Operant Conditioning & Observational Learning

Throwing the ball in hopes of getting a strike in bowling is reinforced on a _____ schedule.

• fixed ratio

• fixed interval

• variable interval

• variable ratio

The box in which he tested animals' responses to rewards on varying schedules has come to symbolize operant conditioning.

• Skinner

• Seligman

• Pavlov

• Tolman

• Kohler

His Law of Effect states that when an action results in a pleasurable consequence, the probability of repeating that

action increases.

• Thorndike

• Tolman

• Freud

• Skinner

• Kohler

He is most closely associated with an observational learning experiment involving children and violence.

• Seligman

• Tolman

• Bandura

• Skinner

• Pavlov

What is punishment?

•  Anything that the subject will work to avoid
  
•  Any unpleasant stimulus
  
•  Anything that the subject dislikes
  
•  Anything that decreases the likelihood of a behaviour occurring

Their research is the basis for operant conditioning.

• Thorndike and Skinner

• Freud and Tolman

• Thorndike and Kohler

• Tolman and Seligman

• Bandura and Skinner

What is a reinforcer?

• Anything that decreases the frequency of a behaviour

• Anything that the subject likes 
• Anything that the subject will work for 
• Anything that follows a behaviour and increases the likelihood of a behaviour occurring

When you give your dog a treat after he uses the bathroom outside. This is an example of:

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

What is punishment?

•  Anything that the subject will work to avoid
  
•  Any unpleasant stimulus
  
•  Anything that the subject dislikes
  
•  Anything that decreases the frequency of a behavior
  

Which of the following describes negative reinforcement?

• A mother gives her son praise for doing homework

• Sarah studies hard because it earns her "A" grades in English

• Dennis used to walk to school but does not do so anymore because he was attacked by a dog in the neighborhood last month.

• Bob washes the dishes in order to stop his mother's nagging