Principles of Operant Conditioning and Behavioral Learning Quiz

B.F. Skinner is credited with developing operant conditioning theory.

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

Punishment involves applying an aversive consequence to decrease the likelihood of a behavior.

Primary reinforcers are inherently rewarding stimuli that fulfill basic biological needs.

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

Variable-ratio schedule offers reinforcement after varying numbers of responses, resulting in high response rates and resistance to extinction.

Continuous reinforcement involves providing a reward every time the desired behavior occurs.

Extinction is the process of reducing a behavior by withholding reinforcement.

Variable-ratio schedule offers reinforcement after an unpredictable number of responses, leading to high response rates.

Shaping involves reinforcing behaviors that are closer and closer to the desired behavior.

Negative reinforcement involves removing an unpleasant stimulus to strengthen a behavior.

Generalization refers to the tendency of a learned behavior to be exhibited in different situations similar to the original training context.

Shaping involves reinforcing successive approximations of a desired behavior to teach a complex behavior.

Extinction occurs when a conditioned response diminishes due to the absence of the unconditioned stimulus.

Acquisition is the initial stage of learning where a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a conditioned stimulus.