Stimuli associated with behavior that increases the likelihood of the occurrence of the behavior are called:
a. operant reinforcers
b. negative reinforcers
c. punishers
d. positive reinforcers
Question 2A schedule of reinforcement in which a fixed number of responses is required before a reinforcer is applied is called a:
a. fixed-interval schedule
b. fixed-ratio schedule
c. variable ratio schedule
d. variable interval schedule
Question 3According to Skinner, the most common form of control of behavior in our society is:
a. positive reward
b. reward
c. extinction
d. punishment
Question 4Voluntary behavior on the part of a person that produces consequences is called:
a. contingency behavior
b. classical conditioning behavior
c. operant behavior
d. reinforcer behavior
Question 5In Skinner's opinion, free will is:
a. synonymous with determinism
b. the basis for free choice in human beings
c. a myth
d. a fundamental assumption in his theoretical system
Question 6For Skinner, verbal reports are:
a. unacceptable in a scientific analysis of behavior
b. acceptable, if they are capable of being reliably and objectively recorded
c. acceptable, if they contain mentalistic explanations
d. nearly always vague and subject to interpretational errors
Question 7In Skinner's view, the study of cause-and-effect relationships between events is called:
a. a correlational analysis
b. a functional analysis
c. cognition and determinism
d. determinism
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