The reinforcement schedule that yields the lowest performance is the __________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which schedule of reinforcement produces the greatest resistance to extinction?

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

2. 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

3. in the traditional learning experiment, the effect of practice on performance is investigate(d) performance is the ______________ variable.

   A. independent
   B. extraneous
   C. dependent
   D. control

4. Which TWO of the following are true of the learning set procedure?
   1:The animals learns to focus on classes of cues that are inaccurate predictors of reward
   2:In the win-stay, lose-shift strategy, the animal learns to persist with a choice that yields food, but shift to the other object if it does not
   3:In the learning-set procedure, all stimuli and associations have equal effect on the animal’s behaviour
   4:The occurrence of reward can be regarded as a stimulus that can enter into associations or acquire discriminative control over an instrumental action

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

5. How many factors does Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales—Fifth Edition feature for each of which yields an index score?

   A. Four
   B. Four or five
   C. Exactly five
   D. Exactly three

6. The highest and most consistent rate of response is produced by a ________________ schedule?

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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Negative reinforcement occurs when behavior:

    A. Decreases
    B. Is punished
    C. Remains the same
    D. Increases