A dog that gets rewarded for the first bark it makes in each ten minutes period is being reinforced on a_____schedule of reinforcement.

Related Mcqs:

1. Skinner maintained that reinforcement determines the acquisition of a response; Bandura maintains that reinforcement determines the_______of a response.

   A. acquisition
   B. development
   C. performance
   D. generalization

2. Failure to realize how hot the bath water really is after you have been sitting in it for ten minutes best illustrates the process of sensory ______________?

   A. adaptation
   B. accommodation
   C. continuity
   D. threshold

3. Rowena expects to be rewarded by her parents with a major present, such as a new car, if she graduates from college with honors. Her resulting hard work in college best illustrates the_________theory of motivation.

   A. instinct
   B. drive reduction
   C. incentive
   D. evolutionary

4. A researcher has children watch 30 minutes of violent television, and then counts the number of times they hit each other afterward in a one-hour play period as a measure of aggression. The researcher causes aggression, however this conclusion may be invalid because:

   A. all children are prone to aggressive behavior
   B. it is unethical to force children to watch violent television
   C. there was no control group
   D. aggression wasn’t operationally defined

5. In Pavlov’s experiment the dog’s food powder served as a (n):

   A. Conditioned stimulus
   B. Unconditional responses
   C. Conditioned response
   D. Unconditioned stimulus

6. A child who has been frightened by a dog develops a fear response to all dogs. This is known as:

   A. Stimulus Discrimination
   B. Extinction
   C. Spontaneous recovery
   D. Stimulus Generalization

7. After repeatedly pairing a tone with meat powder, Pavlov found that a dog will salivate when the tone is presented. Salivation to the tone is a (n):

   A. unconditioned stimulus
   B. unconditioned response
   C. conditioned stimulus
   D. conditioned response

8. The procedure in which only a portion of correct responses are reinforced is called ________________?

   A. partial reinforcement
   B. observational learning
   C. extinction
   D. None of these

9. When an operant response stops occurring because it is no longer reinforced, which of the following has taken place?

   A. an avoidance response
   B. generalization
   C. extinction
   D. negative reinforcement

10. The greatest degree of resistance to extinction is typically caused by a _______schedule of reinforcement.

    A. variable interval
    B. variable ratio
    C. fixed interval
    D. fixed ratio