B.F. Skinner Video Review

B.F. Skinner was a professor at what university?

• Yale

• Cambridge

• Harvard

• UCLA

A method of learning where the consequences of a response determine the probability of it being repeated is called

• classical conditioning

• operant conditioning

• general conditioning

• singular conditioning

B.F Skinner believed that the best way to understand behavior is to look at the ​ (a)   of an action and its ​ (b)   . He called this approach operant conditioning.

• causes
• consequences
• conditioning
• views
• structure

B.F Skinners view that behavior that is followed by pleasant consequences is likely to be repeated, while behavior followed by unpleasant consequences is less likely to be repeated was based on work by

• Ivan Pavlov

• Edward Thorndike

• James Watson

• Sigmund Freud

According to Skinner a behavior which is reinforced tends to be ​ (a)   (that is, strengthened), while behavior which is not reinforced tends to die out or be ​ (b)   (that is, weakened).

• repeated
• extinguished
• lengthened
• segragated
• generalized
• discriminated

A device used to objectively record an animal's behavior in a compressed time frame is referred to as an operant conditioning chamber or a

• Bobo Box.

• Reward Box.

• Skinner Box.

• Bandura Bax.

Match the following

• Reinforcers

• Responses from the environment that neither increase or decrease the probability of a behavior being repeated.

• Punishers

• Responses from the environment that decrease the likelihood of a behavior being repeated, weekends behavior.

• Neutral operates

• Responses from the environment that increase the probability of a behavior being repeated, can be either positive or negative

A response or behavior is strengthened by rewards, leading to the repetition of desired behavior.

• negative reinforcement

• negative punishment

• positive punishment

• positive reinforcement

​ (a)   strengthens behavior because it stops or removes an unpleasant experience.

• negative reinforcement
• negative punishment
• positive reinforcement

Deducting someone's pocket money to punish undesirable behavior is an example of

• punishment

• classical conditioning

• stimulus

• class