Behavioral Reinforcement and Stimulus Effects Quiz

Explore behavior analysis with this quiz on reinforcement types, conditioning, and psychology concepts. Can you answer all questions?

#1

What is the primary goal of behavioral reinforcement?

To punish unwanted behaviors
To strengthen desired behaviors
To eliminate all behaviors
To create fear in individuals
#2

Which type of reinforcement involves removing something unpleasant to increase the likelihood of a behavior?

Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Punishment
Extinction
#3

Which type of reinforcement involves the presentation of an aversive stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior?

Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Punishment
Extinction
#4

Which term describes the process of learning to respond only to a specific stimulus and not to other similar stimuli?

Generalization
Discrimination
Extinction
Spontaneous recovery
#5

Which type of reinforcement involves the removal of an unpleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior?

Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Punishment
Extinction
#6

Which type of reinforcement involves adding something desirable to increase the likelihood of a behavior?

Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Punishment
Extinction
#7

In behavioral psychology, what does 'shaping' refer to?

Modifying behavior by reinforcing successive approximations to the desired behavior
Suppressing all unwanted behaviors
Introducing punishment to deter undesirable actions
Rewarding behavior only occasionally to maintain it
#8

Which psychologist is credited with the concept of operant conditioning?

Sigmund Freud
Ivan Pavlov
B.F. Skinner
Carl Rogers
#9

What is the term for the gradual disappearance of a learned behavior when reinforcement is withheld?

Spontaneous recovery
Extinction
Discrimination
Generalization
#10

Which term refers to the tendency for behavior to occur in situations similar to those in which it has been reinforced?

Discrimination
Generalization
Extinction
Spontaneous recovery
#11

Which of the following is an example of a secondary reinforcer?

Food
Water
Money
Physical pain
#12

What is the term for the process of reducing a behavior's occurrence by removing a desired stimulus?

Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Punishment
Extinction
#13

Which schedule of reinforcement provides reinforcement after a variable number of responses?

Fixed ratio
Variable ratio
Fixed interval
Variable interval
#14

In classical conditioning, what term describes the process of a previously extinguished response reemerging after the presentation of the conditioned stimulus?

Generalization
Discrimination
Extinction
Spontaneous recovery
#15

Which schedule of reinforcement provides reinforcement after a fixed period of time?

Fixed ratio
Variable ratio
Fixed interval
Variable interval

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