Behavioral Reinforcement and Conditioning Theory Quiz

Positive reinforcement involves adding a pleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior recurring.

Negative reinforcement is when a certain stimulus is removed to increase the likelihood of a behavior occurring.

B.F. Skinner is credited with the development of operant conditioning theory.

Social learning involves learning by observing others and imitating their behaviors.

Extinction is the process by which a learned response weakens and eventually disappears.

Primary reinforcers are inherently rewarding stimuli, like food or water, that do not require learning to be appreciated.

Punishment in operant conditioning involves adding an aversive stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior happening again.

Variable Ratio reinforcement schedule delivers reinforcement after an unpredictable number of responses, leading to high response rates.

Shaping involves reinforcing successive approximations of the desired behavior until the full behavior is achieved.

Extinction refers to the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response.

Variable Ratio reinforcement schedule typically leads to the highest response rates.

Fixed Ratio reinforcement schedule delivers reinforcement after a predetermined number of responses.

Spontaneous recovery refers to the reappearance of an extinguished response after a rest period.

In operant conditioning, extinction refers to the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response.

Spontaneous recovery is the reappearance of an extinguished response after a period of rest following extinction.

Spontaneous recovery is the reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a rest period.