psych ch. 5 quiz

Which of the following illustrates continuous reinforcement? Select one: a. Clara getting a chocolate bar from her father every time she completes a household chore. b. Michelle watching a movie every weekend but only enjoying one out of every three movies she watches. c. Habib getting paid by his employer for every five products he sells. d. Raj practicing hoop shots every day and scoring two out of three times on an average.

Clara getting a chocolate bar from her father every time she completes a household chore

The phrase, "Law of Effect" was coined by ______. Select one: a. John B. Watson b. Rosalie Rayner c. B. F. Skinner d. E. L. Thorndike

E. L. Thorndike

Before discovering the principles of Classical Conditioning, Ivan Pavlov wanted to understand the ______ system. Select one: a. digestive b. nervous c. circulatory d. muscular

digestive

In a __________, a specific amount of time must elapse between the previous and subsequent times that reinforcement is available. Select one: a. variable-interval schedule b. fixed-ratio schedule c. fixed-interval schedule d. variable-ratio schedule

fixed-interval schedule

Max is a waiter at a coffee shop. He gets paid $100 every day at 9 p.m. regardless of the number of customers he serves during the day. In this scenario, Max's payment is based on the ________. Select one: a. fixed-ratio schedule b. variable-interval schedule c. fixed-interval schedule d. variable-ratio schedule

fixed-interval schedule

Albert was once awoken from his sleep by a white rat that fell on him. Following this incident, he began fearing all furry white objects including white fur coats and white stuffed animals. In this scenario, Albert's fear of all furry white objects is due to _____. Select one: a. systematic desensitization b. biological preparedness c. generalization d. discrimination

generalization

B. F. Skinner used ______ in his experiments to study Operant Conditioning. Select one: a. dogs b. mice or rats c. rhesus macaques d. crows

mice or rats

The use of catchy phrases, celebrities, jingles, etc. by advertising companies to sell products is an example of _______ Learning. Select one: a. Dissociative b. Cognitive c. Associative d. Behavioral

Associative

According to Bandura's Bobo doll experiment, the children who watched the video were significantly less violent in their play with other children. Select one: True False

False

Holly would spank her daughter when she would chew food with her mouth open. After several instances of poor table manners, her daughter starts avoiding the kitchen table. In this example, the table is a(n) ________. Select one: a. negative reinforcer b. conditioned stimulus c. secondary reinforcer d. unconditioned stimulus

conditioned stimulus

Brandon had a fear of dogs. To extinguish this fear, his mother baked him his favorite cake and gradually brought a dog closer to him while he ate the cake. In this scenario, Brandon's mother used __________ to cure his fear. Select one: a. cognitive mapping b. negative reinforcement c. counterconditioning d. regularization

counterconditioning

Johnny has always feared going to the dentist as he associated these visits with pain. After repeated visits to the dentist, Johnny also developed the fear of bright lights as he had started associating it with the dentist's cabin. In the given scenario, the development of Johnny's fear of bright lights is due to Select one: a. counterconditioning b. higher-order conditioning c. selective attention d. general adaptation

higher-order conditioning

Positive reinforcement _______ the probability of a behavior occurring, and negative reinforcement _______ the probability of a behavior occurring. Select one: a. decreases; increases b. increases; decreases c. increases; increases d. decreases; decreases

increases; increases

In the context of operant conditioning, an example of __________ is when you keep posting comments in social media to receive more "likes." Select one: a. reinforcement b. punishment c. extinction d. regularization

reinforcement

In classical conditioning, the term extinction can be misleading because: Select one: a. spontaneous recovery of extinguished conditioned responses can occur. b. conditioned stimuli cannot lose the ability to elicit conditioned responses. c. extinction does not change the mental representation of one's environment. d. extinction is a continuous and irreversible process.\

spontaneous recovery of extinguished conditioned responses can occur