The concept of social learning first came to prominence through the work of _________.
a. Burrhus F. Skinner
b. John Watson
c. Edward Lee Thorndike
d. Albert Bandura
Ques. 2Rewarding behavior that comes closer and closer to the desired behavior.
a. response cost
b. negative reinforcement
c. positive reinforcement
d. shaping
Ques. 3A small penalty imposed for each instance of an undesirable behavior.
a. response cost
b. presentation punishment
c. removal punishment
d. negative reinforcement
Ques. 4Mark misbehaved in class and as a result has lost recess privileges for the day. Mark has received which of the following?
a. response cost
b. presentation punishment
c. removal punishment
d. negative reinforcement
Ques. 5The application of an aversive, or unpleasant stimulus that decreases the probability of a response.
a. primary punishment
b. presentation punishment
c. removal punishment
d. negative reinforcement
Ques. 6Events that precede an operant behavior and serve to predict the consequences of that behavior.
a. primary reinforcers
b. partial reinforcement schedules
c. antecedent reinforcement
d. antecedent stimuli
Ques. 7If you receive a paycheck every week, you are on which schedule of reinforcement?
a. continuous
b. fixed ratio
c. fixed interval
d. variable ratio
Ques. 8A student who receives a star EVERY time she raises her hand is on which schedule of reinforcement?
a. continuous
b. partial
c. intermittent
d. ratio
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