A. increases; decreases
B. decreases; increases
C. increases; increases
D. decreases; decreases
Related Mcqs:
- The steady, rapid responding of a person playing a slot machine is an example of the pattern of responding typically generated on a_______schedule.
A. Fixed-ratio
B. variable-ratio
C. Fixed-interval
D. variable-interval - A pigeon in a Skinner box is pecking the disk at a high, steady rate. The graph portraying this pigeon’s responding will have:
A. a steep, unchanging slope
B. a shallow, unchanging slope
C. a progressively steeper slope
D. a progressively shallower slope - Responding to a conditioned stimulus in order to avoid electric shock is an example of ________________?
A. avoidance conditioning
B. punishment
C. escape conditioning
D. successive approximation - Responding to a substance like a sugar pill as if it were a drug is called:
A. the placebo effect
B. an extraneous variable
C. variability
D. psychosomatic illness - A positive or negative evaluation of people, objects, or ideas is known as a(n):
A. Cognition
B. Estimation
C. Behavior
D. Attitude - A neural impulse is initiated when neuron’s charge momentarily becomes less negative or even positive. This event is called:
A. an action potential
B. a resting potential
C. impulse facilitation
D. inhibitory - Negative reinforcement occurs when behavior:
A. Decreases
B. Is punished
C. Remains the same
D. Increases - The presentation of an aversive stimulus of the removal of a positive stimulus are both examples of:
A. negative reinforcement
B. punishment
C. positive reinforcement
D. secondary reinforcement - In negative reinforcement __________________________?
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 - _______refers to a learned negative attitude toward a person based on their person’s membership in a particular group.
A. Normative justice
B. Prejudice
C. Discrimination
D. The Asch effect
