Operant Conditioning Examples Quiz

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

Punishment involves introducing an adverse consequence to decrease the likelihood of a behavior.

Continuous reinforcement involves providing reinforcement every time a behavior occurs, leading to rapid learning.

Negative punishment involves removing a favorable stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior.

Extinction involves diminishing a behavior by withholding reinforcement previously used to maintain it.

Negative reinforcement entails taking away an unpleasant stimulus to strengthen a behavior.

Shaping involves rewarding successive approximations of a desired behavior to guide its development.

Extinction refers to the gradual decrease in the frequency or strength of a behavior when it's no longer reinforced.

Variable-ratio schedules deliver reinforcement after an unpredictable number of responses, making the behavior more resistant to extinction.

Primary reinforcers are inherently rewarding stimuli, such as food, that fulfill basic biological needs.

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

Discrimination refers to the ability to differentiate between similar stimuli, responding to some but not others.

Spontaneous recovery is the phenomenon where an extinguished behavior reemerges temporarily after a period of rest.

Discrimination learning involves acquiring the ability to respond differentially to various stimuli based on their unique characteristics.

Discrimination learning involves acquiring the ability to respond differentially to various stimuli based on their unique characteristics.