The term “reinforcement” refers to the pairing of ___________?

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. Which of the following is an incorrect stage theory pairing?

   A. Piaget – cognitive B. Kohlberg – physiological C. Freud – psychosexual D. Erikson – psychosocial...

3. When Pavlov repeatedly presented the conditioned stimulus without pairing it with the unconditioned stimulus, the conditioned response failed to occur. This is known as __________________?

   A. condition failure B. recovery C. extinction D. habituation...

4. 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...

5. The behaviour that involves the pairing of an irrelevant stimulus within:

   A. Imprinting B. Habituation C. Conditioning D. Conditioned reflex type II...

6. The behaviour that involves the pairing of an irrelevant stimulus within:

   A. Imprinting B. Habituation C. Conditioning D. Conditional reflex type II...

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. The term “germ cell” when used in genetics refers to ___________?

   A. Somatic cells B. Body cells C. Ova and sperm cells D. Both (A. and (B. E. None of these...

9. 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...

10. 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...