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Question 28

Question MCQ▾

What is the aim of reinforcement - be it positive and negative?

Choices

Choice (5)Response

a.

To decrease the likelihood that the preceding behavior will be repeated

b.

To decrease the likelihood that a negative reinforcer will follow a behavior

c.

To increase the likelihood that the preceding behavior will be repeated

d.

To ensure there are no negative consequences following the behavior

e.

To add a primary reinforcer after someone does a proper behavior

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Question 29

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An operant conditioning procedure that involves the positive reinforcement of successive approximations of an initially improbable behavior to eventually bring about that behavior is known as:

Choices

Choice (5)Response

a.

shaping

b.

secondary reinforcer

c.

discriminative stimulus

d.

punishment

e.

primary reinforcer

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Question 30

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Which of the following best explains E. L. Thorndike՚s law of effect?

Choices

Choice (5)Response

a.

Behaviors are strengthened by positive consequences and weakened by negative ones.

b.

Behaviors are reinforced through primary reinforcers.

c.

The stimuli of food, water, and sex are innately satisfying and require no learning.

d.

Receiving reinforcement every time a person performs a good deed, continuous reinforcement, will increase the likelihood that the person will continue that behavior.

e.

Behaviors that are negatively reinforced are more likely to discontinue than behaviors that are punished.

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