In fixed-interval reinforcement, _____.
a. rats press the lever very rapidly when reinforcements are extinguished
b. the response rate declines when the interval between reinforcements is shortened
c. the frequency of reinforcers had no effect on how quickly the responses extinguished
d. the timing of the reinforcement is unrelated to the number of responses
Question 2Skinner believed that personality is a(n):
a. network of respondent behaviors.
b. enduring, unique cluster of reinforcements.
c. pattern or collection of operant behaviors.
d. set of traits determined by past reinforcements.
Question 3According to Skinner, parental disapproval of a child's behavior will:
a. foster the child's hostility and aggression.
b. inhibit the child's tendency to self-actualize.
c. lead to the cessation of that behavior.
d. reinforce the behavior.
Question 4When Skinner withheld the reinforcers for rats in a Skinner box continuously, the rats:
a. looked for food elsewhere in the box.
c. eventually stopped pressing the lever.
b. ran wildly around the box.
d. did nothing.
Question 5In Skinner's research, food-deprived rats pressed a lever to receive a food pellet. The rat will eventually press the lever:
a. and receive an electric shock.
b. at a decreasing rate.
c. because its behavior is under the control of the reinforcers.
d. because its actions become more random.
Question 6In Skinner's experiment with a rat, the _____ becomes the reinforcer for the behavior of depressing the bar.
a. electric shock
c. Skinner Box
b. food
d. experimenter
Question 7When placed in a Skinner box, a rat is active, sniffing, poking, and exploring its environment, displaying behaviors that are _____.
a. emitted
c. respondent
b. elicited
d. extinguished
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