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What should be changed to make the following sentence true? In operant conditioning, organisms learn to associate events that repeatedly happen together.
The word "operant" should be changed to the word "classical."
In ________ reinforcement, the person or animal is not reinforced every time a desired behavior is performed.
partial
Which term best describes rewarding successive approximations of a target behavior?
shaping
In operant conditioning, ________ is when something is removed to increase the likelihood of a behavior.
negative reinforcement
Jemma wants to teach her son to say thank you. Every time he says thank you, Jemma praises him and gives him a hug. Which reinforcement schedule is this?
continuous
Gus receives a paycheck every week. Which reinforcement schedule is this?
fixed interval
What is the primary conclusion John B. Watson's made after working with Little Albert?
Emotions can be a conditioned response.
Dave's boss told him that he doesn't have to attend the company picnic (which everybody dislikes) if Dave meets his sales quota this month. Dave's boss is using ________.
negative reinforcement
________ reinforcers have innate reinforcing qualities.
primary
You call a friend on the phone and repeatedly get sent to voicemail, so you continue to call her every 5-20 minutes hoping to speak to her personally. Which reinforcement schedule is this?
variable interval
Which of the following experiments involves the use of operant conditioning?
rewarding a child for finishing his oatmeal mush and counting how many times the child needs to be rewarded before he finishes his oatmeal voluntarily
Kerry is conditioned to fear strawberries. Raspberries are similar to strawberries, and even though no attempt was made to make Kerry fear raspberries, she reacts with fear when she sees them. This is an example of ________.
stimulus generalization
If a stimulus plus a response results in a satisfying outcome, the probability of that response occurring again ________.
increases
When an organism receives a reinforcer each time it displays a behavior, it is called________ reinforcement.
continuous
In operant conditioning, what describes adding something to decrease the likelihood of behavior?
punishment
What did John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner demonstrate with their studies of Little Albert?
emotion can be a conditioned response
John wants to train his daughter to excuse herself before she leaves the table. Although he does not know how often he will reward her for excusing herself, he does know that he will not reward her every time she excuses herself. Which reinforcement schedule is John planning to use?
partial
Identify the major flaw with John B. Watson's Little Albert experiment.
It is unethical for a researcher to induce fear in a child, since it is harmful to induce fear.
Which of the following statements about Ivan Pavlov is true?
He is known for establishing the principles of classical conditioning.
Which of the following is an example of stimulus discrimination?
conditioned to drool when a bell rings and being able to tell the difference between the sound of a ringing bell and the sound of a whistle
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