thank you"
B) give the child positive reinforcement for saying "please" and "thank you"
C) use negative reinforcement and withhold the requested item until the child says "please"
D) consistently say "please" and "thank you" in your interactions with others
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) a continuous reinforcement schedule.
B) a noncontingent reinforcement schedule.
C) an intermittent reinforcement schedule.
D) a short-delay reinforcement schedule.
Correct Answer
verified
Showing 1 - 20 of 299
Related Exams