Operant Conditioning Quiz

The process of giving a positive reinforcer after a desired response has been made in order to strengthen that response.

• operant

• positive reinforcement

• negative punishment

• behaviour

• negative reinforcer

A response by a learner that acts on the environment to produce some kind of consequence.

• negative reinforcer

• negative punishment

• operant

• behaviour

• positive reinforcement

The name of the researcher who first described operant conditioning.

• negative reinforcer

• behaviour

• Skinner

• negative punishment

• positive reinforcement

Introducing an unpleasant stimulus to weaken or eliminate target behaviour.

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

• behaviour

• negative reinforcer

• positive reinforcement

A stimulus that precedes a specific response and indicates the likely outcome of that response, thereby influencing its occurrence.

• antecedent

• negative punishment

• behaviour

• negative reinforcer

• positive reinforcement

A voluntary action performed by an organism in the presence of, or following, the antecedent stimulus.

• operant

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcer

• negative punishment

• behaviour

An unpleasant stimulus that, when removed or avoided, increases the likelihood of a desired response occurring.

• positive reinforcement

• operant

• behaviour

• negative reinforcer

• negative punishment

Taking away a desirable stimulus to weaken or eliminate target behaviour.

• operant

• positive reinforcement

• negative punishment

• behaviour

• negative reinforcer

An event that occurs immediately after a response and influences the reoccurrence of the response.

• negative reinforcer

• consequence

• positive reinforcement

• negative punishment

• behaviour

A pleasant stimulus that increases the likelihood of a desired response occurring.

• negative punishment

• positive reinforcement

• behaviour

• positive reinforcer

• negative reinforcer