Principles of Behavioral Reinforcement Quiz

Positive reinforcement adds a pleasant stimulus to increase behavior.

Negative reinforcement involves removing something unpleasant to increase behavior.

Fixed-ratio schedule reinforces a behavior after a set number of times it occurs.

Variable-interval reinforcement schedule reinforces a behavior after varying intervals of time.

Shaping involves reinforcing behaviors successively closer to the desired behavior.

Discriminative stimulus indicates when a behavior will be reinforced in operant conditioning.

Extinction involves reducing behavior by no longer reinforcing it.

Secondary reinforcer gains value through association with primary reinforcers.

Extinction involves decreasing behavior by removing reinforcement.

Shaping involves reinforcing successive approximations of a desired behavior.

Generalization refers to the spread of learned behaviors to similar situations.

Continuous reinforcement schedule involves reinforcing a behavior every time it occurs.

Variable-ratio schedule reinforces behavior after an unpredictable number of occurrences.

Extinction involves reducing behavior by removing reinforcement.

Premack principle states that a frequently occurring behavior can reinforce a less frequent one.

Positive reinforcement adds a stimulus while negative reinforcement removes one, both to increase behavior.

Primary reinforcer fulfills a biological need or desire.

Variable-ratio schedule offers the highest resistance to extinction.

Negative punishment involves removing a desirable stimulus to decrease behavior.

Extinction refers to the weakening of a conditioned response due to absence of the unconditioned stimulus.

Variable-ratio schedule is most resistant to extinction.

Positive punishment involves adding an unpleasant stimulus to decrease behavior.

Successive approximation involves reinforcing behaviors that are closer to the desired behavior.