Mod 16: Operant Conditioning

Question 1

Operant Conditioning

Answer 1

A type of learning where the frequency of a behavior depends on the consequence that follows that behavior

Question 2

Law of Effect

Answer 2

Behaviors with favorable consequences will occur more frequently

Question 3

Reinforcement

Answer 3

Any consequence that increases the future likelihood of a behavior

Question 4

Punishment

Answer 4

Any consequence that decreases the likelihood of a behavior

Question 5

Positive Reinforcement

Answer 5

Anything that increases the likelihood of a behavior by following it with a desirable result or event

Question 6

Negative Reinforcement

Answer 6

Anything that increases the likelihood of a behavior by following it with the removal of an undesirable result or event

Question 7

Shaping

Answer 7

Reinforcement of behavior that are omre and more similar to the one you want to occur. The operant technique used to establish new behavior

Question 8

Extinction (Operant Conditioning)

Answer 8

Occurs in operant conditioning when no consequences occur to a behavior

Question 9

Discrimination

Answer 9

The ability to distinguish two similar stimui or signals

Question 10

Secondary Reinforcement

Answer 10

Something you learned to value, such as money

Question 11

Continuous Reinforcement

Answer 11

In operant conditioning, a schedule of reinforcement in which a reward follows every correct response.

Question 12

Partial Reinforcement Schedule

Answer 12

In operant conditioning, a schedule of reinforcement in which a reward follows only some correct responses.

Question 13

Fixed-Interval Schedule

Answer 13

In operant conditioning, a partial reinforcement schedule that rewards only the first correct response after some defined period of time.

Question 14

Variable-Interval Schedule

Answer 14

In operant conditioning, a partial reinforcement schedule that rewards the first correct response after an unpredictable amount of time.

Question 15

Fixed-Ratio Schedule

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in operant conditioning, a partial reinforcement schedule that rewards a response only after some defined number of correct responses.

Question 16

Variable-Ratio Schedule

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In operant conditioning, a partial reinforcement schedule that rewards an unpredictable number of correct responses.

Question 17

Latent Learning

Answer 17

Learning that occurs but is not apparent until the learner has an incentive to demonstrate it.

Question 18

Cognitive Map

Answer 18

A mental representation of a place.

Question 19

Over-justification effect

Answer 19

The effect of promising a reward for doing what one already likes to do. The reward may lessen and replace the person’s original, natural motivation, so that the behavior stops if the reward is eliminated.

Question 19

Primary Reinforcement

Answer 19

Something naturally reinforcing