Learning-Operant Conditioning [AP (Advanced Placement) Psychology]: Questions 21 - 24 of 33

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Question 21

Question MCQ▾

Positive reinforcement ________ the rate of responding; Negative reinforcement ________ the frequency of undesired behavior

Choices

Choice (5)Response

a.

Decreases; increases

b.

Increases; increases

c.

Neutral; decreases

d.

Increases; decreases

e.

Decreases; decreases

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Question 22

Question MCQ▾

After every third home run by an individual little-league baseball player, the coach rewards the player. What schedule of reinforcement is being used?

Choices

Choice (5)Response

a.

fixed interval schedule

b.

variable interval schedule

c.

fixed ratio schedule

d.

continuous schedule

e.

variable ratio schedule

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Question 23

Question MCQ▾

B. F. Skinner by means of “Skinner Box” experimented successfully for reinforced behaviors, which led up to the desired behavior. What is this procedure is known as?

Choices

Choice (5)Response

a.

Primary reinforcers

b.

Chaining

c.

Reinforcement

d.

Shaping

e.

Secondary reinforcers

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Question 24

Question MCQ▾

What is meant by punishment?

Choices

Choice (5)Response

a.

An attempt to weaken a response by following it with something unpleasant

b.

Adding something unwanted when the subject is not doing the correct behavior and then stopping it when he or she displays the correct behavior

c.

The reinforcement of a behavior every time it occurs

d.

Taking away something unpleasant when the subject performs the correct behavior

e.

Anything that comes to represent a primary reinforcer

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