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
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 - 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 of the following reinforcement schedules in operant conditioning would be best to use if you want to produce behavior that is very resistant to extinction?
A. continuous
B. fixed ratio
C. variable ratio
D. fixed interval - 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 - Which schedule of reinforcement produces the greatest resistance to extinction?
A. fixed ratio
B. fixed interval
C. variable ratio
D. variable interval - A dog that gets rewarded for the first bark it makes in each ten minutes period is being reinforced on a_____schedule of reinforcement.
A. continuous
B. fixed interval
C. variable interval
D. fixed ratio - In_______-reinforcement, the reinforcer follows every correct response.
A. intermittent
B. partial
C. negative
D. continuous - The greatest degree of resistance to extinction is typically caused by a _______schedule of reinforcement.
A. variable interval
B. variable ratio
C. fixed interval
D. fixed ratio - Behaviorists would say that self – defeating behaviors are maintained by immediate reinforcement in the form of:
A. relief from anxiety
B. defending the ego
C. protecting one’s self – image
D. avoiding existential anxiety
