A. an aversive stimulus is administered
B. a pleasing stimulus is removed
C. response learning is faster than escape training
D. an aversive stimulus is removed
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - Negative reinforcement occurs when behavior:
A. Decreases
B. Is punished
C. Remains the same
D. Increases - The phi-phenomenon __________________________?
A. relates to electrical stimulation of the brain
B. deals with experience common to the state of alpha-wave relaxation
C. occurs in response to sequentially flashing light
D. occurs in response to a spot of light in a darkened room - Research on the role of reinforcement in insight therapy has found that ___________?
A. It does not play a role
B. It does play a role
C. It has an effect only on dependent patients
D. It plays a role in highly structured therapy situation - Under which of the following reinforcement schedules is it most important for an organism to learn to estimate time accurately?
A. fixed ratio
B. variable interval
C. variable ratio
D. fixed interval - Under which of the following reinforcement schedules is it most important for an organism to learn to estimate time accurately?
A. fixed ratio
B. variable interval
C. variable ratio
D. fixed interval - Which schedule of reinforcement produces the greatest resistance to extinction?
A. fixed ratio
B. fixed interval
C. variable ratio
D. variable interval - Which of the following is an example of reinforcement?
A. presenting a positive stimulus after a response
B. removing an unpleasant stimulus after a response
C. being told that you have done a good job
D. all of the above - In_______-reinforcement, the reinforcer follows every correct response.
A. intermittent
B. partial
C. negative
D. continuous - If the conditioned stimulus is presented many times without reinforcement, we can expect:
A. an increase in stimulus generalization
B. the strength of the UR to increase
C. an increase in response generalization
D. extinction to occur
