By definition_______always reduces the probability of a response occurring again.

Related Mcqs:

1. This does not increase the probability of a particular response occurring _________________?

   A. positive reinforcement
   B. negative reinforcement
   C. shaping
   D. punishment

2. Which THREE of the following are true regarding habituation and dishabituation?
   1:Habituation involves a gradual reduction in the magnitude of the response to repeated presentation of the response of a stimulus
   2:In dishabituation, the response returns when a salient extraneous stimulus is presented just before a trial with the habituated stimulus
   3:Habituation is caused by sensory-motor fatigue
   4:Habituation occurs as a consequence of the repeated presentation of a single event

   A. 1,2 & 3
   B. 2,3 & 4
   C. 1,2 & 4
   D. 4

3. Any process that increases the likelihood that a particular operant response will occur again is called ________________?

   A. reinforcement
   B. punishment
   C. discrimination
   D. chaining

4. 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

5. The basic understanding of the relationship between unconditioned response (UR) and conditioned response (CR) includes which of the following ideas?

   A. The UR and CR are not always the same response
   B. Organisms come to generally behave toward conditioned stimulus as they do unconditioned stimulus
   C. Stimulus situation
   D. The UR and CR are always the same response
   E. (a), (b) and (c)

6. 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

7. Research on avoidance learning suggests that a fear response is acquired through_________conditioning: the avoidance response is maintained as a result of______conditioning.

   A. classical; operant
   B. operant; classical
   C. classical; classical
   D. operant; operant

8. Which of the following improves worker skills and reduces frustration and stress?

   A. Job training
   B. Job analysis
   C. Access to an employee assistance program
   D. An organizational culture
   E. None of these

9. “The technique reduces people to puppets controlled by therapists! It doesn’t respect human freedom. “This criticism is most likely to be directed at:

   A. systematic desensitization
   B. psychoanalysis
   C. EMDR
   D. a token economy

10. The most frequently occurring major psychological disorder is ___________?

    A. Phobias
    B. Schizophrenia
    C. Depression
    D. Bipolar disorder