Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
psych module 21
module 21
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a type of learning in which a behavior becomes more likely to recur if followed by a reinforcer or less likely to recur if followed by a punisher? | operant conditioning |
| who created the law of effect? | Thorndike |
| what is the principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and that behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely? | law of effect |
| who designed the operant chamber? | skinner |
| what is, in operant conditioning research, a chamber containing a bar or key that an animal can manipulate to obtain a food or water reinforcer? | operant chamber |
| what is in operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows? | reinforcement |
| what is, in operant conditioning, a procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior? | shaping |
| what are the increasing behaviors by presenting a pleasurable stimulus. a positive reinforcer is any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response? | positive reinforcement |
| what is the increasing behaviors by stopping or reducing an aversive stimulus. a negative reinforcer is any stimulus that, when removed after a response, strengthens the response? | negative reinforcement |
| what is an innately reinforcing stimulus, such as one that satisfies a biological need? | primary reinforcers |
| what is a stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer? | conditioned reinforcers |
| what is a pattern that defines how often a desired response will be reinforces? | reinforcement schedule |
| what is reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs? | continuous reinforcement schedule |
| what is reinforcing a response only part of the time; results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance to extinction than does continuous reinforcement? | partial reinforcement schedule |
| what is in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses? | fixed-ratio schedule |
| what is in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses? | variable-ratio schedule |
| what is in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified time as elapsed? | fixed-interval schedule |
| what is in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals? | variable-interval schedule |
| what is an event that tends to decrease the behavior that it follows? | punishment |
| who developed operant conditioning? | B.F. Skinner |
| what can lead to fear, aggression, or avoidance? | drawbacks |
| who is the pioneer of behaviorism? | john watson |
Created by:
Riley06
Popular Psychology sets