9.2 Psychology Quiz

Psychologists who study operant conditioning examine the way in which voluntary behavior is influenced by its consequences.

• True

• False

One disadvantage to using punishment is that it is likely to suppress, but not completely eliminate, the behavior.

• True

• False

A behavior that has been reinforced on a variable schedule is easier to extinguish than one that has been reinforced on a fixed schedule.

• True

• False

Aversive control is the process of using reinforcement to sculpt new responses out of old ones.

• True

• False

In a response chain, each response that an individual makes produces the signal for the next response.

• True

• False

One puts on knee pads to keep from injuring one’s knees while skateboarding. What kind of reinforcement is this?

• negative

• positive

• fixed ratio

• secondary

If Jamie does not pick up his toys when asked, he is sent to his room for 15 minutes. This is called

• modeling

• classical conditioning

• punishment

• chaining

To play basketball, several response chains are organized into

• variable intervals

• response shapes

• cognitive maps

• response patterns

If Susan gets a perfect score on four spelling tests in a row, her father gives her $5. What kind of reinforcement schedule is this?

• continuous

• variable interval

• fixed ratio

• variable ratio

How are escape conditioning and avoidance conditioning similar?

• They are both types of classical conditioning.

• They are both types of negative reinforcement.

• They both rely on punishment.

• They both use secondary reinforcers.