Principles of Operant Conditioning and Reinforcement Quiz

B.F. Skinner is renowned for his work on operant conditioning principles.

Operant conditioning primarily deals with voluntary behaviors.

Negative reinforcement boosts behavior by removing an aversive stimulus.

Shaping is training a behavior by rewarding successive approximations.

Punishment reduces behavior by adding aversive stimuli.

Fixed ratio reinforcement occurs after a set number of responses.

Extinction refers to the cessation of reinforcing a previously reinforced behavior.

Extinction is the gradual disappearance of a learned behavior due to lack of reinforcement.

Positive reinforcement adds desirable stimuli, negative reinforcement removes aversive stimuli.

Variable ratio reinforcement leads to the highest response rate.

Being scolded for misbehavior exemplifies positive punishment.

Money is an example of a secondary reinforcer.

Giving a timeout to a child for misbehavior is an example of negative punishment.

Variable ratio reinforcement occurs after an unpredictable number of responses.

Chaining is breaking a behavior into steps and reinforcing each step.

Getting a sticker for completing homework is an example of positive reinforcement.