Behavioral Reinforcement Systems Quiz

Explore behavioral psychology with this quiz on reinforcement systems. Test your understanding of primary and secondary reinforcers, schedules of reinforcement, and more.

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Which type of reinforcement involves adding something unpleasant to decrease the likelihood of a behavior?

Positive reinforcement

Negative reinforcement

Punishment

Extinction

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What is the term for the gradual disappearance of a learned behavior when it is no longer reinforced?

Extinction

Spontaneous recovery

Generalization

Discrimination

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Which reinforcement schedule provides reinforcement after a fixed amount of time has elapsed?

Fixed ratio schedule

Variable ratio schedule

Fixed interval schedule

Variable interval schedule

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What is the term for the process of reinforcing behaviors that are increasingly similar to the desired behavior?

Discrimination

Shaping

Generalization

Extinction

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In behavioral reinforcement, what is a primary reinforcer?

A reinforcer that is initially neutral but gains reinforcing properties through association

A reinforcer that satisfies a biological need or drive

A reinforcer that is learned through experience

A reinforcer that is used intermittently to maintain behavior

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What is the concept of shaping in behavioral reinforcement?

The gradual process of reinforcing behaviors that approximate the desired behavior

The sudden reinforcement of the desired behavior

The process of reinforcing behaviors that are completely unrelated to the desired behavior

The process of reinforcing the absence of the undesired behavior

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What is the term for the process of gradually reducing the frequency or strength of a behavior by making the reinforcement contingent on the occurrence of that behavior?

Shaping

Extinction

Discrimination

Generalization

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In behavioral reinforcement, what is the term for a stimulus that decreases the probability of a behavior's recurrence?

Positive reinforcer

Negative reinforcer

Punisher

Extinction stimulus

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In operant conditioning, what is a variable ratio schedule?

A reinforcement schedule where reinforcement is provided after a fixed number of responses

A reinforcement schedule where reinforcement is provided after a variable amount of time has passed

A reinforcement schedule where reinforcement is provided after an unpredictable number of responses

A reinforcement schedule where reinforcement is provided continuously

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What is the concept of generalization in behavioral reinforcement?

The tendency for a behavior to be elicited by similar stimuli, not just the original stimulus that evoked the behavior

The tendency for a behavior to decrease when it is no longer reinforced

The process of reinforcing successive approximations of a desired behavior

The process of reinforcing only the final desired behavior

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What is the difference between negative reinforcement and punishment?

Negative reinforcement increases the likelihood of a behavior, while punishment decreases it.

Negative reinforcement adds something unpleasant to decrease behavior, while punishment adds something unpleasant to increase behavior.

Negative reinforcement removes something unpleasant to increase behavior, while punishment adds something unpleasant to decrease behavior.

Negative reinforcement removes something pleasant to decrease behavior, while punishment adds something unpleasant to decrease behavior.

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What is the term for the process of reinforcing a behavior only in the presence of a specific stimulus?

Shaping

Extinction

Generalization

Discrimination

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Behavioral Reinforcement Systems Quiz

Which type of reinforcement involves adding something unpleasant to decrease the likelihood of a behavior?

What is the term for the gradual disappearance of a learned behavior when it is no longer reinforced?

Which reinforcement schedule provides reinforcement after a fixed amount of time has elapsed?

What is the term for the process of reinforcing behaviors that are increasingly similar to the desired behavior?

In behavioral reinforcement, what is a primary reinforcer?

What is the concept of shaping in behavioral reinforcement?

What is the term for the process of gradually reducing the frequency or strength of a behavior by making the reinforcement contingent on the occurrence of that behavior?

In behavioral reinforcement, what is the term for a stimulus that decreases the probability of a behavior's recurrence?

In operant conditioning, what is a variable ratio schedule?

What is the concept of generalization in behavioral reinforcement?

What is the difference between negative reinforcement and punishment?

What is the term for the process of reinforcing a behavior only in the presence of a specific stimulus?

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